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Hypoxia-inducible factors HIF-1 and HIF-2 are decreased in an experimental model of severe respiratory distress syndrome in preterm lambs

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Pediatric Heart Lung Center, Department of Pediatrics, and National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, Colorado

Submitted 20 September 2006 ; accepted in final form 12 February 2007

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) secondary to preterm birth and surfactant deficiency is characterized by severe hypoxemia, lung injury, and impaired production of nitric oxide (NO) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Since hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) mediate the effects of both NO and VEGF in part through regulation by prolyl-hydroxylase-containing domains (PHDs) in the presence of oxygen, we hypothesized that HIF-1 and -2 in the lung are decreased following severe RDS in preterm neonatal lambs. To test this hypothesis, fetal lambs were delivered at preterm gestation (115-day gestation, term = 145 days; n = 4) and mechanically ventilated for 4 h. Lambs developed respiratory failure characterized by severe hypoxemia despite treatment with mechanical ventilation with high inspired oxygen concentrations. Lung samples were compared with nonventilated control animals at preterm (115-day gestation; n = 3) and term gestation (142-day gestation; n = 3). We found that HIF-1 protein expression decreased (P < 0.05) and PHD-2 expression increased (P < 0.005) at birth in normal term animals before air breathing. Compared with age-matched controls, HIF-1 protein and HIF-2 protein expression decreased by 80% and 55%, respectively (P < 0.005 for each) in preterm lambs with RDS. Furthermore, VEGF mRNA was decreased by 40%, and PHD-2 protein expression doubled in RDS lambs. We conclude that pulmonary expression of HIF-1, HIF-2, and the downstream target of their regulation, VEGF mRNA, is impaired following RDS in neonatal lambs. We speculate that early disruption of HIF and VEGF expression after preterm birth and RDS may contribute to long-term abnormalities in lung growth, leading to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

lung development; neonatal lung injury; vascular endothelial growth factor

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