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Osteogenic protein-1 mRNA expression is selectively modulated after acute ischemic renal injury

MM Almanzar, KS Frazier, PH Dube, AI Piqueras, WK Jones, MF Charette and AL Paredes
University of Miami and Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center/GRECC, Florida, USA.

Osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1) is a morphogenetic factor highly expressed in the kidney and involved in tissue repair and development. Homozygous OP-1-deficient mice die shortly after birth due mainly to arrest of renal growth and differentiation. Because postischemic injury involves several repair mechanisms, this study examined whether kidney OP-1 mRNA expression is modulated after ischemia. Acute ischemic renal injury was achieved in rats by unilateral clamping of the renal pedicle followed by reperfusion. Rats were killed at 3, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h and 7 d after reperfusion, and kidneys were microdissected and analyzed by histology and Northern and Western blots. Changes in OP-1 mRNA were determined by measuring the ratio of OP-1/glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase signals for each OP-1 transcript (4.0 and 2.4 kb) from ischemic, opposite, and sham-operated rats. The OP-1 mRNA content for transcript 4.0 kb was fivefold lower in the whole ischemic kidney compared with that in sham animals 24 h after reperfusion. In the ischemic medulla, OP-1 mRNA was strikingly downregulated 20-fold when compared with the ischemic cortex. Results for transcript 2.4 kb and for the other time points were comparable. OP-1 mRNA expression was also affected in the opposite medulla compared with the sham medulla. However, only in the ischemic medulla was the relative OP-1 content significantly lower at all time points. Similar results were obtained when analyzing OP-1 protein by Western blot at 24 h after reperfusion. Seven days after reperfusion, the levels of OP-1 mRNA returned to baseline. In conclusion, kidney OP-1 mRNA and protein are selectively downregulated in the medulla after acute ischemic renal injury. OP-1 modulation may be a key element for kidney repair.

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