Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension induced by SU5416 and ovalbumin immunization.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
; 47(5): 679-87, 2012 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-22842496
ABSTRACT
The combination of chronic hypoxia and treatment of rats with the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor blocker, SU5416, induces pulmonary angio-obliteration, resulting in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Inflammation is thought to contribute to the pathology of PAH. Allergic inflammation caused by ovalbumin (OVA) immunization causes muscularization of pulmonary arteries, but not severe PAH. Whether disturbance of the immune system and allergic inflammation in the setting of lung endothelial cell apoptosis causes PAH is unknown. We investigated the effects of OVA-allergic inflammation on the development of PAH initiated by VEGF blockade-induced lung endothelial cell apoptosis. OVA-immunized rats were treated with SU5416 to induce pulmonary vascular endothelial cell apoptosis. The combination of OVA and SU5416 treatment resulted in severe angio-obilterative PAH, accompanied by increased IL-6 expression in the lungs. c-Kit(+) and Sca-1(+) cells were found in and around the lung vascular lesions. Pan-caspase inhibiton, dexamethasone treatment, and depletion of B-lymphocytes using an anti-CD20 antibody suppressed this remodeling. OVA immunization also increased lung tissue hypoxia-induced factor-1α and VEGF expression. Our results also suggest that the increased expression of hypoxia-induced factor-1α and IL-6 induced by the allergic lung inflammation may be a component of the pathogenesis of PAH.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pirróis
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Ovalbumina
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Imunização
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Modelos Animais de Doenças
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Hipertensão Pulmonar
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Indóis
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos