Expression Of Epithelial Na+ Channel (ENaC) And Serum/glucocorticoid Regulated Kinase 1 (SGK1) In Brain Nuclei of Rats Post‐MI
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Abstract
Blockade of brain mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) or ENaC prevents sympathetic hyperactivity and improves cardiac function in rats post MI. To assess whether this response reflects increases in ENaC activity, we studied mRNA expression of ENaC (α, β, γ) subunits and SGK1, an important regulator of ENaC, in brain nuclei of male Wistar rats at 2 & 4 weeks (wks) post MI. Micro‐punches were taken from the subfornical organ (SFO), paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and supraoptic nucleus (SON). Expression of mRNA was measured by real‐time qRT‐PCR, normalized by house keeping gene phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1). In SFO, α and β subunit mRNA levels significantly increased at 4 (1.7±0.2 vs 1.2±0.1 α/PGK1 [×10 −3 ]; 1.0±0.1 vs 0.6±0.1 β/PGK1 [×10 −4 ]) but not 2 wks compared to sham. In PVN, α subunit mRNA levels decreased at 2 (2.9±0.5 vs 4.5±0.6 [×10 −3 ], p<0.05) but not 4 wks post MI. In contrast, mRNA levels of γ subunit significantly increased at 4 (1.2±0.2 vs 0.6±0.2 [×10 −4 ]) but not 2 wks. No changes of ENaC subunit mRNA was found in SON. mRNA levels of SGK1 were similar in SFO, PVN and SON between MI and sham at 2 & 4 wks. These results indicate that in rats post MI, ENaC subunit mRNA expression is differentially regulated in brain nuclei. SGK1 transcription regulation appears not to be involved. Upregulation of ENaC subunit transcription in SFO and PVN may increase ENaC activity and thereby contribute to sympathetic hyperactivity.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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