Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
22 (1995), S. 0
ISSN:
1440-1681
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
1. The pharmacological profile and the microanatomical localization of Ca2+ channels of the L-type were analysed in sections of the kidney of Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) of different ages.2. [3H]-Nicardipine was used as a ligand. It was bound to sections of rat kidney in a manner consistent with the labelling of Ca2+ channels of the L-type. The density of [3H]-nicardipine binding sites was similar in WKY rats of different ages and in SHR of 2 and 4 months, but was significantly increased in SHR of 6 months.3. Light microscope autoradiography revealed the highest density of binding sites in the tubular portion of the nephron and to a lesser extent within smooth muscle of renal arteries and renal corpuscles. In SHR of 4 and 6 months the density of [3H]-nicardipine binding sites was increased within the epithelium of proximal tubules and of the loop of Henle and decreased in renal corpuscles in comparison with WKY rats or 2 month old SHR.4. These results show that the density of Ca2+ channels of the L-type increases with the worsening of hypertension in SHR. The observation of a different sensitivity to hypertension of Ca2+ channels located in the various portions of the nephron indicates the usefulness of light microscope autoradiography for assessing hypertension-related changes of Ca2+ channels in the kidney.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1995.tb02896.x
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