title: Participation of heme oxygenase-1 in a model of acute inflammation.
abstract: In this study, the role of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in the inflammatory response elicited by zymosan in the mouse air pouch model has been examined. This response is characterized by a time-dependent increase in HO-1 expression in the leukocytes migrating into the exudates. At 24-48 h maximal HO-1 expression was accompanied by reduced cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS-2) expression as well as low levels of inflammatory mediators. Hemin administration into the air pouch caused an elevation of HO-1 protein and bilirubin levels induced by zymosan with inhibition of COX-2 expression. In mouse peritoneal macrophages from hemin-injected mice, we also observed an increased expression of HO-1 with inhibition of COX-2 expression and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) levels. Our data suggest an anti-inflammatory role for HO-1 in the response induced by this phagocytic stimulus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Valencia, 46100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Guillín
authors.forename: María Josí
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alcaraz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000378:metabolism*; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D006427:Hemin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D006427:Hemin; D015054:Zymosan; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; C496542:Hmox1 protein, mouse; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases