Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9118725 Neuropeptides 2005 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
To study the effect of septicaemia, the temporal changes in tissue adrenomedullin (AM) and preproAM mRNA levels were studied in the heart and blood vessels after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection. Radioimmunoassay and solution hybridization-RNase protection assays were used to follow the changes in AM and its mRNA levels respectively after intraperitoneal injection of 10 mg/kg LPS in rats. The preproAM mRNA levels increased at 1 h in the right atrium after LPS injection, while the AM contents decreased at 1 h in the left atrium. The preproAM mRNA levels increased at 3 and 6 h in the left ventricle, whereas it increased at 6 h in the right ventricles after LPS injection. There was an increase in preproAM mRNA levels at 1 and 3 h in the mesenteric artery, while AM levels were increased at 1, 3 and 6 h. However, there were no such changes in the thoracic aorta. There were also increases in tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 in the heart, and in the mesenteric artery (TNF-α and IL-1β) and in thoracic aorta (IL-1β and IL-6). The present results suggest that the biosynthesis and secretion of AM may be increased in cardiovascular tissues of rats injected with LPS, and that AM may play multiple roles in inflammation.
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