title: Induction of rat liver angiotensinogen mRNA following acute inflammation.
abstract: Inflammatory responses of the angiotensinogen mRNA in rat liver and brain were examined by RNA blot-hybridization analysis with use of a cDNA probe specific for rat angiotensinogen. The angiotensinogen mRNA in the liver increased rapidly during the first 5 h following the administration of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide, and at maximum level of induction, the mRNA increased approximately 5-fold over its normal level. The levels of the mRNA increased with increasing doses of lipopolysaccharide, the half-maximal dose being approximately 1 microgram/100 g body weight. In contrast, no such increase was observed in the brain angiotensinogen mRNA. Thus, the expression of the rat angiotensinogen mRNA is regulated in a tissue-specific manner in response to induction of acute inflammation.
mesh_terms: D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D000809:Angiotensins / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000235:genetics*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000809:Angiotensins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000808:Angiotensinogen