Hypertension Research
Online ISSN : 1348-4214
Print ISSN : 0916-9636
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Experimental studies
Use of a Panel of Congenic Strains to Evaluate Differentially Expressed Genes as Candidate Genes for Blood Pressure Quantitative Trait Loci
J. LEE SoonJun LIUNianning QIA. GUARNERA RossSi Y. LEET. CICILA George
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2003 Volume 26 Issue 1 Pages 75-87

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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 (RH) 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. (Hypertens Res 2003; 26: 75-87)

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