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Cell Tissue Res. 1992 Apr;268(1):141-8.
Renin processing studied by immunogold localization of prorenin and renin in granular juxtaglomerular cells in mice treated with enalapril.

Berka JL, Alcorn D, Ryan GB, Skinner SL.

Department of Anatomy, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Immunogold techniques were used to investigate renin processing within granular juxtaglomerular cells following short-term (6 h and 1 day) and long-term (4 weeks) enalapril treatment in female BALB/c mice. In control animals, renin protein labelling was localized to all types of granules (proto-, polymorphous, intermediate and mature) and to transport vesicles, whilst prorenin labelling was found in all these sites except mature granules, confirming that active renin is localized to mature granules only. Following short-term enalapril treatment, the exocytosis of renin protein from mature granules was increased. Long-term enalapril treatment resulted in increased numbers of transport vesicles and all types of granules, consistent with increased synthesis and storage of renin. More large intermediate granules contained discrete regions labelled for prorenin. Renin protein was exocytosed from individual and multiple granules, whilst prorenin was exocytosed from proto- and intermediate granules. It is concluded that under normal conditions prorenin is secreted constitutively by bulk flow from transport vesicles. On the other hand, active renin is secreted regulatively from mature granules. In conditions of intense stimulation (angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition treatment), increased synthesis of prorenin leads to enhanced secretion of prorenin by both constitutive and regulative pathways. Under these conditions, the conversion of prorenin to active renin is increased, with increased secretion of active renin occurring in a regulative manner. Furthermore, the localization of prorenin to one discrete region of large intermediate granules leads us to conclude, that cleavage of the prosegment of renin occurs with the transition of intermediate to mature granules.

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Clin Sci (Lond). 1991 Oct;81(4):457-64.
Feedback-mediated reduction in glomerular filtration during acetazolamide infusion in insulin-dependent diabetic patients.

Hannedouche T, Lazaro M, Delgado AG, Boitard C, Lacour B, Grunfeld JP.

Department of Nephrology, Hopital Necker, Paris, France.

1. A sustained high glomerular filtration rate in diabetes mellitus is associated with increased proximal reabsorption, suggesting alterations in the tubuloglomerular feedback system. To test this hypothesis, renal function was studied in eight control subjects and 14 recent-onset euglycaemic insulin-dependent diabetic patients before and after infusion of the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, acetazolamide (5 mg/kg body weight). 2. Acetazolamide induced a dramatic fall in glomerular filtration rate in both diabetic patients and control subjects (from 138 +/- 5 to 114 +/- 4 and from 127 +/- 3 to 113 +/- 2 ml min-1 1.73 m-2, respectively, P less than 0.0001). This fall in glomerular filtration rate was strongly correlated with the acetazolamide-induced decrease in absolute proximal reabsorption calculated by using lithium clearance. 3. To further assess the potential role of angiotensin II in the acetazolamide-induced tubulo-glomerular feedback response, 11 additional diabetic patients were investigated before and after the administration of acetazolamide plus the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, enalaprilat (1.25 mg intravenously). Despite the effective blockade of angiotensin II formation and a slight decrease in renal vascular resistance, the glomerular filtration rate fell significantly and by a similar magnitude as seen with acetazolamide alone. 4. These results indirectly suggest that there is an altered basal tubulo-glomerular feedback system in diabetic patients but a normal response to the increase in distal delivery. No convincing role for an angiotensin II-mediated effect on the afferent limb of the tubuloglomerular feedback response could be demonstrated.

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Nephron. 1990;55(1):63-8.
Growth hormone induced rise in glomerular filtration rate is not obliterated by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.

Haffner D, Ritz E, Mehls O, Rosman J, Blum W, Heinrich U, Hubinger A.

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, FRG.

In 8 healthy normotensive probands with normal glomerular filtration rate, the effect of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on inulin clearance (Cin) was examined in an open study with intraindividual crossover with or without enalapril pretreatment (20 mg/day). rhGH was administered by subcutaneous injection (4.5 U twice daly) for 3 days. On the following day Cin was measured with an enzymatic steady state infusion technique. Systemic hemodynamics and potential metabolic effects of rhGH, i.e., inulin-like growth factors I and II, somatomedin-binding protein, glucagon, C peptide, amino acid pattern, etc., were monitored. On controlled dietary intake of protein, the median Cin rose 72 h after start of rhGh administration from 114 (range 91-158) to 135 (108-167) ml/min/1.73 m2 without enalapril pretreatment (p less than 0.01) and from 111 (88-153) to 131 (100-173 ml/min/1.73 m2 with enalapril pretreatment (p less than 0.02). The results confirm that (1) rhGH increases Cin to a similar extent as extractive GH and (2) further demonstrate that this action is not obliterated by blocking the circulating converting enzyme.

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