title: Dietary salt regulates renal SGK1 abundance: relevance to salt sensitivity in the Dahl rat.
abstract: Serum and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 (SGK1) activates the epithelial sodium channel (eNaC) in tubules. We examined renal SGK1 abundance in salt-adaptation and in salt-sensitive hypertension. Sprague-Dawley and Dahl salt-sensitive rats were placed on either 8% or 0.3% NaCl diets for 10 days. Plasma aldosterone levels were approximately 2.5-fold greater on 0.3% versus 8% NaCl diets in both rat strains. Both serum and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 transcript and protein abundance were less (P<0.01) in Sprague-Dawley rats and greater (P<0.01) in Dahl salt-sensitive rats on 8% versus 0.3% NaCl diets. The cDNA sequences of serum and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 in both strains of rat were the same. The present results provide evidence that the abundance of serum and glucocorticoid-induced kinase 1 in rat kidney may play a role in salt adaptation and the pathogenesis of hypertension and suggests that aldosterone is not the primary inducer of SGK1 in the Sprague-Dawley rat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood St, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farjah
authors.forename: Bryan P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Roxas
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Geenen
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Danziger
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D020303:Rats, Inbred Dahl; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases