RGD Reference Report - Role of heme oxygenase-1 in protection of the kidney after hemorrhagic shock. - Rat Genome Database

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Role of heme oxygenase-1 in protection of the kidney after hemorrhagic shock.

Authors: Arimori, Y  Takahashi, T  Nishie, H  Inoue, K  Shimizu, H  Omori, E  Kawanishi, S  Toda, Y  Morimatsu, H  Morita, K 
Citation: Arimori Y, etal., Int J Mol Med. 2010 Jul;26(1):27-32.
RGD ID: 10755719
Pubmed: PMID:20514418   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Hemorrhagic shock followed by resuscitation (HSR) causes oxidative stress, which results in multiple organ damage. The kidney is one of the target organs of HSR-mediated oxidative tissue injury. Heme oxygenase (HO)-1, the rate-limiting enzyme in heme catabolism, is induced by oxidative stress; it protects against oxidative tissue injuries. The aim of the present study was to examine the role of renal HO-1 induction after HSR. Rats were subjected to hemorrhagic shock to achieve a mean arterial pressure of 30 mmHg for 60 min, followed by resuscitation with the shed blood. HSR resulted in a significant increase in functional HO-1 protein in the tubular epithelial cells of the kidney, whereas HSR resulted in only a slight increase in gene expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and in protein expression of activated caspase-3 solely in renal cells where HO-1 expression was absent. HSR also resulted in a significant increase in Bcl-2 gene expression. Pretreatment of HSR animals with tin-mesoporphyrin (0.5 micromol/kg), a specific competitive inhibitor of HO activity, resulted in a significant decrease in HO activity and exacerbated tissue inflammation and apoptotic cell death as judged by the marked increase in expression of TNF-alpha and iNOS, and in activated caspase-3-positive cells, and the significant reduction in Bcl-2 expression, respectively. These findings indicate that HO-1 induction is an adaptive response to HSR-induced oxidative stress and is essential for protecting tubular epithelial cells from oxidative damage through its anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Hemorrhagic Shock  ISOHmox1 (Rattus norvegicus)10755719; 10755719 RGD 
Hemorrhagic Shock  IMP 10755719 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Hmox1  (heme oxygenase 1)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Hmox1  (heme oxygenase 1)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
HMOX1  (heme oxygenase 1)


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