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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
In rat airways, substance P released from sensory nerves induces plasma leakage via neurokinin-1 (NK1) receptors on endothelial cells. In pathogen-free rats, both leakage and endothelial NK1 receptors are most abundant in postcapillary venules. In Mycoplasma pulmonis-infected rats, extensive angiogenesis occurs in the tracheal mucosa. The capillary-sized (< 10 microns in diameter) angiogenic blood vessels are abnormally sensitive to substance P. The aim of this study was to determine whether increased expression of NK1 receptors contributes to this abnormal sensitivity. Fischer 344 rats were infected with M. pulmonis and were challenged with substance P (5 micrograms/kg i.v.), and then plasma leakage in the tracheal mucosa was measured by extravasation of Monastral blue (30 mg/kg i.v.). NK1 receptors on endothelial cells were localized by immunohistochemistry. Five minutes after substance P, NK1 receptor-immunoreactive endosomes were five times more abundant in endothelial cells of angiogenic capillaries in M. pulmonis-infected rats than in corresponding capillaries in pathogen-free controls (17.1 +/- 2.3 vs. 3.5 +/- 0.4 endosomes/100 micron 2 of endothelial surface). Endosomes were slightly more abundant in postcapillary venules 15-35 microns in diameter in infected rats (23.0 +/- 0.6 vs. 19.2 +/- 0.7 endosomes/100 micron 2). Similarly, after substance P, angiogenic capillaries had much more Monastral blue labeling (area density: 18.8 +/- 1.5 vs. 2.9 +/- 0.5% of vessel wall), whereas postcapillary venules had about the same amount of labeling (36.0 +/- 3.7 vs. 34.1 +/- 1.8%). We conclude that increased expression of NK1 receptors, which are internalized into endosomes after ligand binding, contributes to the abnormal sensitivity of endothelial cells of angiogenic blood vessels to substance P in the airways of M. pulmonis-infected rats.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L565-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Capillaries, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Coloring Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Endosomes, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Indoles, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Mucous Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Mycoplasma Infections, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Nerve Fibers, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Organometallic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Rats, Inbred F344, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Receptors, Neurokinin-1, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Trachea, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9316490-Venules
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Upregulation of substance P receptors in angiogenesis associated with chronic airway inflammation in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't