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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Hypoxemia is a common manifestation of various disorders and generates pressure overload to the heart. Here we analyzed the expression of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (L-PGDS) in the heart of C57BL/6 mice kept under normobaric hypoxia (10% O2) that generates hemodynamic stress. Northern and Western blot analyses revealed that the expression levels of L-PGDS mRNA and protein were significantly increased (> twofold) after 14 days of hypoxia, compared to the mice kept under normoxia. Immunohistochemical analysis indicated that L-PGDS was increased in the myocardium of auricles and ventricles and the pulmonary venous myocardium at 28 days of hypoxia. Moreover, using C57BL/6 mice lacking heme oxygenase-2 (HO-2(-/-)), a model of chronic hypoxemia, we showed that the expression level of L-PGDS protein was twofold higher in the heart than that of wild-type mouse. L-PGDS expression is induced in the myocardium under hypoxemia, which may reflect the adaptation to the hemodynamic stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1090-2104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
385
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
449-53
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in mouse heart under hypoxemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology and Applied Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't