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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 277: L566-L572, 1999;
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Vol. 277, Issue 3, L566-L572, September 1999

Hypoxia downregulates tropoelastin gene expression in rat lung fibroblasts by pretranslational mechanisms

John L. Berk, Nima Massoomi, Christine Hatch, and Ronald H. Goldstein

Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118

Elastolytic lung injury disrupts cell barriers, flooding alveoli and producing regional hypoxia. Abnormal O2 tensions may alter repair of damaged elastin fibers. To determine the effect of hypoxia on extravascular elastin formation, we isolated rat lung fibroblasts and cultured them under a variety of O2 conditions. Hypoxia downregulated tropoelastin mRNA in a dose- and time-related fashion while upregulating glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA levels. The changes in tropoelastin gene expression were not due to cell toxicity as measured by chromium release and cell proliferation studies. Neither cycloheximide nor actinomycin D abrogated this effect. Hypoxia induced early decreases in tropoelastin mRNA stability; minor suppression of gene transcription occurred later. When returned to 21% O2, tropoelastin mRNA recovered to control levels in part by upregulating tropoelastin gene transcription. Taken together, these data indicate that hypoxia regulates tropoelastin gene expression and may alter repair of acutely injured lung.

extracellular matrix; elastin; lung injury


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