title: Pulmonary expression of early growth response-1: biphasic time course and effect of oxygen concentration.
abstract: Hypoxia induces complex adaptive responses. In this report, induction of early growth response-1 (Egr-1) transcripts in lungs of mice subjected to hypoxia is shown to be dose and time dependent. Within 30 min of hypoxia, Egr-1 transcripts were approximately 20-fold elevated in 6% oxygen, approximately 5.2-fold increased by 10% oxygen, and returned to the normoxic baseline by 12% oxygen. Time course studies up to 48 h showed a biphasic profile with an initial steep rise in Egr-1 transcripts after 0.5 h of hypoxia and a second elevation beginning after 20-24 h. Hypoxic induction of Egr-1 was paralleled by enhanced expression of the downstream target gene tissue factor. Egr-1 and tissue factor antigen were visualized in bronchial and vascular smooth muscle and in alveolar macrophages. Egr-1 has the capacity to modulate expression of genes involved in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix and properties of smooth muscle, thus possibly contributing to the pulmonary response to chronic hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medicine, and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. sy18@columbia.edu
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tongers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kisiel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mackman
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pinsky
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D005260:Female; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; C486109:Egr1 protein, mouse; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D013925:Thromboplastin; D010100:Oxygen