Surfactant proteins expression. A, mRNA levels for
surfactant-associated proteins (SP-A, SP-B, SP-C, and SP-D). Each expression
level is expressed relative to HGPRT. B, immunoblot analysis of
surfactant-associated proteins (SP-A, SP-B, SP-C, and SP-D) in lung
homogenates from control and HIF1αΔ/Δ pups
(n = 3). β-Actin (actin) was used as loading control.
C, immunohistochemical staining of SP-B (left panels) and
SP-C (right panels) in lung sections from control (upper
panels) and HIF1αΔ/Δ (lower panels)
pups. HIF1αΔ/Δ pups show decreased expression of
SP-B and SP-C as compared with control littermates. The asterisk
indicates a significant difference (p value < 0.05) based on a
Student's two-tailed t test for samples of unequal variance. All
doxycycline treatments were for at least 12 days.