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. 2022 Jun;33(6):1087–1104. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021081125

Table 1.

Genetic or pharmacologic downregulation of PKA in Pkd1RC/RC mice

Group (sex) Body Weight (g) Kidney Weight (g) Kidney/Body Weight × 100 Cyst Index (%) Urine Volume (ml/day) Kidney cAMP (pmol/mg protein) Plasma Creatinine (mg/dl) Plasma Urea (mg/dl) PKA Activity (pmlol ATP/min per mg protein)
Basal Total
Conditional expression of the dominant negative RIαB allele in Pkd1RC/RC mice
 Control (female, n=28) 21.9±1.3 0.47±0.11 2.16±0.48 14.1±5.4 1.31±0.83 12.13±5.8 0.31±0.10 57.2±12.9 329±75 2366±497
 RIαB-ON (female, n=9) 21.9±1.7 0.35±0.04 1.62±0.16 8.99±3.26 2.09±1.04 4.98±1.39 0.17±0.08 39.0±12.5 318±68 1570±306
 P valuea 0.99 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 0.07 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 0.67 <0.001
 Control (male, n=43) 29.1±2.35 0.58±0.14 1,99±0.43 13.5±7.4 2.37±0.91 9.74±3.4 0.32±0.11 56.1±13.3 543±171 3196±692
RIαB-ON (male, n=15) 29.7±2.49 0.49±0.14 1.64±0.49 9.41±3.77 2.73±0.85 6.47±2.82 0.29±0.06 50.6±9.12 492±190 2061±537
 P valuea 0.41 0.037 0.023 0.009 0.18 0.001 0.14 0.09 0.37 <0.001
 Group effect P valueb 0.54 <0.001 <0.001 0.003 0.010 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.38 <0.001
 Sex effect, P valueb <0.001 <0.001 0.48 0.94 <0.001 0.65 0.008 0.09 <0.001 <0.001
Treatment of Pkd1RC/RC mice with the PKA inhibitor BLU2864
 Control (female, n=10) 23.3±2.2 0.65±0.17 2.77±0.53 26.3±5.7 1.45±0.08 28.9±7.2 0.39±0.04 54.6±9.6 466±91 2585±654
 BLU2864 (female, n=9) 23.5±1.1 0.54±0.07 2.28±0.33 18.9±5.0 1.72±0.36 27.6±7.7 0.36±0.06 60.2±14.6 153±31 436±130
 P valuea 0.80 0.069 0.029 0.007 0.057 0.71 0.30 0.34 <0.001 <0.001
 Control (male, n=9) 27.9±1.8 0.98±0.12 3.53±0.39 31.2±4.6 1.39±0.09 34.4±6.4 0.39±0.04 58.3±5.4 442±97 2167±483
 BLU2864 (male, n=9) 27.1±1.8 0.80±0.16 2.93±0.49 25.9±5.9 1.67±0.14 31.1±5.7 0.40±0.05 60.6±5.5 128±34 322±128
 P valuea 0.38 0.012 0.011 0.049 <0.001 0.26 0.76 0.40 <0.001 <0.001
 Drug effect P valueb 0.63 0.003 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.31 0.53 0.22 <0.001 <0.001
 Sex effect, P valueb <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 0.41 0.053 0.21 0.52 0.31 0.07

Values are mean±SD.

a

t test.

b

Two-way ANOVA.