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Expression of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase (nNOS) in Developing Rat Kidney  

Song, Ji-Hyun (Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Ryu, Si-Yun (Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Jin (Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Jung, Ju-Young (Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.38, no.2, 2008 , pp. 141-148 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important regulator of renal blood flow, glomerular hemodynamics, and tubule transport processes in the kidney. There is also evidence that NO is involved in cell cycle regulation and mitotic division. During development the nNOS expression pattern differs from that observed in adult animals. However, little is known about temporal and spatial patterns of nNOS expression in the developing kidney. The purpose of this study was to establish the time of expression and the distribution of nNOS in the developing rat kidney. Kidneys from 14-, 16-, 17-, 18-, and 20-day-old fetuses, 1-, 4-, 7-, 14-, and 21-day-old pups, and adult animals were preserved and processed for immunohistochemistry. In the adult kidney, nNOS was detected in the parietal epithelium of Bowman s capsule, macula densa, descending thin limb and inner medullary collecting duct. nNOS immunoreactivity appeared first in the distal tubule anlage at 15 days of gestation, and in all epithelial cells of developing thick ascending limbs (TAL) as well as macula densa of 17- and 18-day-old fetuses. From 20 days of gestation to 14 days after birth, nNOS was expressed in the newly formed cortical TAL, which are located in the medullary ray, whereas in mature TAL of juxtamedullary nephrons, nNOS immunolabeling gradually decreased in intensity and became restricted to the macula densa. In inner medullary collecting ducts, nNOS immunoreactivity appeared first at 7 days after birth in the papillary tip and gradually ascended to the border between outer and inner medulla. In the descending thin limb and parietal epithelium of Bowman's capsule, weak nNOS immunoreactivity was observed at 14 days after birth and labeling gradually increased to adult levels at 21 days after birth. These results suggest that differential expression of nNOS in the developing kidney is an important physiological regulator of renal function during kidney maturation.
Keywords
nNOS; Pre-embedding immunohistochemistry; Developing rat kidney;
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