scholarly journals Contribution of the Renal Nerves to Hypertension in a Rabbit Model of Chronic Kidney Disease

Hypertension ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 1470-1479
Author(s):  
Yusuke Sata ◽  
Sandra L. Burke ◽  
Cindy Gueguen ◽  
Kyungjoon Lim ◽  
Anna M.D. Watson ◽  
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Overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system and high blood pressure are implicated in the development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and independently predict cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease. To assess the role of renal nerves, we determined whether renal denervation (RDN) altered the hypertension and sympathoexcitation associated with a rabbit model of CKD. The model involves glomerular layer lesioning and uninephrectomy, resulting in renal function reduced by one-third and diuresis. After 3-week CKD, blood pressure was 13±2 mm Hg higher than at baseline ( P <0.001), and compared with sham control rabbits, renal sympathetic nerve activity was 1.2±0.5 normalized units greater ( P =0.01). The depressor response to ganglion blockade was also +8.0±3 mm Hg greater, but total norepinephrine spillover was 8.7±3.7 ng/min lower (both P <0.05). RDN CKD rabbits only increased blood pressure by 8.0±1.5 mm Hg. Renal sympathetic activity, the response to ganglion blockade and diuresis were similar to sham denervated rabbits (non-CKD). CKD rabbits had intact renal sympathetic baroreflex gain and range, as well as normal sympathetic responses to airjet stress. However, hypoxia-induced sympathoexcitation was reduced by −9±0.4 normalized units. RDN did not alter the sympathetic response to hypoxia or airjet stress. CKD increased oxidative stress markers Nox5 and MCP-1 (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1) in the kidney, but RDN had no effect on these measures. Thus, RDN is an effective treatment for hypertension in this model of CKD without further impairing renal function or altering the normal sympathetic reflex responses to various environmental stimuli.

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Sata ◽  
Markus P. Schlaich

Sympathetic activation is a hallmark of chronic and end-stage renal disease and adversely affects cardiovascular prognosis. Hypertension is present in the vast majority of these patients and plays a key role in the progressive deterioration of renal function and the high rate of cardiovascular events in this patient cohort. Augmentation of renin release, tubular sodium reabsorption, and renal vascular resistance are direct consequences of efferent renal sympathetic nerve stimulation and the major components of neural regulation of renal function. Renal afferent nerve activity directly influences sympathetic outflow to the kidneys and other highly innervated organs involved in blood pressure control via hypothalamic integration. Renal denervation of the kidney has been shown to reduce blood pressure in many experimental models of hypertension. Targeting the renal nerves directly may therefore be specifically useful in patients with chronic and end-stage renal disease. In this review, we will discuss the potential role of catheter-based renal denervation in patients with impaired kidney function and also reflect on the potential impact on other cardiovascular conditions commonly associated with chronic kidney disease such as heart failure and arrhythmias.


2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 794-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcio Galindo Kiuchi ◽  
Shaojie Chen ◽  
Bruno Rustum Andrea ◽  
Tetsuaki Kiuchi ◽  
Maria Angela Magalhães de Queiroz Carreira ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chakrabarti ◽  
H. M. Syme ◽  
C. A. Brown ◽  
J. Elliott

Chronic kidney disease is common in geriatric cats, but most cases have nonspecific renal lesions, and few studies have correlated these lesions with clinicopathological markers of renal dysfunction. The aim of this study was to identify the lesions best correlated with renal function and likely mediators of disease progression in cats with chronic kidney disease. Cats were recruited through 2 first-opinion practices between 1992 and 2010. When postmortem examinations were authorized, renal tissues were preserved in formalin. Sections were evaluated by a pathologist masked to all clinicopathological data. They were scored semiquantitatively for the severity of glomerulosclerosis, interstitial inflammation, and fibrosis. Glomerular volume was measured using image analysis; the percentage of glomeruli that were obsolescent was recorded. Sections were assessed for hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis and tubular mineralization. Kidneys from 80 cats with plasma biochemical data from the last 2 months of life were included in the study. Multivariable linear regression ( P < .05) was used to assess the association of lesions with clinicopathological data obtained close to death. Interstitial fibrosis was the lesion best correlated with the severity of azotemia, hyperphosphatemia, and anemia. Proteinuria was associated with interstitial fibrosis and glomerular hypertrophy, whereas higher time-averaged systolic blood pressure was associated with glomerulosclerosis and hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
You-Bin Lee ◽  
Ji Sung Lee ◽  
So-hyeon Hong ◽  
Jung A. Kim ◽  
Eun Roh ◽  
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AbstractThe effect of blood pressure (BP) on the incident cardiovascular events, progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and mortality were evaluated among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with and without antihypertensive treatment. This nationwide study used the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort data. The hazards of outcomes were analysed according to the systolic BP (SBP) or diastolic BP (DBP) among adults (aged ≥ 40 years) with CKD and without previous cardiovascular disease or ESRD (n = 22,278). The SBP and DBP were ≥ 130 mmHg and ≥ 80 mmHg in 10,809 (48.52%) and 11,583 (51.99%) participants, respectively. During a median 6.2 years, 1271 cardiovascular events, 201 ESRD incidents, and 1061 deaths were noted. Individuals with SBP ≥ 130 mmHg and DBP ≥ 80 mmHg had higher hazards of hypertension-related adverse outcomes compared to the references (SBP 120–129 mmHg and DBP 70–79 mmHg). SBP < 100 mmHg was associated with hazards of all-cause death, and composite of ESRD and all-cause death during follow-up only among the antihypertensive medication users suggesting that the BP should be < 130/80 mmHg and the SBP should not be < 100 mmHg with antihypertensive agents to prevent the adverse outcome risk of insufficient and excessive antihypertensive treatment in CKD patients.


2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 982-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomonari Okada ◽  
Toshiyuki Nakao ◽  
Hiroshi Matsumoto ◽  
Yume Nagaoka

Hypertension ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph T Flynn ◽  
Megan Carroll ◽  
Derek Ng ◽  
Brad Warady ◽  
Susan Furth

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 858-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy O Mathew ◽  
Jerome Fleg ◽  
Janani Rangaswami ◽  
Bo Cai ◽  
Arif Asif ◽  
...  

AbstractBACKGROUNDCentral arteriovenous fistula (cAVF) has been investigated as a therapeutic measure for treatment-resistant hypertension in patients without advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). There is considerable experience with the use of AVF for hemodialysis in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, there is sparse data on the blood pressure (BP) effects of an AVF among patients with ESRD. We hypothesized that AVF creation would significantly reduce BP compared with patients who did not have an AVF among patients with ESRD before starting hemodialysis.METHODSBPs were compared during the 12 months before hemodialysis initiation in 399 patients with an AVF or AV graft created and 4,696 patients without either.RESULTSAfter propensity score matching 1:2 ratio (AVF to no AVF), repeated measures analysis of variance revealed significant reductions of –1.7 mm Hg systolic and –3.9 mm Hg diastolic BP 12 months in patients after AVF creation; P = 0.025 and P &lt; 0.001, respectively, compared with those with no AVF.CONCLUSIONSThese findings suggest that AVF creation results in modest BP reduction in patients with pre-dialysis ESRD who require AVF for eventual hemodialysis therapy. Preferential diastolic BP reduction suggests that greater work is needed to characterize the ideal patient subset in which to use cAVF for treatment-resistant hypertension in those without advanced CKD.


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