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Chem. Senses 27: 13-21, 2002
© Oxford University Press 2002

Glucocorticoid Enhances Na+/K+ ATPase mRNA Expression in Rat Olfactory Mucosa during Regeneration

A Possible Mechanism for Recovery from Olfactory Disturbance

Toshiro Nishimura, Shigekazu Teranishi, Atsuhiro Kawashima1, Tadashi Ishimaru, Takaki Miwa and Mitsuru Furukawa

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan 1 Department of Pathology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa, Japan

Correspondence to be sent to: Toshiro Nishimura, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-8641, Japan. e-mail: nishimut{at}orl.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Systemic or topical application of glucocorticoid is the treatment of choice for olfactory disturbance. Recently, Na+/K+ ATPase and glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity in the olfactory mucosa was reported. To elucidate a glucocorticoid action on Na+/K+ ATPase production, an animal model was produced by an intra-nasal application of 5% ZnSO4 solution to Wistar rats. Dexamethasone was injected i.p. (0.01 mg/100 g) for 14 days after the insult. Histologically, the regeneration process was completed on day 14 in both dexamethasone- and saline-injected control rats. We used a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to evaluate mRNA production of Na+/K+ ATPase and glucocorticoid receptor. In dexamethasone-injected rats, up-regulation of glucocorticoid receptor mRNA (95% more than control rats, P = 0.00068, unpaired t-test) and of Na+/K+ ATPase mRNA expression (76% more than control rats, P = 0.0042) was observed on day 14. The increased Na+/K+ ATPase expression in the regenerated olfactory mucosa is thought to be beneficial for an active uptake of K+, which is released during excitation, around olfactory neurons and for the transepithelial absorption of Na+ from olfactory mucus. Dexamethasone may thus contribute to the recovery of function after the morphological regeneration in part, at least, through its receptor by regulation of the ionic concentration in the olfactory mucosal microenvironment.


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