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HYPERTENSION RESEARCH
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 75-87Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.26.75
Keywords
hypertension; quantitative trait loci; differential display of RNA; cDNA array; Dahl rats
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL62338] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL062338] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Candidate gene(s) for multiple blood pressure (BP) quantitative trait loci (QTL) were sought by analysis of differential gene expression patterns in the kidneys of a panel of eight congenic strains, each of which carries a different low-BP QTL allele with a genetic composition that is otherwise similar to that of the hypertensive Dahl salt-sensitive (S) rat strain. First, genes differentially expressed in the kidneys of one-month-old Dahl S and salt-resistant (R) rats were identified. Then, Northern filter hybridization was used to examine the expression patterns of these genes in a panel of congenic strains. Finally, their chromosomal location was determined by radiation hybrid (RN) mapping. Seven out of 37 differentially expressed genes were mapped to congenic regions carrying BP QTLs, but only one of these genes, L-2 hydroxy acid oxidase (Hao2), showed the congenic strain-specific pattern of differential kidney gene expression predicted by its chromosomal location. This data suggests that Hao2 should be examined as a candidate gene for the rat chromosome 2 (RNO2) BP QTL.
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