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(Hypertension. 2008;52:415.)
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Proteinase Activity and Receptor Cleavage

Mechanism for Insulin Resistance in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat

Frank A. DeLano; Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein

From the Department of Bioengineering, Whitaker Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla.

Correspondence to Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein, Department of Bioengineering, Whitaker Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 9500 Gilman Dr, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093-0412. E-mail gwss{at}bioeng.ucsd.edu

Arterial hypertension is associated with organ dysfunctions, but the mechanisms are uncertain. We hypothesized that enhanced proteolytic activity in the microcirculation of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) may be a pathophysiological mechanism causing cell membrane receptor cleavage and examine this for 2 different receptors. Immunohistochemistry of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases (matrix metalloproteinase [MMP]-9) protein shows enhanced levels in SHR microvessels, mast cells, and leukocytes compared with normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats. In vivo microzymography shows cleavage by MMP-1 and -9 in SHRs that colocalizes with MMP-9 and is blocked by metal chelation. SHR plasma also has enhanced protease activity. We demonstrate with an antibody against the extracellular domain that the insulin receptor- density is reduced in SHRs, in line with elevated blood glucose levels and glycohemoglobin. There is also cleavage of the binding domain of the leukocyte integrin receptor CD18 in line with previously reported reduced leukocyte adhesion. Blockade of MMPs with a broad-acting inhibitor (doxycycline, 5.4 mg/kg per day) reduces protease activity in plasma and microvessels; blocks the proteolytic cleavage of the insulin receptor, the reduced glucose transport; normalizes blood glucose levels and glycohemoglobin levels; and reduces blood pressure and enhanced microvascular oxidative stress of SHRs. The results suggest that elevated MMP activity leads to proteolytic cleavage of membrane receptors in the SHR, eg, cleavage of the insulin receptor-binding domain associated with insulin resistance.

Key Words: microcirculation • matrix metalloproteinases • insulin receptor • integrin • receptor cleavage • oxygen free radical

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