1. Expression of ENaC, SGK1 and Nedd4 isoforms in the cochlea of guinea pig.
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Zhong SX, Hu GH, and Liu ZH
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- Animals, Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport genetics, Epithelial Sodium Channels genetics, Guinea Pigs, Immediate-Early Proteins genetics, Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases, Organ Specificity, Protein Isoforms genetics, Protein Isoforms metabolism, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases genetics, Protein Subunits genetics, Protein Subunits metabolism, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases genetics, Cochlea metabolism, Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport metabolism, Epithelial Sodium Channels metabolism, Immediate-Early Proteins metabolism, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases metabolism, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases metabolism
- Abstract
It has been demonstrated that the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) may play critical roles in (re)absorbing Na+ from apical plasma membrane in various tissues and cells. Moreover, the serum glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 (SGK1) and the ubiquitin-protein ligase neural precursor cell-expressed, developmentally downregulated isoforms Nedd4 are involved in ENaC regulation in response to hormones such as aldosterone, vasopressin and insulin. The aim of the study was to investigate the cellular localizations of ENaC subunits, SGK1, and Nedd4 isoforms in the cochlea of guinea pig. Ten adult guinea pigs were sacrificed and their cochleas were collected. The expression patterns of ENaC subunits, SGK1 and Nedd4-2 isoforms in the guinea pig cochlea were studied by immunohistochemistry with the specific polyclonal rabbit antibodies against rat α-, β- and γ-ENaC, SGK1, Nedd4-1/2 and Nedd4-2. The results showed that all these proteins were extensively expressed in various regions of the cochlea. They were found in the spiral ligament, organ of Corti, spiral limbus, spiral ganglion and Reissner's membrane with different staining patterns. The results indicated that a Na+ transport system may exist in the cochlea of guinea pig consisting of ENaC, SGK1 and Nedd4, which may work in concert to transport Na+ and to maintain homeostasis in inner ear as it does in other epithelia.
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- 2014
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