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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
Hypoxia-inducible transcription factor-1 (HIF-1) is the most important component of cellular and molecular adaptive responses to hypoxia. We aimed to analyze effects of systemic hypoxia and CO exposure on the oxygen-regulated alpha-subunit of HIF-1 and HIF-1-dependent vasoactive target genes in rat brain. Brains of adult Sprague-Dawley rats were investigated after incubation for 3 and 12 h under normoxia, hypoxia (8% O(2)) and CO 0.1% (n = 10 per group). Upon 3 h of exposure, hypoxia and CO-induced accumulation of HIF-1alpha protein in brain homogenates assessed by Western blot analysis. In contrast to hypoxia HIF-1alpha signals decreased markedly during 12 h-exposure to CO. By immunohistochemistry, intensive HIF-1alpha-positive staining was found in neurons of the cortex and hippocampus. Cerebral expression of vasoactive target genes adrenomedullin (ADM) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) showed up-regulation during both hypoxia and CO exposure indicating functional activation of HIF-1. Hypoxia increased ADM (P < 0.05) and VEGF mRNA levels within 3 h (P < 0.01) which persisted up to 12 h of exposure (ADM, P < 0.05; VEGF, P < 0.001). Similarly, CO inhalation led to early up-regulation of VEGF (3 h: P < 0.05; 12 h: P < 0.01), but a more delayed increase of ADM mRNA levels (3 h: n.s., 12 h: P < 0.01). We suggest that CO-induced oxygen deprivation is a potent stimulus to cerebral HIF-1-regulated hypoxic stress responses even though its effects are more transient than exposure to hypoxia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1439-6319
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Adrenomedullin, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Carbon Monoxide, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Hypoxia, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18560881-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
HIF-1alpha subunit and vasoactive HIF-1-dependent genes are involved in carbon monoxide-induced cerebral hypoxic stress response.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loschgestrasse 15, Erlangen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't