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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol 2, 1516-1522, Copyright © 1992 by American Society of Nephrology

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Hormonal regulation of expression of the angiotensinogen gene in cultured opossum kidney proximal tubular cells

JS Chan, M Ming, ZR Nie, R Sikstrom, S Lachance and S Carriere
University of Montreal, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Research Center, Quebec, Canada.

Angiotensinogen (ANG) messenger RNA is expressed in cultured opossum kidney (OK) proximal tubular cells. The aim of these studies was to investigate whether steroid hormones (dexamethasone, estradiol, testosterone, and progesterone) could stimulate the expression of renal ANG gene in vitro. Fusion genes consisting of various lengths of the 5'- flanking region of the rat ANG gene linked to a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene were constructed and introduced into cultured OK cells. The level of expression of fusion genes was determined by the level of cellular CAT enzymatic activity. The addition of dexamethasone (10(-12) to 10(-6) M) stimulates the expression of the pOCAT (ANG N-1498/+18) fusion gene in OK cells in a dose-dependent manner with a maximum stimulation at 10(-6) M and a half- maximal stimulation at 10(-9) M. Combination of dexamethasone (10(-6) M) and thyroid hormone, L-T3 (10(-6) M), further enhanced the effect of the dexamethasone alone. Testosterone (10(-6) M), estradiol (10(-6) M), and progesterone (10(-6) M) did not have this effect. Moreover, dexamethasone also stimulates the expression of the pOCAT (ANG N- 688/+18) but not pOCAT (ANG N-110/+18), pOCAT (ANG N-53/+18) and pOCAT (ANG N-35/+18). These studies demonstrate that the glucocorticoid hormone is effective at stimulating the transcription of the ANG gene in OK cells, but stimulation is not observed from testosterone, estradiol, or progesterone. Moreover, glucocorticoid and L-T3 act synergistically to stimulate the transcription of the ANG gene.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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