title: Mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat is reduced from the age of two weeks.
abstract: We carried out a comparison of tissue distribution of mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylase (MPD) between normotensive Wistar Kyoto rat (WKY) and stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP) using Western blotting. However, there was no difference in tissue distribution of MPD between WKY and SHRSP, expect in brain and liver. We then compared the MPD between WKY and SHRSP liver at several weeks of age. We found that MPD in the liver as well as brain of SHRSP was significantly reduced from two weeks of age. This data is useful to identify or understand the mechanism underlying the reduced amount of MPD in SHRSP.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima, Japan. mitihara@fupharm.fukuyama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR / Q000378:metabolism*; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D020521:Stroke / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014018:Tissue Distribution / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C022503:pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase