Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02905,USA.
Reprod Sci. 2011 Apr;18(4):359-73. doi: 10.1177/1933719110385137. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
We examined the effects of development, exogenous, and endogenous glucocorticoids on Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity and subunit protein expression in ovine cerebral cortices and renal cortices. Ewes at 60%, 80%, and 90% gestation, newborns, and adults received 4 dexamethasone or placebo injections. Cerebral cortex Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity was higher (P < .05) in placebo-treated newborns than fetuses of placebo-treated ewes and adults, α(1)-expression was higher at 90% gestation than the other ages; α(2)-expression was higher in newborns than fetuses; α(3)-expression was higher in newborns than 60% gestation; β(1)-expression was higher in newborns than the other ages, and β(2)-expression higher at 60% than 80% and 90% gestation, and in adults. Renal cortex Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity was higher in placebo-treated adults and newborns than fetuses. Cerebral cortex Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity was higher in dexamethasone- than placebo-treated adults, and α(1)-expression higher in fetuses of dexamethasone- than placebo-treated ewes at 60% and 80% gestation. Renal cortex Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity and α(1)-expression were higher in fetuses of dexamethasone- than placebo-treated ewes at each gestational age, and β(1)-expression was higher in fetuses of dexamethasone- than placebo-treated ewes at 90% gestation and in dexamethasone- than placebo-treated adults. Cerebral cortex Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity, α(1)-expression, β(1)-expression, and renal cortex α(1)-expression correlated directly with increases in fetal cortisol. In conclusion, Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity and subunit expression exhibit specific developmental patterns in brain and kidney; exogenous glucocorticoids regulate activity and subunit expression in brain and kidney at some ages; endogenous increases in fetal cortisol regulate cerebral Na(+),K(+)-ATPase, but exogenous glucocorticoids have a greater effect on renal than cerebral Na(+),K(+)-ATPase.
我们研究了发育、外源性和内源性糖皮质激素对绵羊大脑皮质和肾脏皮质 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性和亚基蛋白表达的影响。60%、80%和 90%孕期、新生儿和成年母羊接受 4 次地塞米松或安慰剂注射。皮质 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性在接受安慰剂的新生儿中较高(P<.05),而接受安慰剂的胎儿比成年母羊低;α(1)-表达在 90%孕期高于其他年龄;α(2)-表达在新生儿中高于胎儿;α(3)-表达在新生儿中高于 60%孕期;β(1)-表达在新生儿中高于其他年龄,β(2)-表达在 60%孕期高于 80%和 90%孕期,以及成年期。肾皮质 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性在接受安慰剂的成年母羊和新生儿中高于胎儿。皮质 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性在接受地塞米松的成年母羊中高于接受安慰剂的成年母羊,α(1)-表达在接受地塞米松的胎儿中高于接受安慰剂的 60%和 80%孕期的母羊。肾皮质 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性和 α(1)-表达在每个孕期接受地塞米松的胎儿中均高于接受安慰剂的母羊,β(1)-表达在接受地塞米松的胎儿中高于接受安慰剂的母羊在 90%孕期和接受地塞米松的成年母羊中。皮质 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性、α(1)-表达、β(1)-表达和肾皮质 α(1)-表达与胎儿皮质醇的增加呈正相关。总之,Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶活性和亚基表达在大脑和肾脏中表现出特定的发育模式;外源性糖皮质激素在某些年龄调节大脑和肾脏的活性和亚基表达;胎儿皮质醇的内源性增加调节大脑 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶,但外源性糖皮质激素对肾脏 Na(+),K(+)-ATP 酶的影响大于大脑。