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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 298, Issue 1, Pages R235-R242Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00451.2009
Keywords
ascites; pulmonary arterial hypertension; endothelin-1; nitric oxide; serotonin
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- National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA/CSREES/NRI [2003-35204-13392]
- University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Hamal KR, Wideman RF, Anthony NB, Erf GF. Differential expression of vasoactive mediators in microparticle-challenged lungs of chickens that differ in susceptibility to pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 298: R235-R242, 2010. First published November 11, 2009; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00451.2009.-Pulmonary hypertension syndrome (PHS; ascites) in fast growing meat-type chickens (broilers) is characterized by the onset of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) leading to right-sided congestive heart failure and terminal ascites. Intravenous microparticle (MP) injection is a tool used by poultry geneticists to screen for the broilers that are resistant (RES) or susceptible (SUS) to IPAH in a breeding population. MPs occlude pulmonary arterioles and initiate focal inflammation, causing local tissues and responding leukocytes to release vasoactive mediators such as serotonin (5-HT), endothelin-1 (ET-1), and nitric oxide (NO). RT-PCR was used to examine the differences between RES and SUS broilers in terms of gene expression of ET-1, ET receptor types A and B (ET(A) and ET(B)), the serotonin transporter (SERT), serotonin receptors (5-HT(1A), 5-HT(2A), 5-HT(1B), 5-HT(2B)), endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), and inducible NOS (iNOS) in the lungs of these broilers before (0 h) and after (2, 6, 12, 24, and 48 h) MP injection. In SUS broilers MP injection elicited higher (P < 0.05) pulmonary expression of 5-HT(1A), 5-HT(2B), and ET-1, which promote vasoconstriction and proliferation of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMC). In RES broilers the MP injection elicited higher expression of eNOS, iNOS, and ET(B), which promote vasodilation and inhibit PASMC proliferation. These observations support the hypothesis that the resistance of broiler chickens to IPAH may be due to the higher expression of vasoactive mediators that favor enhanced vasodilation and attenuated vasoconstriction during MP injection challenges to the pulmonary vasculature.
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