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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (February 18, 2005). doi:10.1152/ajplung.00180.2004
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Submitted on May 18, 2004
Accepted on February 17, 2005

A Role for Platelet-Derived Growth Factor {beta}-Receptor in a Newborn Rat Model of Endothelin-Mediated Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling

Robert P Jankov1*, Crystal Kantores1, Rosetta Belcastro1, Soojin Yi1, Ross A Ridsdale1, Martin Post1, and A. Keith Tanswell1

1 Clinical Integrative Biology, Sunnybrook & Women's Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: robert.jankov{at}sw.ca.

Newborn rats exposed to 60% O2 for 14 days develop endothelin (ET)-1-dependent pulmonary hypertension with vascular remodeling, characterized by increased smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and medial thickening of pulmonary resistance arteries. Using immunohistochemistry and Western blot analyses, we examined the effect of exposure to 60% O2 on expression in the lung of receptors for the platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs), which are implicated in the pathogenesis of arterial smooth muscle hyperplasia. We observed a marked O2-induced up-regulation of PDGF-{alpha} and -{beta} receptors (PDGF-{alpha}R and -{beta}R) on arterial smooth muscle. This led us to examine pulmonary vascular PDGF receptor expression in 60% O2-exposed rats given SB217242, a combined ET receptor antagonist, which we found prevented the O2-induced up-regulation of PDGF-{beta}R, but not the -{alpha}R, on arterial smooth muscle. PDGF-BB, a major PDGF-{beta}R ligand, was found to be a potent in vitro inducer of hyperplasia and DNA synthesis in cultured pulmonary artery SMCs from infant rats. A critical role for PDGF-{beta}R ligands in arterial SMC proliferation was confirmed in vivo using a truncated soluble PDGF-{beta}R intervention, which attenuated SMC proliferation induced by exposure to 60% O2. Collectively, these data are consistent with a major role for PDGF-{beta}R-mediated SMC proliferation, acting downstream of increased ET-1 in a newborn rat model of 60% O2-induced pulmonary hypertension.




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