Li Qi, Huang De-Liang
Department of Otolaryngology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2007 Dec;27(12):1918-20.
To study the effect of aldosterone on aquaporin and ionophorous protein expressions in the cochlea of guinea pigs.
RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of Na-K ATPase and epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) mRNA in the cochlea of guinea pigs 6 h after intraperitoneal aldosterone injection. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of aquaporin 1(AQP1) in the cochlea 1 month after the injection.
Early after aldosterone injection, the expression level of Na-K ATPase beta(1) and beta(3) subunit mRNAs remained unchanged and level of ENaC alpha subunit mRNA was up-regulated in the cochlear lateral wall (P<0.05), and 1 month after the injection, the expression of AQP1 protein was down-regulated (P<0.05).
The effect of aldosterone on the cochlea is mediated possibly through its action on the genome, and aldosterone may cause ion concentration alterations to induce endolymphatic hydrops.
研究醛固酮对豚鼠耳蜗水通道蛋白及离子载体蛋白表达的影响。
采用逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测腹腔注射醛固酮6小时后豚鼠耳蜗中钠钾ATP酶(Na-K ATPase)及上皮钠通道(ENaC)mRNA的表达。采用免疫组织化学法检测注射后1个月耳蜗中 aquaporin 1(AQP1)的表达。
醛固酮注射后早期,耳蜗外侧壁中Na-K ATPase β(1)和β(3)亚基mRNA的表达水平保持不变,而ENaC α亚基mRNA的水平上调(P<0.05),注射后1个月,AQP1蛋白的表达下调(P<0.05)。
醛固酮对耳蜗的作用可能是通过其对基因组的作用介导的,醛固酮可能导致离子浓度改变,从而诱发内淋巴积水。