Induction of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase in mouse heart under hypoxemia

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Jul 31;385(3):449-53. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.092. Epub 2009 May 24.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / genetics
  • Hypoxia / enzymology*
  • Intramolecular Oxidoreductases / biosynthesis*
  • Lipocalins / biosynthesis*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Mutant Strains
  • Myocardium / enzymology*

Substances

  • Lipocalins
  • Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)
  • heme oxygenase-2
  • Intramolecular Oxidoreductases
  • prostaglandin R2 D-isomerase