Heme oxygenase expression in selected regions of term human placenta |
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Authors: | McLaughlin Brian E Lash Gendie E Smith Graeme N Marks Gerald S Nakatsu Kanji Graham Charles H Brien James F |
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Affiliation: | Departments of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6. |
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Abstract: | Carbon monoxide (CO), formed during heme oxygenase (HO)-catalyzed oxidation of heme, has been proposed to play a complementary role with nitric oxide in the regulation of placental hemodynamics. The objective of this study was to elucidate HO enzymatic activity and HO-1 (inducible) and HO-2 (constitutive) protein content in the microsomal subcellular fraction of homogenate of selected regions of placenta from normotensive and mild pre-eclamptic pregnancies. HO enzymatic activity was measured under optimized conditions by gas chromatography using CO formation as an index of activity, and HO-1 and HO-2 protein content were determined by Western immunoblot analysis. Microsomal HO activity in each of the four placental regions was not different between normotensive and mild pre-eclamptic pregnancies. Microsomal HO-2 protein content was not different between normotensive and mild pre-eclamptic pregnancies, whereas there was increased expression of microsomal HO-1 protein in chorionic villi and fetal membranes from pre-eclamptic pregnancy compared with normotensive pregnancy. Microsomal HO enzymatic activity correlated with HO-2, but not HO-1, protein content. |
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