GRK4 and hypertensive disorder: Renal protein phosphatase 2A activity is decreased in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs) but increased in young (aged 2 weeks) SHRs, whereas GRK4 activity is markedly increased in hypertension.16, 17, 18 Nevertheless, the GRKs have received, by far, the most attention in abnormal GPCR phosphorylation in renal tubules in hypertension.