mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age
Background and Aim: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is expressed and plays functional and physiological roles in different tissues of the body. This study aimed to distinguish the levels of expression of ACE2 in the lung tissue at different ages of rats. Materials and Methods: In this stud...
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| author | Hazem Almhanna Nabeel Abd Murad Al-Mamoori Hassan Hachim Naser |
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| description | Background and Aim: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is expressed and plays functional and physiological roles in different tissues of the body. This study aimed to distinguish the levels of expression of ACE2 in the lung tissue at different ages of rats.
Materials and Methods: In this study, 18 male rats were used and divided into three groups according to age. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was conducted to determine the levels of the quantification of eosinophil cationic protein mRNA transcript. In addition, tissue specimens of the lung were stained with routine hematoxylin and eosin stains.
Results: This study confirmed that RT-qPCR amplification plots of ACE2 gene exhibited clearly expression of the lung tissue of rats in the different groups and there are strong different threshold cycles numbers according to the age at 2 weeks, 2 months, and 6-8 months. Consequently, the expression of ACE2 was completely different between groups depending on the age of the rats. The RT-qPCR results showed that the older animal group (age of 6-8 months) had a significantly higher expression of ACE2 than the other animal groups (ages of 2 weeks and 2 months). In the same way, the second group (age of 2 months) had a significantly higher expression of ACE2 than the first group (age of 2 weeks). This study confirmed that the ACE2 expression is influenced by the age of rats.
Conclusion: This study concluded that the expression of the ACE2 receptor of coronavirus disease 2019 would be different according to the age of rats, and this result suggested that expression of ACE2 in lung tissue could determine infection and pathogenesis of COVID-19 during different ages of rats or some individual differences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e5286b9f70904ee6ae53d332925d73dd2022-12-21T20:21:07ZengVeterinary WorldVeterinary World0972-89882231-09162022-02-0115242743410.14202/vetworld.2022.427-434mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to ageHazem Almhanna0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0189-2798Nabeel Abd Murad Al-Mamoori1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-6026Hassan Hachim Naser2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8036-4899Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq.Background and Aim: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is expressed and plays functional and physiological roles in different tissues of the body. This study aimed to distinguish the levels of expression of ACE2 in the lung tissue at different ages of rats. Materials and Methods: In this study, 18 male rats were used and divided into three groups according to age. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was conducted to determine the levels of the quantification of eosinophil cationic protein mRNA transcript. In addition, tissue specimens of the lung were stained with routine hematoxylin and eosin stains. Results: This study confirmed that RT-qPCR amplification plots of ACE2 gene exhibited clearly expression of the lung tissue of rats in the different groups and there are strong different threshold cycles numbers according to the age at 2 weeks, 2 months, and 6-8 months. Consequently, the expression of ACE2 was completely different between groups depending on the age of the rats. The RT-qPCR results showed that the older animal group (age of 6-8 months) had a significantly higher expression of ACE2 than the other animal groups (ages of 2 weeks and 2 months). In the same way, the second group (age of 2 months) had a significantly higher expression of ACE2 than the first group (age of 2 weeks). This study confirmed that the ACE2 expression is influenced by the age of rats. Conclusion: This study concluded that the expression of the ACE2 receptor of coronavirus disease 2019 would be different according to the age of rats, and this result suggested that expression of ACE2 in lung tissue could determine infection and pathogenesis of COVID-19 during different ages of rats or some individual differences.http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.15/February-2022/25.pdfangiotensin-converting enzyme 2expressionratsreal-time polymerase chain reactionssevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| spellingShingle | Hazem Almhanna Nabeel Abd Murad Al-Mamoori Hassan Hachim Naser mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age Veterinary World angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expression rats real-time polymerase chain reactions severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| title | mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age |
| title_full | mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age |
| title_fullStr | mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age |
| title_full_unstemmed | mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age |
| title_short | mRNA expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of Wistar rats according to age |
| title_sort | mrna expression of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 angiotensin converting enzyme 2 receptor in the lung tissue of wistar rats according to age |
| topic | angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expression rats real-time polymerase chain reactions severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
| url | http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.15/February-2022/25.pdf |
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