title: Perinatal hypoxia-/ischemia-induced endothelin-1 mRNA in astrocyte-like and endothelial cells.
abstract: Under pathological conditions in the adult CNS, such as ischemia, subarachnoid hemorrhage and Alzheimer's disease, endothelin (ET)-1- and -3-like immunoreactivities are elevated in astrocytes of the injured adult brain. However, it is not clear whether this is due to increased synthesis or increased binding of ET-1. Further, it is not known whether ET-1 expression is altered in the perinatal brain after cerebral hypoxia/ischemia (H/I). Here, we determined the sites of ET-1 expression in perinatal mouse brain after H/I injury by in situ hybridization using a probe specific for the ET-1 gene. Astrocyte-like cells, which do not normally express ET-1 mRNA, showed high levels of ET-1 mRNA expression. Endothelial cells of the capillaries and small vessels also showed an increased level of ET-1 mRNA. Our data suggest that ET-1 mRNA levels in the astrocyte-like cells and vascular endothelial cells are dynamically regulated by ischemia and may participate in perinatal ischemia-related neural damage.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Hong Kong, 8/F, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger