3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC ROLE OF
ANGIOTENSIN II
Angiotensin II
AT1
Receptor
Cell Growth
LVH
Vascular
Remodeling
Vasoconstrictio
n
Aldosterone prod.
Sodium / Water
Retention
TVR
BP
BP
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5. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)
Inhibitors: Mechanism of Action
Nitric Oxide
Prostaglandin
s
Angiotensinoge
n
Renin
ACE
A-I A-II ()
ACE Inhibitor
Bradykinin ()
Kininase II
Inactive
Peptide
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6. Over Time Angiotensin II Levels Rise
(in tissue and blood)
Despite ACE Inhibition and BP Control
Time
Levels
AII
BP
ACE
ACE Inhibitor
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7. Are We Really Blocking Angiotensin II
With ACE Inhibitors?
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9. BP Levels Remain Down With
ACE Inhibitors Despite Normal Angiotensin II Levels
• Increased Bradykinin Levels
• Increased PGE 2 Levels
• Increased Nitric Oxide Levels
• Vasodilation
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10. How Can Angiotensin II Levels Increase
Despite Blockade?
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11. TISSUE ANGIOTENSIN II
FORMATION
Alternate Pathway
Heart
Ventricles
Adventitial
Layers
ACE
Angiotensin I Angiotensin II
Chymase
Angiotensin II
Receptors
Angiotensinogen
Renin
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12. Stimulants of Local Angiotensin II
Production
• Trauma
• Stretch
• Hypoxia
• Hypertension
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13. What is the Importance of the Alternate Pathway?
• Systemic conversion of Angiotensin I
to Angiotensin II
• Local conversion of Angiotensin I
to Angiotensin II
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14. Bottom Line
(Regardless of Importance)
ACE Inhibitors Reduce BP
But Not Angiotensin II Levels
(Neither Systemic nor Local)
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15. Are High or Normal Levels of
Angiotensin II OK in Treated Hypertensive
Individuals?
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16. PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC ROLE OF
ANGIOTENSIN II
AT1
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Angiotensin II
Receptor
Cell Growth
LVH
Vascular
Remodeling
Vasoconstriction Aldosterone prod.
Sodium / Water
Retention
TVR
BP
BP
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17. The Spectrum of Vascular Remodeling
Pressure Flow Injury
A B C D E F
Vessel A represents hypertensive vascular disease with vascular hypertrophy, in which the medial layer is
thickened and the luminal diameter is reduced; vessel B, hypertensive vascular disease without medial
hypertrophy, in which the luminal diameter is reduced; vessel C, decreased vessel dimensions in response to
a long-term decrease in flow; vessel D, increased vessel dimensions in response to a long-term increase in
flow; vessel E, neointimal hyperplasia (migration and proliferation of vascular smooth-muscle cells) in
response to vascular injury; and vessel F, atherosclerosis in response to vascular injury of conduit vessels.
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18. Agents of Vascular Remodeling (Signals, Sensors, and
Mediators)
Gap junctions
Vasoactive
substances
Growth
regulators
Matrix
modulators
Extracellular-matrix
receptors
Flow or shear
stress
Stretch
Thrombin
Angiotensin II
ATP
Inflammatory
mediators
Adhesion
molecules
LDL
oxidized LDL
Lipoprotein (a)
Nucleus
Vascular transducer cell
Potassium
channel
Ion
channel
Ligand receptors ELAMs
Integrins
Lipoprotein
receptors
Signal
s
Sensors
Mediators
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19. Angiotensin II - Vascular Hypertrophy
FGF
fibroblast growth
factor
TGFB1
transforming growth
factor beta-1
PDGF
platelt derived
growth factor
insulin-like
growth factor
Angiotensin II affects factors that
modulate
growth in cultured vascular
smooth muscle cells
Koibuchi, Y. et al, Hypertension, 21: 1993
Itoh. H. et al, J clin Invest, 91: 1993
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20. Proposed Angiotensin-II Influence
on the Blood Vessel
BP Vascular
injury
Induction of angiotensin II pathways at the tissue level
Local angiotensin II production
Vascular remodeling
Dzau VJ; J Cardiovasc Pharmacol, Vol 22 (Suppl. 5) 1993
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21. Induction of angiotensin II pathways at the tissue level
BP
Aortic Stenosis
Coarctation of Aorta
Wall tension
Left ventricular
pressure
Left ventricular volume
overload
Local angiotensin II production
Cardiac remodeling (hypertrophy / dilatation)
MI
Myocardial Injury
Valvular Insufficiency
KNOWN
INVESTIGATIONAL
Angiotensin II Influence and the Heart
Adapted from Dzau v.N. Drugs. Vol. 47, Supp. 4, 1994
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22. Proposed Angiotensin II Influence on the Kidney
Renal Injury
Nephron Mass
Glomerular Hypertrophy
Glomerular
Capillary
Pressure
BP
Adapted from Wier,M.R. et al.:Primarycare 18:3,
1991.
Induction of angiotensin II pathways at the tissue level
(mesangial cells / vascular endothelium)
Local angiotensin II production
Glomerulosclerosis
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23.
24. Hypothesized Atherosclerotic Effects
of Angiotensin II
• Causes SMC growth and migration
• Activates macrophages
• Increases platelet aggregation
• Stimulation of PAI 1
• Made directly by SMCs &
macrophages
• Angiotensin II stimulation causes endothelial
dysfunction
Gibbons, GH, et al; NEJM. 330:20;
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25. ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKERS
LOSARTAN
AT1
Receptor
Aldosterone prod.
Sodium / Water
Retention
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Vasoconstriction
TVR
BP
Cell Growth
LVH
Vascular
Remodeling BP
Atherosclerotic
Effects
Activates
Macrophages
Platelet Aggregation
Stimulation of PAE 1
Endothelial
Dysfunction
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26. Does This Mean Angiotensin II AT1 Blockers Have
Special Effects Beyond Benefits of BP Lowering?
• Prevention of remodeling of blood
vessels and heart
• Kidney sparing effects
• Anti-atherogenic effects
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28. Reduction of Endpoints in NIDDM with the
Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan
(RENAAL)
Presented at the ASH Meeting May 16-19,
2001
29. Definition of Abnormalities in Albumin
Excretion in the Urine
Category 24-h collection Random collection
(mg/24h) (mg/g creatinine)
Normal <30 <30
Microalbuminuria 30-299 30-299
Clinical albuminuria >300 >300
30. The Natural Progression of Diabetic
Nephropathy
Time (yrs)
0 5 20 30
Proteinuria
Hypertension
ESRF
Onset
Preclinical
Nephropathy
Structural changes
(increasing glomerular basement
membrane thickining
and messangial expansion)
Incipient Nephropathy
(Hyperfiltration, microalbumiuria
rising blood pressure)
Overt Nephropathy
(Rising S. Creatinine,
Decreasing GFR)
31. RENAAL
• Trial- Reduction of endpoints in NIDDM with the AII
Antagonist Losartan Study (1,513 patients)
• Patient Type- Type II DM with proteinuria (urinary
albumin:creatinine ratio > 300 mg/g or urinary protein
excretion >500 mg/24hr)
– Hypertensive or normotensive
– Age 31-70 yr.
– SCr 1.5-3 mg/dL for males >60 kg; 1.3 mg/dL for females
and males <60 kg
32. RENAAL
• Treatment Groups- Losartan 50 mg QD 100 mg QD
(dose titrated at 4 weeks if target SBP/DBP <140/90
mm Hg is not met) vs. placebo. Hypertensive patients
continued their exisitng therapy (excluding ACE’s or
ARB’s) for the duration of the study
• Primary Endpoint- Composite endpoint of the time to
first event of doubling of serum creatinine, ESRD
(dialysis, transplantation), or death
• Secondary Endpoint- Assessment of CV events,
progression of renal disease, and changes in
proteinuria
33. Baseline Characteristics for RENAAL
Age at entry (mean) 60 years
Race Caucasian 49%, Black
15%, Hispanic 185, Asian
17%
Gender Male 63%, Female 37%
Hypertensive 94%
SBP/DBP (means) 153/82 mm Hg
Serum Creatinine (mean) 1.9 mg/dL
Urinary albumin: 1,867 mg/ gram
creatinine ratio (mean)
40. Additional Results
• Proteinuria- Cozaar plus conventional blood pressure
therapy significantly lowered proteinuria by 35%
compared to placebo plus conventional blood
pressure therapy, p= 0.0001
• Discontinuations- 17 percent in the Cozaar group and
22 percent in the placebo group
41. Baseline Characteristics for IDNT-(Irbesartan
Type II Diabetic Nephropathy Trial)
Patients 1715
Dose titrated to 300mg/day
Age at entry (mean) 30-70 years
Hypertensive 100%
SBP/DBP (means) 160/87 mm Hg
Serum Creatinine (mean) 1.67 mg/dL
Urinary protein: 4 gram
proteinuria >900mg/day
42. Results for IDNT-(Irbesartan Type II Diabetic
Nephropathy Trial)
• Primary composite endpoint: 2x serum creatinine,
time to ESRD (need for dialysis, renal transplant or
SC > 6mg/dL), death
– RR= 20% p=0.02
• 2x serum creatine
– RR=33% p=0.001
• Time to loss of renal function
– RR=23% p=0.07 (NS)
• Time to all cause mortality
– RR= 8% NS
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ACE/ARB
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Cr
1
2
3
4
5
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RATE OF RENAL DECLINE
YEARS
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YEARS
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