Dependence of angiotensin production in transgenic mice carrying either the human renin or human angiotensinogen genes on species-specific kinetics of the renin-angiotensin system.
In order to study the functional role of the renin-angiotensin system in the control of blood pressure, projects were initiated using transgenic mice carrying either the human renin gene or the human angiotensinogen gene. To extend the usefulness of the transgenic model system of hypertension research, a two-tiered strategy for generation of transgenic mice with high blood pressure has been developed. This unique system allows the establishment of transgenic lines with a strict species specificity of the renin-angiotensinogen reaction exhibited by transgene products that are regulated in a tissue specific manner. In this report, the strategy concerning the "two-tiered method" is presented and evidence is provided the overproduction of angiotensin occurs only in the combined reaction with human renin and human angiotensinogen expressed in transgenic mice.
Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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Fukamizu
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Takimoto
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Sugimura
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Hatae
M S
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Seo
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Takahashi
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Sugiyama
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N
Kajiwara
K
K
Yagami
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Murakami
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012083:Renin / Q000235:genetics*; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D000808:Angiotensinogen; D000804:Angiotensin II; D012083:Renin