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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-4
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the in vivo persistence of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha), main transducer of hypoxia, the differential response in organs exposed to the same degree of hypoxemia and the relationship with apoptosis. We measured HIF-1alpha (immunohistochemistry peroxidase and Western blot) and apoptosis (TUNEL) in heart, liver, kidney, gastrocnemius, and brain of rats exposed to chronic normobaric hypoxia (10% O2) or normoxia (21% O2) for 2 weeks. Despite same arterial O2 pressure and increased hemoglobin concentration (219 +/- 5 vs. 124 +/- 4 g/L), the organs responded differently. While marked in brain, muscle, and kidney cortex, HIF-1alpha was undetectable in heart and liver. In kidney medulla, HIF-1alpha was high in both normoxia and hypoxia. By contrast, apoptosis was marked in heart, slight in kidney medulla, and undetectable in other organs. We conclude that the HIF-1alpha response to chronic hypoxia can be a sustained phenomenon, but not in all organs, and that apoptosis responds differently from HIF-1alpha.
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
14
pubmed:volume
342
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
875-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic in vivo hypoxia in various organs: hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Milan, San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't