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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is induced in the CNS after hemorrhage, and may have an effect on injury to surrounding tissue. Hemin, the preferred substrate of HO, is a neurotoxin that is present in intracranial hematomas. In a prior study, we observed that HO inhibitors increased the vulnerability of cultured cortical astrocytes to heme-mediated oxidative injury. To investigate the effect of HO more specifically, we used an adenoviral vector encoding the human HO-1 gene to specifically increase HO-1 expression. Incubation with 100 MOI of the HO-1 adenovirus (Adv-HHO-1) for 24 h increased both HO-1 protein and HO activity; a control adenovirus lacking the HO-1 gene had no effect. Using a DNA probe that was specific for human HO-1, 80.5 +/- 7.2% of astrocytes were observed to be infected by in situ hybridization. The cell death produced by 30-60 microM hemin was significantly reduced by pretreatment with 100 MOI Adv-HHO-1, as assessed by LDH release, propidium iodide exclusion, and MTT reduction assay. The threefold increase in cell protein oxidation produced by hemin was also attenuated in cultures pretreated with Adv-HHO-1. These results support the hypothesis that HO-1 protects astrocytes from heme-mediated oxidative injury. Specifically increasing astrocytic HO-1 by gene transfer may have a beneficial effect on hemorrhagic CNS injury.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Drug Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Ferritins, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing), pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Heme Oxygenase-1, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Hemin, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:15474356-Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Adenoviral transfer of the heme oxygenase-1 gene protects striatal astrocytes from heme-mediated oxidative injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't