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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
To test if oxygen sensitive mechanisms are affected by hypoxia, we studied hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression by immunohistochemical analysis in young and old rat carotid bodies (CBs) using hypoxia as a model for modulating aging. Four groups of male age-matched Wistar rats (3 and 24 months) were used. Two groups were kept in room air, and two groups were kept under chronic intermittent hypoxia for 12 days. In aged carotid body and in hypoxia the increased expression of HIF-1alpha, VEGF, iNOS is less evident as compared to the young one. Electron microscopy sections showed a reduced mitochondrial number and area in the aged CBs and during hypoxia. Less responsiveness to hypoxia could be evidenced in the aged rats as compared to the young rats, suggesting an age dependency of the oxygen sensitive mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1569-9048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
147
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Carotid Body, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15848121-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Oxygen and life span: chronic hypoxia as a model for studying HIF-1alpha, VEGF and NOS during aging.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Via dei Vestini 31, G. d'Annunzio University, 66013 Chieti-Pescara, Italy. digiulio@unich.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study