{"title":"Rat Kidney Thromboxane Synthase: cDNA Cloning and Gene Expression Regulation in Hydronephrotic Kidney*","authors":"Eikatsu Tsutsumi, Kazuhisa Takeuchi, Takaaki Abe, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Taro Kato, Yoshihiro Taniyama, Yukio Ikeda, Sadayoshi Ito, Keishi Abe","doi":"10.1016/S0090-6980(97)00059-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We isolated a rat homolog of thromboxane (TX) synthase cDNA (∼ 1.8 kb) from the kidney with a fragment of human TX synthase cDNA amplified by polymerase chain reaction with placenta cDNA as a template. Northern blot analysis has shown that rat TX synthase gene is expressed abundantly in lung, liver, and uterus; moderately in kidney. TX synthase mRNA expression was up-regulated in hydronephrotic kidney made by ureter ligation. In conclusion, we have revealed the structure of rat kidney TX synthase. Up-regulation of renal TX synthase, which may cause stimulation of TX synthesis, is possibly implicated in the tissue injury in hydronephrotic kidney.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20653,"journal":{"name":"Prostaglandins","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0090-6980(97)00059-2","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Prostaglandins","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0090698097000592","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We isolated a rat homolog of thromboxane (TX) synthase cDNA (∼ 1.8 kb) from the kidney with a fragment of human TX synthase cDNA amplified by polymerase chain reaction with placenta cDNA as a template. Northern blot analysis has shown that rat TX synthase gene is expressed abundantly in lung, liver, and uterus; moderately in kidney. TX synthase mRNA expression was up-regulated in hydronephrotic kidney made by ureter ligation. In conclusion, we have revealed the structure of rat kidney TX synthase. Up-regulation of renal TX synthase, which may cause stimulation of TX synthesis, is possibly implicated in the tissue injury in hydronephrotic kidney.