title: Acute intrarenal infusion of ANG II does not stimulate immediate early gene expression in the kidney.
abstract: ANG II is capable of stimulating expression of immediate early genes such as egr-1 and c-fos in a variety of cultured cells, including cells of renal origin. To investigate whether ANG II can stimulate early growth response gene expression in vivo, we studied the effects of acute renal artery infusion of low-dose ANG II (2.5 ng small middle dot kg(-1) small middle dot min(-1)) or vehicle on the renal expression of c-fos and egr-1 genes in rats. ANG II infusion for 30 or 240 min decreased renal vascular conductance by approximately 13 and 8%, respectively, compared with the vehicle group. Expression of the early growth response genes c-fos and egr-1 was analyzed using Northern blot hybridization. No significant upregulation of c-fos or egr-1 mRNA levels was detected in rats that received ANG II for either 30 or 240 min, compared with the vehicle groups. We conclude that ANG II, at doses that cause significant physiological effects, does not increase the renal expression of c-fos or egr-1 genes over periods of up to 4 h in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Edgley
authors.forename: Nancy R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Warwick P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D021461:Animals, Outbred Strains; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early / Q000187:drug effects*; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012077:Renal Artery; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; C486110:Egr1 protein, rat; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D000804:Angiotensin II