Expression of TGF-beta and PDGF in Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Rats.
- Author:
Min Sun CHO
;
Sang Ho CHO
;
Woo Ick YANG
;
Woon Sup HAN
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Pulmonary hypertension;
Monocrotaline;
TGF-beta;
hypertension, Monocrotaline, TGF-beta, PDGF;
Immunohistochemistry
- MeSH:
Animals;
Antibodies;
Arterioles;
Hypertension;
Hypertension, Pulmonary*;
Hypertrophy;
Immunohistochemistry;
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins;
Monocrotaline;
Myocytes, Smooth Muscle;
Protein Isoforms;
Pulmonary Artery;
Rats*;
Rats, Sprague-Dawley;
Transforming Growth Factor beta*;
Transforming Growth Factor beta1;
Transforming Growth Factor beta2;
Transforming Growth Factor beta3
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1999;33(8):545-554
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary vascular hypertension is characterized by migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells accompanying abnormal synthesis and accumulation of extracellular proteins in vascular wall. The aim of this study is to define the role of endogneous TGF-betas and PDGF in the process of remodeling vessels through determining the temporal and spatial distribution of these growth factors in hypertensive pulmonary vessels in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rat. Sprague-Dawley rats were sacrificed 12 hours, 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28, and 56 days after treatment. The morphometric analysis of medial thickening and immunohistochemical study using antibodies to TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2, TGF-beta3, and PDGF were performed. Immunoreactivities for TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta3 were increased from the 14th day in the medial smooth muscle cells and PDGF showed increased expression from the 21st day in the medial smooth muscle cells. No difference in TGF-beta2 immunoreactivity was found between control and experimental groups. The expression of TGF-beta1, TGF-beta3 and PDGF increased in medial layers with the progressive thickening of pulmonary arteries which was considered to have close relation to medial hypertrophy of pulmonary arterioles. In the case of PDGF, however, the morphologic change occurred before increase in immunoreactivity was observed in the medial layer of pulmonary arterioles. Moreover, the function of isoforms of TGF-beta has yet to be completely elucidated; the different affinity to receptors and the degree of expression of these receptors that are supposed to affect the function of growth factors. Thus, further studies are needed.
