Modulation of renin synthesis by lipoxygenase products in cultured human mesangial cells

Modulation of renin synthesis by lipoxygenase products has been studied in cultured human mesangial cells under basal conditions and in the presence of prostaglandin (PG) E2. Total renin and cyclic AMP productions were stimulated in a dose-dependent manner (0.1-10 microM) by PGE2. The stimulatory effect of PGE2 on renin production was inhibited by 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) between 0.1 and 100 nM. Extracellular and intracellular renin were affected similarly. Neither basal and PGE2-dependent cyclic AMP nor basal cyclic GMP productions were modified. 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HPETE), 12-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HPETE) and 15-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HPETE) had the same effects as 12-HETE. Intracellular calcium concentration was not modified in the presence of 12-HETE. Since oleyl-2-acetylglycerol (OAG), an analog of diacylglycerol, also inhibited PGE2-stimulated renin production, it is hypothesized that the effect of the lipoxygenase products is mediated via protein kinase C stimulation.