• Pharmacol Rep · Oct 2019

    Nicotine reverses the enhanced renal vasodilator capacity in endotoxic rats: Role of α7/α4β2 nAChRs and HSP70.

    • Abdalla M Wedn, Sahar M El-Gowilly, and Mahmoud M El-Mas.
    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
    • Pharmacol Rep. 2019 Oct 1; 71 (5): 782-793.

    BackgroundNicotine alleviates renal inflammation and injury induced by endotoxemia. This study investigated (i) the nicotine modulation of hemodynamic and renal vasodilatory responses to endotoxemia in rats, and (ii) roles of α7 or α4β2-nAChRs and related HSP70/TNFα/iNOS signaling in the interaction.MethodsEndotoxemia was induced by ip lipopolysaccharide (5 mg/kg/day, for 2 days) and changes in systolic blood pressure and vasodilator responsiveness of isolated perfused kidney to acetylcholine or 5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA, adenosine receptor agonist) were evaluated.ResultsLipopolysaccharide had no effect on serum creatinine, reduced blood pressure, and increased renal vasodilations induced by acetylcholine or NECA in male and female preparations. Immunohistochemical analyses showed that lipopolysaccharide reduced renal HSP70 expression, but increased α7-nAChRs, α4β2-nAChRs and iNOS expressions. The co-administration of aminoguanidine (iNOS inhibitor), pentoxifylline (TNFα inhibitor), or nicotine attenuated lipopolysaccharide mediation of renal vasodilations and elevations in α7/α4β2-nAChR and iNOS expressions. Nicotine also reversed the downregulating effect of lipopolysaccharide on HSP70 expression. α7-nAChRs (methyllycaconitine citrate, MLA) or α4β2-nAChRs (dihydro-β-erythroidine, DHβE) blockade potentiated the lipopolysaccharide enhancement of renal vasodilations, and abolished the depressant effect of nicotine on lipopolysaccharide responses. A similar abolition of nicotine effects was seen after HSP70 inhibition by quercetin. Alternatively, lipopolysaccharide hypotension was eliminated in rats treated with DHβE/nicotine or quercetin/nicotine regimen in contrast to no effect for nicotine alone or combined with MLA.ConclusionsThese findings establish that nicotine offsets lipopolysaccharide facilitation of renal vasodilations possibly through a crosstalk between HSP70 and nAChRs of the α7 and α4β2 types.Copyright © 2019 Maj Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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