Abstract:
:The present study utilized the monocrotaline (MCT) model of pulmonary hypertension in rats to examine temporal alterations in steady-state levels of basement membrane (BM) component mRNA and deposition of protein using Northern analysis and immunohistochemistry, respectively. MCT (60 mg/kg, subcutaneous) produced sustained increases in lung dry tissue mass by 7 days, right ventricular mass by 14 days, and pulmonary arterial pressure by 21 days after administration. mRNA levels specific for laminin (LM) were elevated as early as 1 day after MCT treatment, while mRNA for all BM components examined except type IV collagen were increased in lungs from MCT-treated rats by day 4. Differences in LM, perlecan (PN), and type IV collagen-specific mRNAs from lung tissue between MCT-treated and control rats disappeared by day 14. In contrast, fibronectin (FN) mRNA remained elevated in lung tissue from MCT-treated rats from day 4 onward. Increases in immunolocalizable FN and LM in the vasculature, and PN and type IV collagen in gas exchange areas, were observed 4 days after MCT treatment compared with controls. These changes generally became more pronounced by 21 days after MCT administration, at which time the parenchyma of MCT-treated rats also demonstrated increases in immunolocalizable FN, LM, and BM-chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (BM-CSPG). The pulmonary vasculature additionally showed increases in type IV collagen, PN, and BM-CSPG in MCT-treated rats compared with controls by 21 days. These observations suggest that the accumulation of specific BM components in the pulmonary vasculature and parenchyma may contribute to the pathogenesis and maintenance of MCT-induced hypertensive pulmonary vascular disease.
journal_name
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biolauthors
Lipke DW,Arcot SS,Gillespie MN,Olson JWdoi
10.1165/ajrcmb/9.4.418subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1993-10-01 00:00:00pages
418-28issue
4eissn
1044-1549issn
1535-4989journal_volume
9pub_type
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