Prolonged in vivo hypoxia enhances nitric oxide synthase type I and type III gene expression in adult rat lung

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
P W ShaulR A Star

Abstract

Prolonged hypoxia in the adult rat causes a decline in endothelium-derived nitric oxide (NO) production in the pulmonary circulation. To evaluate whether this is related to a decrease in endothelial NO synthase (NOS-III) expression, we determined the effects of hypobaric hypoxia (7 or 21 days) on NOS-III gene expression in adult rat lung. Neuronal NOS (NOS-I) expression was also examined; NOS-I has been immunohistochemically localized to rat bronchiolar epithelium. NOS-III and NOS-I mRNA abundance were assessed in reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assays and the proteins were evaluated by immunoblot analysis. After 7 and 21 days of hypoxia, there were increases in the steady-state levels of both NOS-III and NOS-I mRNA, rising 2.7- to 3.0-fold and 2.5- to 2.8-fold, respectively. These findings were confirmed by Northern analyses. In parallel, NOS-III and NOS-I protein abundance were also increased with hypoxia by 3.0- to 3.5-fold and 2.4- to 3.0-fold, respectively. NOS activity detected by [3H]arginine to [3H]citrulline conversion rose 109%. Thus, prolonged in vivo hypoxia causes enhancement of NOS-III and NOS-I gene expression in adult rat lung, indicating that the pulmonary expression of these genes is modulated ...Continue Reading

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