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Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) channels in acute kidney injury

Fachliche Zuordnung Nephrologie
Förderung Förderung von 2011 bis 2013
Projektkennung Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 152203169
 
Erstellungsjahr 2014

Zusammenfassung der Projektergebnisse

We proposed to investigate the role of TRPV1 channels in ischemic acute kidney injury (AKI) in mice. Using Trpv1 and Trpv4 gene-deficient mice, we found that these two TRPV channels have unique sites of vasoregulatory function in the kidney with functional TRPV1 having a narrow, discrete distribution in the resistance vasculature and TRPV4 having more universal, widespread distribution along different vascular segments. We tested the role of TRPV1 channels in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced AKI by modulating these channels with capsaicin (TRPV1 agonist), capsazepine (TRPV1 antagonist) and using Trpv1-/- mice. We found that activation of TRPV1 channels ameliorates I/R-induced AKI, but inhibition of these channels does not affect the outcome of AKI. Our results may have clinical implications for long-term safety of renal denervation to treat resistant hypertension in man, with respect to the function of primary sensory nerves in the response of the kidney to ischemic stimuli.

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