title: Circadian expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in angiotensin II type 1a receptor knockout mice.
abstract: Both the peripheral biological clock and the renin-angiotensin system regulate mRNA expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1). Our objective was to determine whether angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 (AT1) receptor-mediated signaling contributes to the development of circadian expression of PAI-1 and clock genes in the heart, aorta, liver, and kidney. We sacrificed AT1a receptor knockout (AT1a-KO) and wild-type (WT) 12 week-old mice every 4 hr. We examined mRNA expression for PAI-1 and clock genes (Per2, Bmal1, and Clock) in heart, aorta, liver, and kidney by using the quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. PAI-1 mRNA showed circadian oscillation with a peak occurring during the light phase in the heart, liver, aorta, and kidney of WT mice. Peak expression of PAI-1 in the liver and aorta was decreased in AT1a-KO mice. On the other hand, cardiac PAI-1 expression in AT1a-KO mice was reduced in the dark phase, during which time its expression level was low. There were no significant differences between WT and AT1a-KO mice in renal PAI-1 expression. Clock genes oscillated synchronously in WT and AT1a-KO mice, and there were no significant differences between the WT and the AT1a-KO mice in their expression. Plasma angiotensin II showed little oscillation in the WT mice. We conclude that AT1a receptor-mediated Ang II signaling modulates the circadian expression of PAI-1 in an organ-specific manner. The effect of the renin-angiotensin system on PAI-1 expression appears to be independent of peripheral clock gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan. ttsujino@hyo-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujino
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Daizo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakoda
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugaya
authors.forename: Mitsumasa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohyanagi
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000378:metabolism; D056926:CLOCK Proteins; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1 / Q000502:physiology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044140:Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1; D015534:Trans-Activators; D000804:Angiotensin II; D056926:CLOCK Proteins; C538944:Clock protein, mouse