The cardiovascular effects of vitamin C (VitC) could be mediated by epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). We aimed to study the mechanism of VitC-dependent microsomal formation of cis- and trans-EETs and the regulation of EET levels in rat isolated perfused kidneys and in vivo. VitC biphasically stimulated rat kidney microsomal cis- and trans-EET formation in a ratio of 1:2, involving the participa...

objectives in order to provide a pharmacological profile for some newly synthesized dihydropyridines, we investigated their effects on the isolated rat colon segments and the isolated rat atrium contractility. the tested compounds include alkyl ester analogues of nifedipine, in which the ortho-nitrophenyl group at position 4 is replaced by 2-alkylthio-1-benzyl-5-imidazolyl substituent, and nife...

Urodilatin is a recently described member of the atrial natriuretic peptide family, thought possibly to be synthesized in the kidney. To determine if urodilatin binding sites are present in rat and human kidney, we evaluated the effect of urodilatin on iodine-125-labeled atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) (100 pM) binding to tissue sections using an in situ autoradiographic technique. 125I-ANP bi...

Antinucleolar antisera were produced in rabbits immunized with whole isolated nucleoli from normal rat liver and rat Novikoff hepatoma ascites cells. These antisera produced positive nucleolar fluorescence of varying degrees in nucleoli and nuclei of Novikoff tumor, rat liver, kidney, and Walker tumor cells. Novikoff hepatoma and liver antinucleolar antisera fixed complement when combined with ...

The present studies aimed to identify the 70-kDa nuclear protein that binds to an insulin-responsive element in the rat angiotensinogen gene promoter and to define its action on angiotensinogen gene expression. Nuclear proteins were isolated from rat kidney proximal tubular cells and subjected to two-dimensional electrophoresis. The 70-kDa nuclear protein was detected by Southwestern blotting a...

SUMMARY Antinucleolar antisera were produced in rabbits immunized with whole isolated nucleoli from normal rat liver and rat Novikoff hepatoma ascites cells. These antisera produced positive nucleolar fluorescence of varying degrees in nucleoli and nuclei of Novikoff tumor, rat liver, kidney, and Walker tumor cells. Novikoff hepatoma and liver antinucleolar antisera fixed complement when combin...

An in vitro assay of mammalian 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 laand 24R-hydroxylases in kidney has been developed. It had been suggested that 25-hydroxyvitamin D binding protein present in mammalian blood and tissues inhibits the enzyme activities in cell-free preparations by binding the substrate 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 more strongly than the hydroxylases bind it. This inhibitory effect is overcome by the ...

The inhibitory effect of high and low molecular weight native and synthetic rat atrial peptides on oxygen consumption in isolated rat kidney mitochondria and slices was measured. Oxygen consumption by mitochondria was measured in the presence of succinate and/or adenosine diphosphate, furosemide, and low and high molecular weight native and synthetic rat atrial peptides. After the addition of s...

Taurine transport in isolated brush-border-membrane vesicles from rat kidney is concentrative and it is driven by the Na+ gradient and transmembrane potential difference; binding is not a significant component of net uptake. The Na+-dependent component of net uptake is saturable with an apparent Km of 17 microM. The taurine-transport mechanism is selective for beta-amino compounds.

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is essential for maintaining body fluid homeostasis. The antidiuretic effects of AVP are initialized by binding of AVP to the type-2 vasopressin receptor (V2R) in the kidney collecting duct (CD), resulting in the exocytic insertion of aquaporin-2 (AQP-2) water channels into the apical plasma membrane. In this study, we describe the generation and characterization of a...