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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Lung development and repair of hyperoxic injury require closely regulated growth and regeneration of alveolar capillaries. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a mitogen for endothelial cells, is expressed by alveolar epithelial cells. Alternative splicing of VEGF mRNA results in isoforms of varying mitogenicity and solubility. We examined changes in the proportions of the VEGF splice variant mRNAs in rabbit lung development and in control, oxygen-injured, and recovering newborn and adult rabbit lungs. The proportion of the 189-amino acid VEGF mRNA, which codes for an isoform that binds to the extracellular matrix, increased fivefold during development (from 8% of total VEGF message at 22 days gestation to 40% in 10-day newborn lungs; P < 0.001). During neonatal oxygen injury, its expression declined from 38 to 8% of VEGF message (P < 0.002) and returned to the control value in recovery. A similar pattern was observed in adults. VEGF protein in lung lavage fluid increased slightly during hyperoxia, declined to barely detectable levels at the 50% lethal dose time point, and increased 10-fold (newborn) or up to 40-fold (adult) in recovering animals. We conclude that alternative splicing may have important roles in the regulation of VEGF activity in developing and injured lungs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L858-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Hyperoxia, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Lung Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Therapeutic Irrigation, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:10330042-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential expression of VEGF mRNA splice variants in newborn and adult hyperoxic lung injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Strong Children's Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester 14642, New York.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't