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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 278: R513-R519, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 2, R513-R519, February 2000

Tissue hypoxygenation activates the adrenomedullin system in vivo

Karl-Heinz Hofbauer1, Boye L. Jensen2, Armin Kurtz1, and Peter Sandner1

1 Institut für Physiologie der Universität Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany; and 2 Institut for Medicinsk Biologi, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Odense, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Our study aimed to investigate the influence of tissue hypoxygenation on the adrenomedullin (ADM) system in vivo. For this purpose, male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to normobaric hypoxia (8% oxygen) or to functional anemia [0.1% carbon monoxide (CO)] or to cobalt chloride (60 mg/kg) for 6 h. Messenger RNA levels for ADM and its receptor (ADM-R) were assessed in diverse organs by RNase protection assay. Additionally, ADM protein concentrations in these organs, as in plasma, were determined by a RIA. We found that ADM mRNA abundance increased in response to hypoxia and to CO inhalation up to 15-fold in all organs examined. Similarly, ADM-R mRNA abundance increased during hypoxia and CO inhalation in all organs examined with exception of the liver. The effects of hypoxia and of CO inhalation on ADM and ADM-R mRNAs were mimicked by injection of cobaltous chloride. Hypoxia also significantly increased ADM protein content in all organs, and plasma levels of ADM rose twofold in response to hypoxia and CO inhalation. These findings indicate that tissue hypoxia leads to a widespread activation of the ADM system, which comprises a parallel stimulation of ADM and ADM receptor mRNA as enhanced ADM protein synthesis and secretion. The ADM system may, therefore, play a significant role in the physiological response to tissue hypoxia. It appears that ADM and ADM-R belong to the family of classic oxygen-regulated genes, which are activated by a decrease of the pericellular oxygen tension through the same intracellular signaling cascade.

hypoxia; oxygen; erythropoietin; carbon monoxide; cobaltous chloride; receptor


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