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To determine how anemia regulates erythropoietin production in the kidney and liver at the mRNA level.

July 1, 1986Molecular and Cellular Biology

Anemia Induces Accumulation of Erythropoietin mRNA in the Kidney and Liver

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MBMaurice C. BondurantVanderbilt University Medical Center MKMark J. KouryLankenau Medical Center

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Experimental study demonstrates rapid erythropoietin mRNA accumulation in the kidney following anemia, indicating transcriptional regulation controls hormone production.

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To determine how anemia regulates erythropoietin production in the kidney and liver at the mRNA level.
Measured erythropoietin mRNA levels in kidney and liver tissues across time points following induced anemia.
Analyzed sequence characteristics directly upstream from the erythropoietin mRNA transcription initiation site.
Erythropoietin mRNA was first detectable in kidneys at 1.5 hours postanemia.
Renal erythropoietin mRNA reached a plateau at least 200-fold above baseline control levels between 4 and 8 hours postanemia.
A 20-base sequence immediately upstream of the mRNA initiation site showed complementarity to a hypervariable sequence in 18S rRNA.

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Bondurant et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0e195b2a2e27e73427a4e5 https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.6.7.2731-2733.1986

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Experimental study demonstrates rapid erythropoietin mRNA accumulation in the kidney following anemia, indicating transcriptional regulation controls hormone production.

Anemia Induces Accumulation of Erythropoietin mRNA in the Kidney and Liver

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Anemia Induces Accumulation of Erythropoietin mRNA in the Kidney and Liver

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