title: Pregnancy induced changes in Cox-1, Cox-2 and NOSIII vascular and renal expression.
abstract: In order to establish if there is a mutual regulation between COX and NOS in vascular and renal tissue during pregnancy, we measured the protein expression of COX-1, COX-2 and NOSIII by Western blot comparing the thoracic and abdominal aorta and the renal cortex and medulla of non pregnant and pregnant (21st day) Wistar rats. We found there was no difference in the quantity of protein of any of the two isoforms of COX between the two segments of the aorta of non pregnant animals while an increased expression of both COX-1 And COX-2 was found in the abdominal compared to the thoracic segment of the pregnant rats. An increased expression of NOS III was found in the abdominal segment of the aorta form pregnant rats. No changes were found between pregnant and no pregnant animals in the expression of COX-1 and COX-2 in the renal cortex or medulla while an increased expression of NOS III was found in the cortex from pregnant compared to non pregnant animals. These results suggest the influence of pregnancy is not homogeneous along the aorta and also that a balance between prostaglandins and nitric oxide is responsible of the blunted vascular reactivity during pregnancy in the rat.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Escuela Superior de Medicina del IPN, Plan de San Luis y Díaz Mirón, Casco de Santo Tomás, México 11340 DF. rabobadilla@terra.com.mx
authors.forename: Rosa A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bobadilla
authors.forename: Ismael
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bracho
authors.forename: Victor M Pérez
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Anguiano
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000201:enzymology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000201:enzymology; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000201:enzymology*; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000201:enzymology; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; C496316:Nos3 protein, rat; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; C496513:Ptgs1 protein, rat