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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
To identify genes responding to the cholesterol-rich diet, differentially expressed hepatic genes have been searched from a diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rabbit by differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR). Among the many screened genes, Rab7 gene was shown to be distinctively up-regulated in response to the cholesterol-loading into the rabbit. To visualize the location of elevated Rab7 expression in tissues, patterns of the gene expression were monitored within hepatic and aortic tissues by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. The expression of Rab7 was obviously increased in the hepatic tissues, especially in the endothelial cells and hepatocytes around central veins of the high cholesterol-fed rabbit, compared to the tissues from rabbit fed a normal diet. To find out a potential relationship between the Rab7 and the atherogenesis, the same experiments were conducted with the atherosclerotic plaques obtained from rabbit and human. The elevated expression of Rab7 gene was clearly evident in both tissues, suggesting that the Rab7 may be involved in the process of atherogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
293
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Cholesterol, Dietary, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Guanosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Hypercholesterolemia, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12054610-rab GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Rab7 gene is up-regulated by cholesterol-rich diet in the liver and artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't