title: Localization of erythropoietin gene expression in proximal renal tubular cells detected by digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotide probes.
abstract: Erythropoietin (EPO) is the main humoral stimulus of erythropoiesis. In adult mammals, the kidney releases EPO in response to hypoxic stress. Conflicting data have suggested either renal tubular or peritubular cell origins of EPO synthesis in vivo. In situ hybridization studies were performed to define further the kidney cell type(s) capable of increasing EPO gene expression during hypoxic stimulation. EPO gene expression was stimulated in mice exposed to acute hypobaric hypoxia. Kidneys from hypoxic and control normoxic mice were obtained. Six digoxigenin-labelled oligonucleotide probes complementary to EPO exon sequences were utilized for in situ hybridization for EPO messenger RNA. Positive hybridization signals were identified in some proximal tubular cells, confined to the inner third of the renal cortex of hypoxic mouse kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Queen's University of Belfast, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust, Northern Ireland, U.K.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Shanks
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Lappin
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Maxwell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004076:Digoxigenin; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004921:Erythropoietin; D004076:Digoxigenin