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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
To elucidate pathophysiological roles of heme oxygenase (HO)-1 in regulation of vascular tone in vivo, we have developed and characterized transgenic (Tg) mice that overexpress HO-1 site specifically in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). The Tg mice were generated by use of human HO-1 cDNA under the control of SM22-alpha promoter. The HO-1 gene overexpression was demonstrated by Northern blot analysis and coincided with increases in the protein expression in VSMCs and total HO activities. Tg mice exhibited a significant increase in arterial pressure at various ages and displayed impaired nitrovasodilatory responses in isolated aortic segments versus nontransgenic littermates while enhancing their nitric oxide (NO) production. The pressure of Tg mice was unchanged by systemic administration of either N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine or SNP. Furthermore, the isolated aorta in these mice exhibited lesser extents of NO-elicited cGMP elevation via soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), while exhibiting no notable downregulation of sGC expression. Such impairment of the NO-elicited cGMP increase was restored significantly by tin protoporphyrin IX, an HO inhibitor. On the other hand, 3-(5'-hydroxymethyl-2' furyl)-1-benzyl-indazol (YC-1), an NO-independent activator of sGC, increased cGMP and relaxed aortas from Tg mice to levels comparable with those from nontransgenic mice, which indicates that contents of functionally intact sGC are unlikely to differ between the two systems. These findings suggest that site-specific overexpression of HO-1 in VSMCs suppresses vasodilatory response to NO and thereby leads to an elevation of arterial pressure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1524-4571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Cyclic GMP, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Guanylate Cyclase, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing), pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Heme Oxygenase-1, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Metalloporphyrins, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Nitroarginine, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Nitroprusside, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Protoporphyrins, pubmed-meshheading:11440978-Vasodilation
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Vascular smooth muscle cell-directed overexpression of heme oxygenase-1 elevates blood pressure through attenuation of nitric oxide-induced vasodilation in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't