RGD Reference Report - Graft protective effects of heme oxygenase 1 in mouse tracheal transplant-related obliterative bronchiolitis. - Rat Genome Database

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Graft protective effects of heme oxygenase 1 in mouse tracheal transplant-related obliterative bronchiolitis.

Authors: Visner, GA  Lu, F  Zhou, H  Latham, C  Agarwal, A  Zander, DS 
Citation: Visner GA, etal., Transplantation. 2003 Aug 27;76(4):650-6.
RGD ID: 4145412
Pubmed: PMID:12973103   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1097/01.TP.0000080069.61917.18   (Journal Full-text)

BACKGROUND: Heme oxygenase (HO)-1, long believed to be a cytoprotective protein, has recently been identified as a graft survival gene. This study evaluates the role of HO-1 in a murine heterotopic tracheal allograft model for obliterative bronchiolitis. METHODS: Mice with deficient or experimentally enhanced HO-1 expression underwent subcutaneous implantation of murine tracheal isografts and allografts. Grafts were excised after 9, 16, or 21 days and evaluated by histologic examination, immunohistochemistry for HO-1 and interleukin (IL)-10 proteins, and terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling. To evaluate the relationships between IL-10 and HO-1, the effects of modulation of HO-1 expression on IL-10 expression were evaluated and HO-1 expression was examined in tracheal transplants from IL-10 null mice. RESULTS: Isografts demonstrated normal histology with minimal HO-1 staining, whereas allografts showed features of human airway rejection (loss of respiratory epithelium, luminal granulation tissue, lymphocytic tracheitis) with increased HO-1 staining in macrophages and mesenchymal cells. HO-1-deficient mice demonstrated a more rapid progression of the tracheal allograft injury as compared with control allografts, and this was associated with a decrease in the anti-inflammatory cytokine, IL-10. Tracheal transplants using IL-10-deficient mice also resulted in a more severe injury, and this was accompanied by a decrease in HO-1 staining. CONCLUSIONS: HO-1 protein expression is increased in murine heterotopic airway rejection, and deficiency of HO-1 accelerates the development of the obliterative bronchiolitis-like lesion. IL-10 protein expression parallels expression of HO-1, suggesting that IL-10 may participate in the genesis of HO-1's effects on the inflammatory processes triggered by allotransplantation.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
bronchiolitis obliterans  ISOHmox1 (Mus musculus)4145412; 4145412 RGD 
bronchiolitis obliterans  IMP 4145412 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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