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lüll Role of heme oxygenase-1 in the regulation of blood pressure and cardiac function Chen YH; Yet SF; Perrella MAExp Biol Med (Maywood) 2003[May]; 228 (5): 447-53Heme oxygenase (HO) is a cytoprotective enzyme that degrades heme (a potent oxidant) to generate carbon monoxide (a vasodilatory gas that has anti-inflammatory properties), bilirubin (an antioxidant derived from biliverdin), and iron (sequestered by ferritin). Because of the properties of inducible HO (HO-1) and its products, we hypothesized that HO-1 would play an important role in the regulation of cardiovascular function. In this article, we will review the role of HO-1 in the regulation of blood pressure and cardiac function and highlight previous studies from our laboratory using gene deletion and gene overexpression transgenic approaches in mice. These studies will include the investigation of HO-1 in the setting of hypertension (renovascular), hypotension (endotoxemia), and ischemia/reperfusion injury (heart). In a chronic renovascular hypertension model, hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, acute renal failure, and acute mortality induced by one kidney-one clip surgery were more severe in HO-1-null mice. In addition, HO-1-null mice with endotoxemia had earlier resolution of hypotension, yet the mortality and the incidence of end-organ damage were higher in the absence of HO-1. In contrast, mice with cardiac-specific overexpression of HO-1 had an improvement in cardiac function, smaller myocardial infarctions, and reduced inflammatory and oxidative damage after coronary artery ligation and reperfusion. Taken together, these studies suggest that an absence of HO-1 has detrimental consequences, whereas overexpression of HO-1 plays a protective role in hypoperfusion and ischemia/reperfusion injury.|*Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Blood Pressure/drug effects/*physiology[MESH]|Endotoxemia/metabolism[MESH]|Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)/genetics/*metabolism[MESH]|Heme Oxygenase-1[MESH]|Kidney/metabolism[MESH]|Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology[MESH]|Membrane Proteins[MESH]|Mice[MESH]|Mice, Transgenic[MESH]|Myocardial Infarction/metabolism[MESH] |