Fig. 5. Histograms showing the relative expression of AR (A), BGT-1(B), SMIT (C)
and TauT (D) mRNA in control (open bars) and water-deprived (closed bars)
N. alexis kidney. The ratios of the mRNA of interest to GAPDH mRNA
for control N. alexis were set to equal 100%, and the ratios for the
water-deprived N. alexis are represented as a percentage of control
values. *Statistically significant change in the expression of gene
of interest from control values (P
0.05). A significant increase
in the expression of AR, BGT-1, SMIT and Taut mRNA was found in the kidney of
3-, 7- and 14-day water-deprived N. alexis.