OPPOSITE REGULATION OF RENIN GENE-EXPRESSION BY CYCLIC-AMP AND CALCIUM IN ISOLATED MOUSE JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELLS

DELLABRUNA, R and PINET, F and CORVOL, P and KURTZ, A (1995) OPPOSITE REGULATION OF RENIN GENE-EXPRESSION BY CYCLIC-AMP AND CALCIUM IN ISOLATED MOUSE JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELLS. KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL, 47 (5). pp. 1266-1273. ISSN 0085-2538, 1523-1755

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Abstract

A quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for mouse renin mRNA was utilized to study the influence of classic second messenger molecules on renin mRNA levels in primary cultures of juxtaglomerular (JG) cells isolated from the kidneys of C57/B16 mice. We found that forskolin (3 mu M), an activator of adenylate cyclase led to proportional increases of renin secretion and renin mRNA levels. The nitric oxide (NO) donor, sodium nitroprusside (100 mu M), stimulated both renin secretion and renin gene expression, the effect on secretion being stronger than that on renin mRNA levels. An increase of the extracellular concentration of calcium from 0.5 to 3 mM led to a transient inhibition of renin secretion, followed by a marked stimulation of secretion and to a continuous suppression of renin mRNA levels. These were also decreased by the calcium ionophore A23187 (1 mu M) The membrane permeable 8-bromo-cyclic GMP (100 mu M) inhibited basal renin secretion without an effect on renin mRNA levels. The phorbol ester phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (1 to 100 nM), which was used to stimulate protein kinase C activity, had no significant effects on renin secretion and renin mRNA levels, neither alone nor in combination with forskolin. These findings suggest that cAMP, NO and calcium are effective regulators of renin gene expression in renal JG cells, in a way that cAMP and NO are stimulators and calcium acts as an inhibitor. Moreover, in these acute experiments there appears to be no obligatory link between the secretion and the expression of renin, suggesting that both parameters are separately regulated.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: MESSENGER-RNA LEVELS; RELAXING FACTOR; MOLECULAR-BIOLOGY; DIETARY NACL; NITRIC-OXIDE; RAT-KIDNEY; SECRETION; ENDOTHELIUM; RELEASE; PLASMA;
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2022 08:37
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/52570

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