title: RT-PCR-based evidence for the in vivo stimulation of renal tubularp-aminohippurate (PAH) transport by triiodothyronine (T3) or dexamethasone (DEXA) in kidney tissue of immature and adult rats.
abstract: Our previous studies have shown that a pre-treatment of rats with triiodothyronine (T3) or dexamethasone (DEXA) increases renal PAH excretion significantly. This stimulation was accompanied by an enhanced protein synthesis within the renal cortex. To explore the molecular basis for this sub-chronic induction process, we investigated the stimulation of PAH accumulation in renal cortical slices as well as the expression level of organic anion transporter 1 (OAT1), the recently cloned renal basolateral PAH-transporter, using RT-PCR techniques under the applied conditions. 10- and 55-day-old Han:WIST rats were treated in vivo with T3 (20 microg/100 g b.wt.) or DEXA (60 microg/100 g b.wt.), both for 3 days, once daily. Renal cortical slices were incubated for 2 hours in Cross-Taggart medium and PAH uptake into kidney tissue was measured time dependently (slice to medium ratio, QS/M). The accumulation capacity is comparable between immature and mature rats (control-QS/M: 6.7 +/- 0.1 vs. 6.9 +/- 0.2, respectively). Both age groups showed a significant increase of PAH accumulation capacity after T3 treatment (10-day-old rats: 15.0 +/- 0.2; 55-day-old rats: 11.7 +/- 1.3). After DEXA pre-treatment, PAH accumulation was only slightly changed (10-day-old rats: 5.9 +/- 0.2; 55-day-old rats: 8.2 +/- 1.3). Semi-quantitative measurements of OAT1 mRNA expression level showed a significant increase of OAT1 mRNA after pre-treatment with both T3 and DEXA in the two age groups. Thus, this is the first evidence that T3 and DEXA pre-treatment induces the expression of OAT1.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahn
authors.forename: Achim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hauss
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Appenroth
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ebbinghaus
authors.forename: Yohannes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hagos
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Steinmetzer
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burckhardt
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fleck
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D027362:Organic Anion Transport Protein 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D027362:Organic Anion Transport Protein 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D003907:Dexamethasone