Association of glucocoid receptor binding activity and heat shock protein expressions after acute lung injury in mice.
- Author:
Min ZHANG
1
;
Ren-ping XIONG
;
Xing-yun CHEN
;
Ping LI
;
Yan ZHAO
;
Ping LIU
;
Yuan-guo ZHOU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acute Lung Injury; chemically induced; metabolism; Animals; Binding Sites; Female; HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; metabolism; HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; metabolism; Male; Mice; Oleic Acid; Radioligand Assay; Random Allocation; Receptors, Glucocorticoid; metabolism
- From: Journal of Southern Medical University 2008;28(5):725-728
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the association between decreased ligand binding activity of glucocoid receptor (GR) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), the molecular chaperone of GR, after acute lung injury (ALI) in mice.
METHODSIn mouse models of oleic acid-induced ALI, the levels of GR, Hsp90 and Hsp70 were dynamically observed using Western blotting, and the binding capacity and binding affinity of GR assessed with radioligand binding assay.
RESULTSAfter ALI, pulmonary edema was significantly aggravated in the mice with significantly increased lung body index and lung water ratio. GR increased within 1 h after the injury, but then decreased significantly to the lowest level at 12 h after the injury, and the levels of Hsp90 and Hsp70 was increased obviously and reached the highest at 12 h. Radioligand binding assay showed that the Bmax decreased gradually and Kd value increased, and these changes were consistent with the changes of Hsp90/GR.
CONCLUSIONThe ligand binding activity of GR is related to the changes of Hsp90 after ALI.
