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. 1996 Sep 20;162(2):139-44.
doi: 10.1007/BF00227541.

Calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA expression in the kidney cortex is suppressed by saline ingestion in rats

N Shinya  1 , H Kurota, M Yamaguchi
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Calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA expression in the kidney cortex is suppressed by saline ingestion in rats

N Shinya et al. Mol Cell Biochem. .

Abstract

The effect of adrenalectomy (ADX) or saline ingestion, which is a hypertensive factor, on the expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in the kidney cortex of rats was investigated. The change of regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting using rat liver regucalcin complementary DNA (0.9 kb of open-reading frame). Regucalcin mRNA was expressed in the kidney cortex but not the medulla. Rats were adrenalectomized, and 48 h later they were sacrificed. ADX caused a reduction of regucalcin mRNA levels in the kidney cortex, suggesting that adrenal glands participate in the regulation of the mRNA expression. This reduction was not restored by the subcutaneous administration of dexamethasone with an effective dose (1 mg/kg body weight), which can stimulate kidney regucalcin mRNA expression. Regucalcin mRNA levels in the kidney cortex of rats were markedly suppressed by the ingestion of saline for 7 days. The ADX-induced decrease of renal cortex regucalcin mRNA levels was not appreciably restored by saline ingestion. Moreover, regucalcin mRNA levels in the kidney cortex of spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) were clearly decreased as compared with that of control (Wistar-Kyoto) rats. Meanwhile, calcium content in the kidney cortex was not significantly decreased by ADX or saline ingestion. The present study suggests that the expression of regucalcin mRNA in the kidney cortex of rats is suppressed by saline administration.

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