Regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression in the rat magnocellular neurosecretory system. 2004

Rungrudee Srisawat, and Valerie R Bishop, and Philip M Bull, and Alison J Douglas, and John A Russell, and Mike Ludwig, and Gareth Leng
School of Biomedical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.

We examined the activation of nNOS mRNA expression within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei (SON and PVN) of the hypothalamus. In salt-loaded rats nNOS mRNA expression was significantly increased in both nuclei. In rats given i.p. injections of 1.5 M NaCl (4 ml/kg), a small but significant increase in nNOS mRNA expression in the SON and PVN was found 6 h after injection; no change was detected 2 or 4 h after injection. In rats in which hyponatraemia had been induced experimentally, nNOS mRNA was downregulated in the SON, and expression levels were not increased within 4 h after intense acute osmotic stimuli. Finally, neurons of the SON were antidromically-activated by neural stalk stimulation for 2 h. No increase of nNOS mRNA expression in the SON was observed 2 h after stimulation. Thus, increased electrical activity is not directly coupled to rapidly increased expression of nNOS mRNA, and hence acute increases in nNOS mRNA expression are unlikely to play a role in short-term adaptation of the magnocellular system to osmotic stimulation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009490 Neurosecretory Systems A system of NEURONS that has the specialized function to produce and secrete HORMONES, and that constitutes, in whole or in part, an ENDOCRINE SYSTEM or organ. Neuroendocrine System,Neuroendocrine Systems,Neurosecretory System,System, Neuroendocrine,System, Neurosecretory,Systems, Neuroendocrine,Systems, Neurosecretory
D010286 Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus Nucleus in the anterior part of the HYPOTHALAMUS. Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus,Paraventricular Nucleus,Hypothalamic Nucleus, Paraventricular,Nucleus, Hypothalamic Paraventricular,Nucleus, Paraventricular,Nucleus, Paraventricular Hypothalamic,Paraventricular Nucleus, Hypothalamic
D002452 Cell Count The number of CELLS of a specific kind, usually measured per unit volume or area of sample. Cell Density,Cell Number,Cell Counts,Cell Densities,Cell Numbers,Count, Cell,Counts, Cell,Densities, Cell,Density, Cell,Number, Cell,Numbers, Cell
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D005260 Female Females
D005786 Gene Expression Regulation Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control (induction or repression) of gene action at the level of transcription or translation. Gene Action Regulation,Regulation of Gene Expression,Expression Regulation, Gene,Regulation, Gene Action,Regulation, Gene Expression
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012333 RNA, Messenger RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm. Messenger RNA,Messenger RNA, Polyadenylated,Poly(A) Tail,Poly(A)+ RNA,Poly(A)+ mRNA,RNA, Messenger, Polyadenylated,RNA, Polyadenylated,mRNA,mRNA, Non-Polyadenylated,mRNA, Polyadenylated,Non-Polyadenylated mRNA,Poly(A) RNA,Polyadenylated mRNA,Non Polyadenylated mRNA,Polyadenylated Messenger RNA,Polyadenylated RNA,RNA, Polyadenylated Messenger,mRNA, Non Polyadenylated
D012462 Saline Solution, Hypertonic Hypertonic sodium chloride solution. A solution having an osmotic pressure greater than that of physiologic salt solution (0.9 g NaCl in 100 ml purified water). Hypertonic Saline Solution,Hypertonic Solution, Saline,Sodium Chloride Solution, Hypertonic,Hypertonic Saline Solutions,Hypertonic Solutions, Saline,Saline Solutions, Hypertonic,Sodium Chloride Solutions, Hypertonic,Saline Hypertonic Solution,Saline Hypertonic Solutions,Solution, Hypertonic Saline,Solution, Saline Hypertonic,Solutions, Hypertonic Saline,Solutions, Saline Hypertonic

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