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>Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 Alpha Correlates the Expression of Heme Oxygenase 1 Gene in Pulmonary Arteries of Rat with Hypoxia-induced Pulmonary Hypertension
Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 Alpha Correlates the Expression of Heme Oxygenase 1 Gene in Pulmonary Arteries of Rat with Hypoxia-induced Pulmonary Hypertension
To test the hypothesis that hypoxia inducible factor-1 alph (HIF-la) up-regulated theexpression ofheme oxygenase-1(HO-1) gene in pulmonary arteries of rats with hypoxia-induced pulmonaryhypertension, 8 male Wistar rats in each of 5 groups were exposed to hypoxia for 0, 3, 7, 14 or 21d, respectively.Mean pulmonary arterial pressure(mPAP), vessel morphometry and right ventricle hypertrophy index weremeasured. Lungs were inflation fixed for immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization; frozen for latermeasurement of HO-1 enzyme activity, mPAP increased significantly after 7d of hypoxia [(18.4±0.4)mmHg, P＜0.05], reaching its peak after 14d of hypoxia, then remained stable. Pulmonary artery remodelingbecame to develop significantly after 14d ofhypoxia. H1F-1α protein in control was poorly positive (0.05±0.01), but was up-regulated in pulmonary arterial tunica intima of all hypoxic rats. In pulmonary arterialtunica media, the levels of HIF-lα protein were markedly up-regulated after 3d and 7d of hypoxia(0.20±0.02; 0.22±0.02, P＜0.05), then declined after 14d and 21d of hypoxia. HIF-1a mRNA stainingwas poorly positive in control, hypoxia for 3 and 7d, but enhanced significantly after 14d of hypoxia(0.20±0.02, P＜0.05), then remained stable. HO-1 protein increased after 7d of hypoxia (0.10±0.01,P＜0.05), reaching its peak after 14d ofhypoxia (0.21±0.02, P＜0.05), then remained stable. HO-1 mRNAincreased after 3d of hypoxia, reaching its peak after 7d of hypoxia (0.17±0.01, P＜0.05), then declined.Linear correlation analysis showed that HIF-la mRNA, HO-1 protein and mPAP were associatedwith pulmonary remodeling. HIF-1α protein (tunica intima) was conversely correlated with HIF-1a mRNA(r=0.921, P＜0.01), HO-1 protein was conversely correlated with HIF-lα protein (tunica intima)(r=0.821, P＜0.01). HIF-1α and HO-1 were both involved in the pathogenesis of hypoxia-induced pulmonaryhypertension in rat. Hypoxia inducible factor-1 alpha correlated the expression of heme oxygenase 1 genein pulmonary arteries of rat with hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
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