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. 1997 Sep 15;100(6):1566–1574. doi: 10.1172/JCI119680

Biomechanical coupling in renin-releasing cells.

R M Carey 1, H E McGrath 1, E S Pentz 1, R A Gomez 1, P Q Barrett 1
PMCID: PMC508338  PMID: 9294125

Abstract

The renin-angiotensin system is a major regulatory system controlling extracellular fluid volume and blood pressure. The rate-limiting enzyme in this hormonal cascade is renin, which is synthesized and secreted into the circulation by renal juxtaglomerular (JG) cells. The renal baroreceptor is a key physiologic regulator of renin secretion, whereby a change in renal perfusion pressure is sensed by these cells and results in a change in renin release. However, the mechanism, direct or indirect, underlying pressure transduction is unknown. We studied the direct application of mechanical stretch to rat JG cells and human renin-expressing (CaLu-6) cells on the release of renin. JG cells released a low level of baseline renin, comprising < 5% of their total renin content. By contrast, renin secretion from CaLu-6 cells comprised approximately 30% of cellular stores, yet was also stimulated twofold by 10 microM forskolin (P </= 0.001). In JG cells, mechanical stretch inhibited basal renin release by 42% (P < 0.01) and forskolin-stimulated renin release by 25% (P < 0.05). In CaLu-6 cells, stretch inhibited basal- and forskolin-stimulated renin release by 30 and 26%, respectively (both P < 0.01). Northern blot analysis demonstrated a stretch-induced reduction in baseline renin mRNA accumulation of 26% (P < 0.05) in JG and 46% (P < 0.05) in CaLu-6 cells. The data demonstrate that mechanical stretch in renin-releasing cells inhibits basal and stimulated renin release accompanied by a decrease in renin mRNA accumulation. Further studies will be necessary to characterize the intracellular events mediating biomechanical coupling in renin-expressing cells and the relationship of this signaling pathway to the in vivo baroreceptor control of renin secretion.

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