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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-5
pubmed:abstractText
Maternal retinoid administration has beneficial effects on lung development in the nitrofen rodent toxic model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (DH). We wanted to investigate the effects in a surgical model, where the retinoid signaling pathway is not primarily disrupted by the toxic agent. We created DH in fetal rabbits at day 23 of gestation, administrated to the does all trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) or vehicle (VHC) intramuscularly for 8 consecutive days and harvested normal and operated (DH) fetuses at 31 d (n = 7 in each group). Normal lungs exposed to ATRA had increased surfactant protein mRNA levels without change in type II pneumocyte density. There was no measurable effect on lung-to-body weight ratio and airway morphometry by ATRA. In DH lungs (DH/VHC) surfactant protein mRNA levels were increased, as well as the density of type II pneumocytes. When supplemented with ATRA (DH/ATRA) these parameters returned to normal (VHC). Cell proliferation or apoptosis were not influenced by ATRA supplementation. In conclusion, maternal ATRA supplementation does not affect gross anatomic, morphologic or proliferation indices in hypoplastic lungs related to surgically induced DH in rabbit. However, ATRA lowers surfactant protein expression and normalizes type I/II pneumocyte ratio to what is observed in normal lungs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1099-0496
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
594-603
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Caveolin 1, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Fetal Organ Maturity, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Hernia, Diaphragmatic, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein C, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Tretinoin, pubmed-meshheading:18435480-Vitamins
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of maternal retinoic acid administration in a congenital diaphragmatic hernia rabbit model.
pubmed:affiliation
Université d'Auvergne, JE2447 ARDEMO, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't