Altered expressions of fibroblast growth factor receptors and alveolarization in neonatal mice exposed to 85% oxygen

Min Soo Park, Esther Rieger-Fackeldey, Brandon L. Schanbacher, Angela C. Cook, John A. Bauer, Lynette K. Rogers, Thomas N. Hansen, Stephen E. Welty, Charles V. Smith

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Abstract

In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that exposure of newborn mice to sublethal hyperoxia would alter lung development and expressions of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs)-3 and FGFR-4. Newborn FVB mice were exposed to 85% O2 or maintained in room air for up to 14 d. No animal mortality was observed, and body weight gains were not affected by hyperoxia. At postnatal d 7 and 14 (P7, P14), lungs of mice exposed to 85% O2 showed fewer alveolar secondary crests and larger alveoli or terminal air spaces than did mice in room air. In pups kept in room air, lung levels of FGFR-3 and FGFR-4 mRNA were greater at P3 than at P1, but similar increases were not observed in hyperoxic mice. Immunoreactivity of FGFR-3 and FGFR-4 was lower in lungs of hyperoxic mice than in controls at P14. In pups kept in room air, lung fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-7 mRNA levels were greater at P14 than at P1, but similar changes were not observed in hyperoxic mice. The temporally and spatially specific alterations in the expressions of FGFR-3, FGFR-4, and FGF-7 in the mice exposed to hyperoxia may contribute to aberrant lung development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)652-657
Number of pages6
JournalPediatric Research
Volume62
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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