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  • Title: 5-Hydroxytryptamine levels in the pulmonary arterioles of broilers with induced pulmonary hypertension and its relationship to pulmonary vascular remodelling.
    Author: Li Y, Zeng JY, Tang ZX, Li YG, Guo JY, Pan JQ.
    Journal: Avian Pathol; 2013 Aug; 42(4):335-41. PubMed ID: 23782167.
    Abstract:
    This experiment was performed to explore the relationship between 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) levels in pulmonary arterioles and in pulmonary vascular remodelling in broilers. Pulmonary arterial hypertension was induced by injecting cellulose microparticles intravenously. Pulmonary hypertension syndrome (PHS) morbidity, right ventricle/total ventricle weight ratio (RV/TV), packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin concentration (HB), vessel wall area to vessel total area ratio (WA/TA) and mean tunica media thickness in pulmonary arterioles (mMTPA) were measured. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region proteins (Ag-NORs) and 5-HT content in pulmonary arterioles were determined. The results showed that injecting cellulose microparticles intravenously in broilers could successfully increase the PHS morbidity, significantly elevate RV/TV, PCV and HB, significantly increase mMTPA and WA/TA, and significantly increase the argyrophilic particles in smooth muscle cell nucleoli, PCNA-positive cells in the medial layer, and the 5-HT content in pulmonary arterioles. Correlation analysis showed that the level of 5-HT was strongly positively correlated with PCNA and Ag-NORs. The results indicated that the increase of 5-HT in the tunica media could possibly promote the proliferation of smooth muscle cells in pulmonary arterioles and thus the occurrence of pulmonary vascular remodelling.
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