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Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension
The present study investigated the changes that occurred in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in the kidney as a result of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension. Rats were implanted with DOCA strips (200 mg/kg) 1 week after unilateral nephrectomy and were then...
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Chonnam National University Medical School
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23323219 http://dx.doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2012.48.3.150 |
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author | Ma, Seong Kwon Choi, Joon Seok Joo, Soo Yeon Kim, Ha Yeon Kim, Chang Seong Bae, Eun Hui Lee, Jong Un Kim, Soo Wan |
author_facet | Ma, Seong Kwon Choi, Joon Seok Joo, Soo Yeon Kim, Ha Yeon Kim, Chang Seong Bae, Eun Hui Lee, Jong Un Kim, Soo Wan |
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description | The present study investigated the changes that occurred in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in the kidney as a result of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension. Rats were implanted with DOCA strips (200 mg/kg) 1 week after unilateral nephrectomy and were then supplied with 0.9% saline to drink. Four weeks after DOCA implantation, systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured by use of the tail-cuff method. The expression levels of phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K), Akt, and mTOR, as well as the protein expression levels of ED-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), α-smooth muscle actin (SMA), caspase-3, Bax, and Bcl-2, were then examined in the kidney by semiquantitative immunoblotting. DOCA-salt hypertensive rats were found to have significantly increased SBP as well as an increased kidney weight-to-body weight ratio. Moreover, the phosphorylation of PI3K, Akt, and mTOR was increased in the kidney of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats compared with the control, as was the protein expression of ED-1, COX-2, TGF-β1, and α-SMA. The expression levels of caspase-3 and Bax were increased significantly, whereas Bcl-2 expression was decreased. In conclusion, the phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR was increased in the kidney of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. |
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spelling | pubmed-35390942013-01-15 Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension Ma, Seong Kwon Choi, Joon Seok Joo, Soo Yeon Kim, Ha Yeon Kim, Chang Seong Bae, Eun Hui Lee, Jong Un Kim, Soo Wan Chonnam Med J Original Article The present study investigated the changes that occurred in the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway in the kidney as a result of deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension. Rats were implanted with DOCA strips (200 mg/kg) 1 week after unilateral nephrectomy and were then supplied with 0.9% saline to drink. Four weeks after DOCA implantation, systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured by use of the tail-cuff method. The expression levels of phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K), Akt, and mTOR, as well as the protein expression levels of ED-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), α-smooth muscle actin (SMA), caspase-3, Bax, and Bcl-2, were then examined in the kidney by semiquantitative immunoblotting. DOCA-salt hypertensive rats were found to have significantly increased SBP as well as an increased kidney weight-to-body weight ratio. Moreover, the phosphorylation of PI3K, Akt, and mTOR was increased in the kidney of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats compared with the control, as was the protein expression of ED-1, COX-2, TGF-β1, and α-SMA. The expression levels of caspase-3 and Bax were increased significantly, whereas Bcl-2 expression was decreased. In conclusion, the phosphorylation of PI3K/Akt/mTOR was increased in the kidney of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats. Chonnam National University Medical School 2012-12 2012-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3539094/ /pubmed/23323219 http://dx.doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2012.48.3.150 Text en © Chonnam Medical Journal, 2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ma, Seong Kwon Choi, Joon Seok Joo, Soo Yeon Kim, Ha Yeon Kim, Chang Seong Bae, Eun Hui Lee, Jong Un Kim, Soo Wan Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension |
title | Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension |
title_full | Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension |
title_fullStr | Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension |
title_full_unstemmed | Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension |
title_short | Activation of the Renal PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling Pathway in a DOCA-Salt Model of Hypertension |
title_sort | activation of the renal pi3k/akt/mtor signaling pathway in a doca-salt model of hypertension |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23323219 http://dx.doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2012.48.3.150 |
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