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(Hypertension. 2001;37:334.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.
Scientific Contributions |
From Servicio de Nefrología (D.G.-N., E.P.), Unidad de DNA (J.C.), Laboratorio de Hormonología (D.G.-N., F.R.), Institut dInvestigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.
Correspondence to Dr Esteban Poch, Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Clinic, Universidad de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail epoch{at}medicina.ub.es
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Key Words: arachidonic acid hypertension, essential lipoxygenase thrombin
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A number of cardiovascular biological activities have been reported for 12(S)-HETE and 12(R)-HETE. Vascular tissue exhibits both lipoxygenase and cytochrome P-450 activities, and both 12(S)-HETE and 12(R)-HETE have been demonstrated to act as vasoconstrictors in small renal arteries.3 In addition, a role for 12(S)-HETE in the development of angiotensin IIdependent hypertension has been described.4 Moreover, 12(S)-HETE also participates in the modulation of angiotensin IIinduced aldosterone secretion5 and in angiotensin IIinduced intracellular calcium transients in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells.6
An enhanced platelet 12(S)-HETE production in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) has been recently reported.7 8 In addition, the pronounced and dose-dependent hypotensive effect of 12-LO inhibition observed in SHR7 suggests that this enzyme may play a role in this form of hypertension. Recent studies have evaluated the 12(S)-HETE profile in patients with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,9 10 with conflicting results. On the one hand, one study reported increased urinary excretion of 12 (S)-HETE in diabetic patients as compared with control subjects.9 In this study, there was no influence of the blood pressure level on urinary excretion of 12(S)-HETE. Moreover, a subgroup of nondiabetic patients with essential hypertension did not show increased urinary excretion of 12(S)-HETE. On the other hand, a Japanese study demonstrated that the activity of 12-LO in platelets from diabetic subjects is lower than in control subjects.10 However, platelet production of 12(S)-HETE has not yet been reported in human hypertension.
In this study, we examined 12(S)-HETE production by platelets and the urinary 12(S)-HETE excretion in patients with essential hypertension and in normotensive control subjects. Moreover, we analyzed the protein expression of 12-LO in the different platelet subcellular localizations in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.
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3 office blood
pressure measurements >140/90 mm Hg after 4 weeks of an
unrestricted salt diet and without antihypertensive medication.
Informed consent was obtained from all the participants. Patients and
control subjects were maintained on a normocaloric diet with a sodium
intake of
100 mmol/d and were asked to collect a 24-hour sample
of urine the day before the study. Subjects were studied in the fasting
state between 8 and 10 AM. Twenty milliliters of venous blood was sampled without stasis for the
measurement of platelet 12(S)-HETE and for the isolation of
platelet proteins. Mean arterial blood pressure was
calculated as the diastolic pressure plus one-third the
pulse pressure. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated as weight
(kg)/height (m)2. Nine volunteer subjects
with no history of hypertension or cardiovascular
disease with blood pressure <130/80 mm Hg in 3 separate
determinations were selected as normotensive control
subjects.
Platelet Preparation
Human platelets were isolated in polypropylene
tubes from blood anticoagulated with ACD (in mmol/L: 3.8 citric
acid, 7.5 trisodium citrate, and 13.6 dextrose) at a ratio of 9:1
(blood:ACD) from 9 healthy donors and 9 patients with essential
hypertension who had not taken aspirin (or other medications) for
10
days. To obtain platelet-rich plasma, the blood was
centrifuged at 200g for
15 minutes at room temperature. The platelet-rich plasma was
carefully collected by aspiration and was then centrifuged at
1200g for 15 minutes. Plasma
was removed, and the platelet pellet was washed twice in
Tyrodes-HEPES buffer and 14 mmol/L EDTA. Isolated platelets
were resuspended in 2 mL Tyrodes-HEPES buffer, and the sample was
mixed by inversion. One aliquot of 900 µL (aliquot A) was incubated
with 1 U/mL thrombin (Sigma-Aldrich, Germany) for 30 minutes at
37°C, and the second aliquot was incubated without thrombin (aliquot
B). After the incubation, 2 volumes of methanol were added to both
aliquots and the samples were stored at -20°C until the assay.
Finally, an aliquot of 50 µL was used to determine platelet count
number in a Neubauer chamber.
12(S)-HETE Production in
Platelets
To measure 12(S)-HETE generation from platelets,
50 µL of the supernatants of aliquots A and B were evaporated with
N2, and the residue was resuspended with 250
µL of ice-cold EIA phosphate buffer containing 0.01 mol/L phosphate,
0.9% NaCl, 0.1% MgCl2, 0.1% BSA, and 0.1%
sodium azide at pH 7.4. The levels of 12(S)-HETE in urine and in
platelet incubations were measured by ELISA (DRG
Diagnostica) after extraction of samples on Sep-Pak
C18 cartridges (Waters). The 12-HETE ELISA is
specific for 12(S)-HETE, with <2.5% cross-reactivity with 12(R)-HETE,
0.3% with 15-HETE, 0.2% with 5-HETE, 0.1% with
PGE2, and 0.1% with
PGI2. 12(S)-HETE levels in platelet
incubations were also determined by reverse-phase (RP)
high-performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC).11 Briefly,
Sep-Packextracted samples from platelet suspensions were injected
into an RP-HPLC system that consisted of a Waters integrated system
controller (model 600E) equipped with a 996-photodiode array detector
and a Millennium HPLC analysis software. For analysis
of 12(S)-HETE, a Tracer Kromasil 100 C18 (5
µm, 4.6x250 mm) column eluted with
MeOH/H2O/acetic acid (65:35:0.01; vol/vol/vol)
as phase 1 (t 0 to 20 minutes)
and a linear gradient with MeOH/acetic acid (99.9:0.1, vol/vol) as
phase 2 (20 to 45 minutes) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min was used, and
the UV detector was set at 234 nm.
Subcellular Fractionation of Platelets and
Detection of 12-LO Protein
Platelets were resuspended in sonication buffer
consisting of (in mmol/L): 100 KCl, 15 NaCl, 12 sodium citrate, 2
MgSO4, 10 glucose, and 25 HEPES, plus 0.2
mmol/L PMSF, 0.5 µg/mL leupeptin, 0.7 µg/mL pepstatin A, 0.05 U/mL
aprotinin, and 1 mmol/L DTT at pH 7.5. All subsequent steps were
carried out at 4°C. The cells were sonicated for 60 seconds and the
lysate was subjected to centrifugation at
4000g for 5 minutes. The
supernatant was further centrifuged at
100 000g for 75 minutes, and
the supernatant was regarded as cytosolic fraction and the pellet as
membrane fraction, which was resuspended in 1 mL of Tyrodes-HEPES
buffer with protease inhibitors and 1% of SDS. Protein
content of all samples was determined by the Bradford
method.12 Protein (10 µg)
of the subcellular fractions was subjected to SDS-PAGE on 10%
polyacrylamide13
gels and transferred to a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF)
membrane. Preliminary 10% SDS-polyacrylamide gels were run and
were stained with Coomassie blue to confirm equality of loading in each
lane. The PVDF membranes were incubated with a 1:1000 final dilution of
rabbit polyclonal antiserum (Cayman Chemical) against human
platelet 12-LO for 60 minutes. The immunocomplexes were detected by
the enhanced chemiluminescence method (Amersham). The blots were
quantified by densitometry (Non Linear Dynamics Ltd). The band density
values were normalized by dividing by the mean value for the control
subjects and multiplying by 100%.
Determination of Urinary 12(S)-HETE,
Prostaglandins, and Urinary Albumin
Excretion
Urinary 12(S)-HETE was determined as detailed above
for the platelet incubations. Prostaglandin
(PG)E2 and 6-keto-PGF1
levels in urine were analyzed by ELISA (Amersham International)
after extraction of samples on Sep-Pack C18
cartridges. Urinary albumin excretion rate from 2 separate
24-hour urine collections was measured with an immunonephelometric
assay (Boehringer Mannheim). Microalbuminuria was
defined as urinary albumin excretion rate between 20 and 200
µg/min.
Statistical Analysis
Data are presented as mean±SEM. Comparisons
between means were determined by 2-sided Mann-Whitney
U test for unpaired data.
Correlation coefficients were calculated by the least-squares method.
The 5% probability level was regarded as
significant.
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The in vitro platelet generation of 12(S)-HETE was measured in basal conditions and after stimulation with human thrombin in patients and control subjects. The basal generation of 12(S)-HETE was significantly higher in patients with essential hypertension than in the normotensive individuals: 3.56±1.22 versus 0.64±0.13 ng/106 platelets (P<0.025) (Figure 1A, left). There were no significant differences between patients with essential hypertension and control subjects in the thrombin-stimulated 12(S)-HETE platelet generation: 7.66±2.14 versus 4.87±1.46 ng/106 platelets (P=0.61) (Figure 1A, right). Figure 2 shows representative chromatograms obtained during HPLC analysis of plasma from a control subject and a patient with essential hypertension.
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To investigate the possible mechanism of increased platelet production of 12(S)-HETE in essential hypertension, the amount of 12-LO protein was measured in the platelet cytosolic and membrane fractions by Western blotting in 9 patients and 9 control subjects. Most of the 12-LO protein expression in platelets was observed in the cytosolic fraction rather than in the membrane fraction. Patients with essential hypertension displayed significantly higher levels of 12-LO protein in the cytosolic fraction: 240±46 versus 106±27% (P=0.032) (Figure 1B, a). Although the 12-LO protein level in the membrane fraction was also higher in patients than in control subjects (155±29 versus 87±18%), the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.07) (Figure 1B, b).
Urinary 12(S)-HETE excretion as measured in relation to
creatinine excretion was significantly higher in patients
with essential hypertension (n=19) than in the control subjects (n=9):
36.8±7.24 versus 17.1±3.14 ng/mg creatinine
(P<0.05)
(Figure 3, left). Urinary excretion of
PGE2 and the hydrolysis product of
PGI2 (6-keto-PGF1
)
were also measured in patients and control subjects. There were no
significant differences in the levels of PGE2
excretion between patients and control subjects: 1.56±0.2 versus
1.37±0.16 ng/mg creatinine
(P=0.57)
(Figure 3, right). In contrast, patients with essential
hypertension displayed a significantly reduced
PGI2 excretion as compared with the normotensive
control subjects: 0.499±0.05 versus 0.685±0.07 ng/mg
creatinine
(P<0.05)
(Figure 3, center). The
12(S)-HETE/PGI2 ratio was significantly higher
in patients than in control subjects: 76±19 versus 28±7
(P<0.05).
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There was no correlation between blood pressure, age, gender, plasma renin activity, or aldosterone and the urinary excretion of 12(S)-HETE, PGI2, or PGE2 or the basal and stimulated platelet production of 12(S)-HETE. On the contrary, in the patients with essential hypertension, urinary excretion of PGI2 was positively correlated with the urinary albumin excretion (r=0.67, P<0.02) and inversely correlated with the BMI (r=-0.74, P<0.05).
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Arachidonic acid is metabolized through the cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase (LO), and the cytochrome P-450 pathways. The role of cyclooxygenase or cytochrome P-450 metabolites in cardiovascular physiology and hypertension has been intensively studied in the last years.14 In contrast, the possible role of LO metabolites in hypertension has been less explored. Several studies have demonstrated that the administration of the LO inhibitors phenidone and 5,8,11-eicosatriyonic acid reduces blood pressure in several rat models of hypertension such as the SHR and the 2-kidney, 1-clip Goldblatt rats. This response to LO inhibition suggests a role for LO metabolites in the pathogenesis of experimental hypertension.4 7 8 12(S)-HETE displays vascular actions that are in agreement with their prohypertensive functions.3 In addition, treatment with LO inhibitors attenuates the vasoconstrictor action of angiotensin II in hypertensive rats.15 Evidence of enhanced 12-LO activity in the SHR has been recently provided.7 The basal 12(S)-HETE production by platelets was higher in the SHR than in the control Wistar-Kyoto rats. Moreover, there was a striking correlation between platelet 12(S)-HETE production and systolic blood pressure. Confirming previous results, the administration of a LO inhibitor reduced blood pressure in the SHR, with a concomitant reduction in the platelet production of 12(S)-HETE.7 In addition, increased 12-HETE production has also been demonstrated in the aortas of the SHR.8 However, the mechanisms of the enhanced production of 12(S)-HETE in experimental hypertension has yet not been elucidated.
The role of 12(S)-HETE in human hypertension has not been directly explored. It has been reported that vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells from patients with diabetes mellitus have increased release of 12- and 15-HETE,16 suggesting a role for this metabolite in this disease. Our finding of a higher basal platelet production and urinary excretion of 12(S)-HETE in a group of patients with essential hypertension is in agreement with the results obtained in rat models of hypertension as detailed above7 8 but is in contrast with previous studies measuring urinary 12(S)-HETE in humans.9 Although the focus of that study was noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the authors evaluated urinary excretion of 12(S)-HETE in a group of 9 patients with essential hypertension and found no differences as compared with healthy control subjects.9 Increased urinary excretion of 12(S)-HETE may reflect either higher renal production of this metabolite because it can be synthesized in glomeruli and tubuli17 or higher plasma concentration or both. The concomitant decreased urinary excretion of PGI2 in patients with essential hypertension is striking. It has been demonstrated that HETEs can suppress PGI2 in vitro as well as inhibit vascular cyclooxygenase.16 In this sense, decreased urinary excretion of PGI2 in concordance with increased urinary 12(S)-HETE excretion has also been shown in diabetic patients.9 Such high ratios of HETE/prostanoids have been found in the urine of cirrhotic patients18 and in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of asthmatic patients after aspirin challenge.19
In this study, the higher amounts of platelet 12-LO protein in platelet cytosolic fraction from patients with hypertension suggest a possible mechanism underlying the higher platelet 12(S)-HETE production. However, in addition to higher protein expression, other mechanisms may operate because the difference in protein expression between patients and control subjects was comparatively less than the 5-fold difference in platelet 12(S)-HETE production observed between the groups. We found a predominant localization of 12-LO protein in the cytosol, and the difference in the amount of this protein between patients and control subjects was more marked in the cytosolic than in the membrane fraction. The intracellular distribution of 12-LO activity varies between different cells, ranging from a predominant cytosolic20 localization to a preferential localization in membranes.21 In human platelets, most22 but not all23 investigators have observed a predominant (65%) localization of 12-LO activity and protein in the cytosolic fraction. 12(S)-HETE has also been shown to participate in the regulation of platelet function such as aggregation and P-selectin expression.23 Moreover, a newly developed platelet adhesion inhibitor, OPC-29030, dose-dependently inhibits the production of 12(S)-HETE but not the synthesis of thromboxane B2.23 This finding may be important because it is known that in essential hypertension, platelets display enhanced secretory and aggregatory responses, reflecting a hyperactivated state24 that may play a crucial role in the atherosclerotic process relevant in patients with this disease. Moreover, 12-HETE has been shown in endothelial cells to have mitogenic properties.25 It is interesting that 12-HETE production has been found to be increased in small vessels from ischemic kidneys, thus reflecting renal tissue injury.3
In summary, our results indicate that urinary excretion and platelet production of 12(S)-HETE is increased in patients with essential hypertension. The higher levels of 12-LO protein displayed by platelets from patients with hypertension suggest a possible mechanism mediating the increase in 12(S)-HETE. These findings might have clinical implications regarding the platelet disturbances observed in essential hypertension.
| Acknowledgments |
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Received April 6, 2000; first decision May 16, 2000; accepted August 16, 2000.
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