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  • Title: Basal rather than induced heme oxygenase-1 levels are crucial in the antioxidant cytoprotection.
    Author: Tsuchihashi S, Livhits M, Zhai Y, Busuttil RW, Araujo JA, Kupiec-Weglinski JW.
    Journal: J Immunol; 2006 Oct 01; 177(7):4749-57. PubMed ID: 16982915.
    Abstract:
    Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) overexpression protects against tissue injury in many inflammatory processes, including ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI). This study evaluated whether genetically decreased HO-1 levels affected susceptibility to liver IRI. Partial warm ischemia was produced in hepatic lobes for 90 min followed by 6 h of reperfusion in heterozygous HO-1 knockout (HO-1(+/-)) and HO-1(+/+) wild-type (WT) mice. HO-1(+/-) mice demonstrated reduced HO-1 mRNA/protein levels at baseline and postreperfusion. This corresponded with increased hepatocellular damage in HO-1(+/-) mice, compared with WT. HO-1(+/-) mice revealed enhanced neutrophil infiltration and proinflammatory cytokine (TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IFN-gamma) induction, as well as an increase of intrahepatic apoptotic TUNEL(+) cells with enhanced expression of proapoptotic genes (Bax/cleaved caspase-3). We used cobalt protoporphyrin (CoPP) treatment to evaluate the effect of increased baseline HO-1 levels in both WT and HO-1(+/-) mice. CoPP treatment increased HO-1 expression in both animal groups, which correlated with a lower degree of hepatic damage. However, HO-1 mRNA/protein levels were still lower in HO-1(+/-) mice, which failed to achieve the degree of antioxidant hepatoprotection seen in CoPP-treated WT. Although the baseline and postreperfusion HO-1 levels correlated with the degree of protection, the HO-1 fold induction correlated instead with the degree of damage. Thus, basal HO-1 levels are more critical than the ability to up-regulate HO-1 in response to the IRI and may also predict the success of pharmacologically induced cytoprotection. This model provides an opportunity to further our understanding of HO-1 in stress defense mechanisms and design new regimens to prevent IRI.
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