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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 284: F95-F102, 2003. First published August 27, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00132.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 1, F95-F102, January 2003

Distribution of cytochrome P-450 4A and 4F isoforms along the nephron in mice

David E. Stec1, Averia Flasch2, Richard J. Roman2, and Jared A. White1

1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505; and 2 Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226

The production of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE) in the kidney is thought to be involved in the control of renal vascular tone and tubular sodium and chloride reabsorption. 20-HETE production in the kidney has been extensively studied in rats and humans and occurs primarily via the actions of P-450 enzymes of the CYP4A and -4F families. Recent advancements in molecular genetics of the mouse have made it possible to disrupt genes in a cell-type-specific fashion. These advances could help in the creation of models that could distinguish between the vascular and tubular actions of 20-HETE. However, isoforms of the CYP4A and -4F families that may be responsible for the production of 20-HETE in the vascular and tubular segments in the kidney of the mouse are presently unknown. The goal of this study was to identify the isoforms of the CYP4A and -4F families along the nephron by RT-PCR of RNA isolated from microdissected renal blood vessels and nephron segments from 16- to 24-wk-old male and female C57BL/6J mice. CYP4A and -4F isoforms were detected in every segment analyzed, with sex differences only observed in the proximal tubule and glomeruli. In the proximal tubular segments from male mice, the 4A10 and -12 isoforms were present, whereas the 4A10 and -14 isoforms were detected in segments from female mice. In glomeruli, sex differences in the expression pattern of CYP4F isoforms were also observed, with male mice expressing the 4F13, -14, and -15 isoforms, whereas female mice expressed the 4F13, -16, and -18 isoforms. These results demonstrate that isolated nephron and renal vessel segments express multiple isoforms of the CYP4A and -4F families; therefore, elimination of a single CYP4A or -4F isoform may not decrease 20-HETE production in all nephron segments or the renal vasculature of male and female mice. However, the importance of CYP4A vs. -4F isoforms to the production of 20-HETE in each of these renal tubular and vascular segments of the mouse remains to be determined.

cytochome P-450 4A isoforms; cytochrome P-450 4F isoforms; nephron segment; mouse; microdissection; reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid


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