title: Enhanced expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in regenerating rat liver.
abstract: The expression of hepatic calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA was investigated in regenerating rat liver. The change of regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting, using liver regucalcin cDNA (0.9 kb with complete open reading frame). The reduced liver weight by partial hepatectomy (about 70%) was completely restored at 3 days after surgery. Regenerating liver significantly increased calcium content. Liver regucalcin mRNA levels clearly increased 1-5 days after hepatectomy, in comparison with that of sham-operated rats, although the increase was not seen 12 hr after the surgery. Increased regucalcin mRNA levels in regenerating liver were appreciably reduced by single intraperitoneal administration of actinomycin D (100 micrograms/100 g body weight), an inhibitor of transcriptional process. Moreover, the increased regucalcin mRNA levels by hepatectomy was weakened by a single intraperitoneal administration of trifluoperazine (2.5 mg/100 g), an inhibitor of Ca2+/calmodulin. These findings demonstrate that the expression of hepatic regucalcin mRNA is enhanced in regenerating rat liver.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanayama
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006498:Hepatectomy; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012016:Reference Values; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D013997:Time Factors; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C028152:alcohol sulfotransferase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C513325:Rgn protein, rat; D002118:Calcium