title: Suppressed expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in the renal cortex of rats with chemically induced kidney damage.
abstract: The alteration of Ca(2+)-binding protein regucalcin mRNA expression in the kidney cortex of rats administered cisplatin and cephaloridine, which can induce kidney damage, was investigated. Cisplatin (0.25, 0.5 and 1.0 mg/100 g body weight) or cephaloridine (25, 50 and 100 mg/100 g) was intraperitoneally administered in rats, and 1, 2 and 3 days later they were sacrificed. The alteration in serum findings after the administration of cisplatin (1.0 mg/100 g) or cephaloridine (50 and 100 mg/100 g) demonstrated chemically induced kidney damage; blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentration increased markedly and serum inorganic phosphorus or calcium concentration decreased significantly. Moreover, the administration of cisplatin (1.0 mg/100 g) or cephaloridine (100 mg/100 g) caused a remarkable increase of calcium content in the kidney cortex of rats, indicating kidney damage. The expression of regucalcin mRNA in the kidney cortex was markedly reduced by the administration of cisplatin or cephaloridine in rats, when the mRNA levels were analyzed by Northern blotting using rat liver regucalcin cDNA (0.9 kb). The mRNA decreases were seen with the used lowest dose of cisplatin or cephaloridine. The present study clearly demonstrates that the mRNA expression of Ca(2+)-binding protein regucalcin in the kidney cortex of rats is decreased by chemically induced kidney damage.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D002509:Cephaloridine / Q000633:toxicity*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000633:toxicity*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000633:toxicity*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015238:Sulfotransferases
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002511:Cephalosporins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C028152:alcohol sulfotransferase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C513325:Rgn protein, rat; D002509:Cephaloridine; D002945:Cisplatin