Assessment of expressions of Bcl-XL, b-FGF, Bmp-2, Caspase-3, PDGFR-α, Smad1 and TGF-β1 genes in a rat model of lung ischemia/reperfusion

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1 Dumlupınar University, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kütahya, Turkey

2 Gaziantep University, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey

3 Fırat University, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Elazığ, Turkey

4 Gaziantep University, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey

5 Gazi University, Department of Medical Genetic, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract

Objective(s):Ischemia is described as organs and tissues are destitute of oxygen due to decreased arterial or venous blood flow. Many mechanisms play role in cell death happened as a consequence of a new blood flow is needed for both cell regeneration and to clean toxic metabolites during ischemia and later. Lung damage induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is a frequent problem in lung transplantation. Apoptosis (programmed cell death) is known as cell suicide, and plays a key role in embryonic developmental and in maintain adult tissue’s life.
Materials and Methods:It is investigated expressions of Smad1, Bmp-2, Bcl-XL, b-FGF, Caspase-3, TGF-β1, PDGFR-α genes for molecular changes in lung tissues, after I/R is formed, in this study. For this, we included 40 Wistar albino rats to this study and divided 4 groups (n=10). The Groups were determined as Control (C), Group 1= 1 hr ischemia (I), Group 2= 1 hr ischemia+2 hr reperfusion (I+2R), Group 3= 1 hr ischemia+4 hr reperfusion (I+4R). Besides, molecular analysis and histopathologic examinations of tissues were performed, and the results were evaluated by normalization and statistics analysis.
Results: We have found a significant increase in expression of Bcl-XL (P=0.046) and Caspase-3 (P=0.026) genes of group 1, and it was not monitored any significant difference in Group 2 and Group 3. In all groups, the changes in b-FGF (P=0.087), Bmp-2 (P=0.457), TGF-β1 (P=0.201) and PDGFR-α (P=0.116) were not significant compared to control group. We did not see any mRNA expression of Smad1 gene in all groups include control.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that I/R injury may trigger apoptotic mechanism in lung.

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Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Volume 19, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
February 2016
Pages 209-214

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