Altered dietary salt changed phospho-nNOS and phospho-eNOS expression in parallel with total expression, indicating no change in the overall activating and inhibitory effects of NOS phosphorylation.
Altered dietary salt changes total nNOS and eNOS expression in the rat kidney but does not independently alter their phosphorylation status at the studied activating and inhibitory sites.
BACKGROUND: Renal nitric oxide (NO) synthesis increases with increasing salt intake, however, the mechanisms underlying this are poorly understood. We hypothesized that activating or inhibitory phosphorylation of neuronal and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (nNOS, eNOS) regulates renal NO production in response to altered dietary salt. METHODS: Sprague-Dawley rats were fed low, normal or high salt diets for 12 h or 2 weeks, and kidney NOS phosphorylation was analyzed by Western blot using phosphopeptide antibodies against the sites nNOS-Ser(1412), nNOS-Ser(847), eNOS-Ser(1176) and eNOS-Thr(494). RESULTS: At 12 h, total nNOS increased 1.4-fold (p < 0.01) in the high salt group and decreased by 26% (p < 0.05) in the low salt group. Changes in expression of phospho-nNOS at 12 h were accounted for by the changes in total nNOS. No change in total or phospho-eNOS was seen at 12 h. At 2 weeks, in the low salt group expression of total nNOS increased 1.8-fold (p < 0.05) whereas expression of nNOS phosphorylated at the inhibitory site Ser(847) increased 4.3-fold (p < 0.01). Total eNOS was increased 3-fold in the low salt group (p < 0.01), with parallel increases in eNOS phosphorylated at both activating and inhibitory sites (p < 0.05). In the 2-week high salt group no changes in NOS expression or phosphorylation were seen, despite the observed increased excretion of urinary NO metabolites. CONCLUSION: In summary, changes in phospho-nNOS and phospho-eNOS expression occurred in parallel with changes in total expression, thus, the overall activating and inhibitory effects of nNOS and eNOS phosphorylation at the sites studied were not changed by altered dietary salt.
Mount et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Renal nitric oxide synthesis response to dietary salt. High and low salt diets vs. Normal salt diet was evaluated on Kidney NOS phosphorylation (nNOS, eNOS). Altered dietary salt changed phospho-nNOS and phospho-eNOS expression in parallel with total expression, indicating no change in the overall activating and inhibitory effects of NOS phosphorylation.
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