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Arriero MM, Celdran A, Jimenez P, García–Mendez A, De La Pinta JC, Manzarbeitia F, Muñoz–Alameda L, Reyero A, Escribano M, Casado S, López–Farré A. Aspirin Protected the Nitric Oxide/Cyclic Gmp Generating System in Human Peritoneum. Perit Dial Int 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/089686080102103s08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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♦ Objective Changes in the expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) in the peritoneum could be involved in the peritoneal dysfunction associated with peritoneal inflammation. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on eNOS expression in samples of human peritoneum. The effect of aspirin, a drug with anti-inflammatory properties, was also determined. ♦ Results The eNOS protein expressed in human peritoneal tissue was reduced by LPS (10 μg/mL) in a time-dependent manner. The eNOS was expressed mainly in capillary endothelial cells and mesothelial cells. Anti-inflammatory doses of aspirin (1 – 10 mmol/L) restored eNOS expression in LPS-stimulated human peritoneal tissue samples. The main intracellular receptor of NO, soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), was also downregulated by LPS. This effect was prevented by aspirin (5 mmol/L). ♦ Conclusion Protein expression of the eNOS–sGC system in the peritoneal tissue was downregulated by LPS. High doses of aspirin protected both eNOS protein expression and sGC in human peritoneum. These findings suggest a new mechanism of action of aspirin that could be involved in the prevention of peritoneal dysfunction during inflammation.
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- Maria M. Arriero
- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiovascular Research and Hyper tension Laboratory, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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Drake MG, Bivins-Smith ER, Proskocil BJ, Nie Z, Scott GD, Lee JJ, Lee NA, Fryer AD, Jacoby DB. Human and Mouse Eosinophils Have Antiviral Activity against Parainfluenza Virus. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2016; 55:387-94. [PMID: 27049514 PMCID: PMC5023029 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2015-0405oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Respiratory viruses cause asthma exacerbations. Because eosinophils are the prominent leukocytes in the airways of 60-70% of patients with asthma, we evaluated the effects of eosinophils on a common respiratory virus, parainfluenza 1, in the lung. Eosinophils recruited to the airways of wild-type mice after ovalbumin sensitization and challenge significantly decreased parainfluenza virus RNA in the lungs 4 days after infection compared with nonsensitized animals. This antiviral effect was also seen in IL-5 transgenic mice with an abundance of airway eosinophils (NJ.1726) but was lost in transgenic eosinophil-deficient mice (PHIL) and in IL-5 transgenic mice crossed with eosinophil-deficient mice (NJ.1726-PHIL). Loss of the eosinophil granule protein eosinophil peroxidase, using eosinophil peroxidase-deficient transgenic mice, did not reduce eosinophils' antiviral effect. Eosinophil antiviral mechanisms were also explored in vitro. Isolated human eosinophils significantly reduced parainfluenza virus titers. This effect did not involve degradation of viral RNA by eosinophil granule RNases. However, eosinophils treated with a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor lost their antiviral activity, suggesting eosinophils attenuate viral infectivity through production of nitric oxide. Consequently, eosinophil nitric oxide production was measured with an intracellular fluorescent probe. Eosinophils produced nitric oxide in response to virus and to a synthetic agonist of the virus-sensing innate immune receptor, Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7. IFNγ increased expression of eosinophil TLR7 and potentiated TLR7-induced nitric oxide production. These results suggest that eosinophils promote viral clearance in the lung and contribute to innate immune responses against respiratory virus infections in humans.
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- Matthew G. Drake
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Divisions of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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Gorressen S, Stern M, van de Sandt AM, Cortese-Krott MM, Ohlig J, Rassaf T, Gödecke A, Fischer JW, Heusch G, Merx MW, Kelm M. Circulating NOS3 modulates left ventricular remodeling following reperfused myocardial infarction. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120961. [PMID: 25875863 PMCID: PMC4397096 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Purpose Nitric oxide (NO) is constitutively produced and released from the endothelium and several blood cell types by the isoform 3 of the NO synthase (NOS3). We have shown that NO protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and that depletion of circulating NOS3 increases within 24h of ischemia/reperfusion the size of myocardial infarction (MI) in chimeric mice devoid of circulating NOS3. In the current study we hypothesized that circulating NOS3 also affects remodeling of the left ventricle following reperfused MI. Methods To analyze the role of circulating NOS3 we transplanted bone marrow of NOS3−/− and wild type (WT) mice into WT mice, producing chimerae expressing NOS3 only in vascular endothelium (BC−/EC+) or in both, blood cells and vascular endothelium (BC+/EC+). Both groups underwent 60 min of coronary occlusion in a closed-chest model of reperfused MI. During the 3 weeks post MI, structural and functional LV remodeling was serially assessed (24h, 4d, 1w, 2w and 3w) by echocardiography. At 72 hours post MI, gene expression of several extracellular matrix (ECM) modifying molecules was determined by quantitative RT-PCR analysis. At 3 weeks post MI, hemodynamics were obtained by pressure catheter, scar size and collagen content were quantified post mortem by Gomori’s One-step trichrome staining. Results Three weeks post MI, LV end-systolic (53.2±5.9μl;***p≤0.001;n = 5) and end-diastolic volumes (82.7±5.6μl;*p<0.05;n = 5) were significantly increased in BC−/EC+, along with decreased LV developed pressure (67.5±1.8mmHg;n = 18;***p≤0.001) and increased scar size/left ventricle (19.5±1.5%;n = 13;**p≤0.01) compared to BC+/EC+ (ESV:35.6±2.2μl; EDV:69.1±2.6μl n = 8; LVDP:83.2±3.2mmHg;n = 24;scar size/LV13.8±0.7%;n = 16). Myocardial scar of BC−/EC+ was characterized by increased total collagen content (20.2±0.8%;n = 13;***p≤0.001) compared to BC+/EC+ (15.9±0.5;n = 16), and increased collagen type I and III subtypes. Conclusion Circulating NOS3 ameliorates maladaptive left ventricular remodeling following reperfused myocardial infarction.
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- Simone Gorressen
- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- CARID, Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- CARID, Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Institute of Pharmacology und Clinical Pharmacology, Heinrich Heine University, Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf (CARID), Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Vascular Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Robert Koch Krankenhaus, Klinikum Region Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology & Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- CARID, Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Aswar UM, Kandhare AD, Mohan V, Thakurdesai PA. Anti-allergic Effect of Intranasal Administration of Type-A Procyanidin Polyphenols Based Standardized Extract of Cinnamon Bark in Ovalbumin Sensitized BALB/c Mice. Phytother Res 2014; 29:423-33. [DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Urmila M. Aswar
- Department of Pharmacology; Sinhgad Institute of Pharmacy; Narhe Pune 411041 India
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- Department of Scientific affairs; Indus Biotech Private Limited 1; Rahul Residency, Off Salunke Vihar Road, Kondhwa Pune 411 048 India
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- Department of Scientific affairs; Indus Biotech Private Limited 1; Rahul Residency, Off Salunke Vihar Road, Kondhwa Pune 411 048 India
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- Department of Scientific affairs; Indus Biotech Private Limited 1; Rahul Residency, Off Salunke Vihar Road, Kondhwa Pune 411 048 India
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Depletion of circulating blood NOS3 increases severity of myocardial infarction and left ventricular dysfunction. Basic Res Cardiol 2013; 109:398. [PMID: 24346018 PMCID: PMC3898535 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-013-0398-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) derived from endothelial NO synthase (NOS3) plays a central role in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-injury. Subsets of circulating blood cells, including red blood cells (RBCs), carry a NOS3 and contribute to blood pressure regulation and RBC nitrite/nitrate formation. We hypothesized that the circulating blood born NOS3 also modulates the severity of myocardial infarction in disease models. We cross-transplanted bone marrow in wild-type and NOS3−/− mice with wild-type mice, producing chimeras expressing NOS3 only in vascular endothelium (BC−/EC+) or in both blood cells and vascular endothelium (BC+/EC+). After 60-min closed-chest coronary occlusion followed by 24 h reperfusion, cardiac function, infarct size (IS), NOx levels, RBCs NO formation, RBC deformability, and vascular reactivity were assessed. At baseline, BC−/EC+ chimera had lower nitrite levels in blood plasma (BC−/EC+: 2.13 ± 0.27 μM vs. BC+/EC+ 3.17 ± 0.29 μM; *p < 0.05), reduced DAF FM associated fluorescence within RBCs (BC−/EC+: 538.4 ± 12.8 mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) vs. BC+/EC+: 619.6 ± 6.9 MFI; ***p < 0.001) and impaired erythrocyte deformability (BC−/EC+: 0.33 ± 0.01 elongation index (EI) vs. BC+/EC+: 0.36 ± 0.06 EI; *p < 0.05), while vascular reactivity remained unaffected. Area at risk did not differ, but infarct size was higher in BC−/EC+ (BC−/EC+: 26 ± 3 %; BC+/EC+: 14 ± 2 %; **p < 0.01), resulting in decreased ejection fraction (BC−/EC+ 46 ± 2 % vs. BC+/EC+: 52 ± 2 %; *p < 0.05) and increased end-systolic volume. Application of the NOS inhibitor S-ethylisothiourea hydrobromide was associated with larger infarct size in BC+/EC+, whereas infarct size in BC−/EC+ mice remained unaffected. Reduced infarct size, preserved cardiac function, NO levels in RBC and RBC deformability suggest a modulating role of circulating NOS3 in an acute model of myocardial I/R in chimeric mice.
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Calixto MC, Lintomen L, André DM, Leiria LO, Ferreira D, Lellis-Santos C, Anhê GF, Bordin S, Landgraf RG, Antunes E. Metformin attenuates the exacerbation of the allergic eosinophilic inflammation in high fat-diet-induced obesity in mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76786. [PMID: 24204674 PMCID: PMC3811997 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A positive relationship between obesity and asthma has been well documented. The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator metformin reverses obesity-associated insulin resistance (IR) and inhibits different types of inflammatory responses. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of metformin on the exacerbation of allergic eosinophilic inflammation in obese mice. Male C57BL6/J mice were fed for 10 weeks with high-fat diet (HFD) to induce obesity. The cell infiltration and inflammatory markers in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and lung tissue were evaluated at 48 h after ovalbumin (OVA) challenge. HFD obese mice displayed peripheral IR that was fully reversed by metformin (300 mg/kg/day, two weeks). OVA-challenge resulted in higher influx of total cell and eosinophils in lung tissue of obese mice compared with lean group. As opposed, the cell number in BAL fluid of obese mice was reduced compared with lean group. Metformin significantly reduced the tissue eosinophil infiltration and prevented the reduction of cell counts in BAL fluid. In obese mice, greater levels of eotaxin, TNF-α and NOx, together with increased iNOS protein expression were observed, all of which were normalized by metformin. In addition, metformin nearly abrogated the binding of NF-κB subunit p65 to the iNOS promoter gene in lung tissue of obese mice. Lower levels of phosphorylated AMPK and its downstream target acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC) were found in lung tissue of obese mice, which were restored by metformin. In separate experiments, the selective iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (20 mg/kg, 3 weeks) and the anti-TNF-α mAb (2 mg/kg) significantly attenuated the aggravation of eosinophilic inflammation in obese mice. In conclusion, metformin inhibits the TNF-α-induced inflammatory signaling and NF-κB-mediated iNOS expression in lung tissue of obese mice. Metformin may be a good pharmacological strategy to control the asthma exacerbation in obese individuals.
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- Marina Ciarallo Calixto
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Furukawa K, Sugiura H, Matsunaga K, Ichikawa T, Koarai A, Hirano T, Yanagisawa S, Minakata Y, Akamatsu K, Kanda M, Nishigai M, Ichinose M. Increase of nitrosative stress in patients with eosinophilic pneumonia. Respir Res 2011; 12:81. [PMID: 21679473 PMCID: PMC3141419 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-12-81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) production is increased in asthma and reflects the degree of airway inflammation. The alveolar NO concentration (Calv) in interstitial pneumonia is reported to be increased. However, it remains unknown whether NO production is increased and nitrosative stress occurs in eosinophilic pneumonia (EP). We hypothesized that nitrosative stress markers including Calv, inducible type of NO synthase (iNOS), and 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT), are upregulated in EP. Methods Exhaled NO including fractional exhaled NO (FENO) and Calv was measured in ten healthy subjects, 13 patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and 13 patients with EP. iNOS expression and 3-NT formation were assessed by immunocytochemistory in BALf cells. The exhaled NO, lung function, and systemic inflammatory markers of the EP patients were investigated after corticosteroid treatment for 4 weeks. Results The Calv levels in the EP group (14.4 ± 2.0 ppb) were significantly higher than those in the healthy subjects (5.1 ± 0.6 ppb, p < 0.01) and the IPF groups (6.3 ± 0.6 ppb, p < 0.01) as well as the FENO and the corrected Calv levels (all p < 0.01). More iNOS and 3-NT positive cells were observed in the EP group compared to the healthy subject and IPF patient. The Calv levels had significant positive correlations with both iNOS (r = 0.858, p < 0.05) and 3-NT positive cells (r = 0.924, p < 0.01). Corticosteroid treatment significantly reduced both the FENO (p < 0.05) and the Calv levels (p < 0.01). The magnitude of reduction in the Calv levels had a significant positive correlation with the peripheral blood eosinophil counts (r = 0.802, p < 0.05). Conclusions These results suggested that excessive nitrosative stress occurred in EP and that Calv could be a marker of the disease activity.
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- Kanako Furukawa
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
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Martins AR, Zanella CAB, Zucchi FCR, Dombroski TCD, Costa ET, Guethe LM, Oliveira AO, Donatti ALF, Neder L, Chimelli L, De Nucci G, Lee-Ho P, Murad F. Immunolocalization of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in human archival and rat tissues, and cultured cells. J Neurosci Methods 2011; 198:16-22. [PMID: 21420432 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2010] [Revised: 02/16/2011] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) exerts important physiological and pathological roles in humans. The study of NO requires the immunolocalization of its synthesizing enzymes, neuronal, endothelial and inducible NO synthases (NOS). NOS are labile to formalin-fixation and paraffin-embedding, which are used to prepare human archival tissues. This lability has made NOS immunohistochemical studies difficult, and a detailed protocol is not yet available. We describe here a protocol for the immunolocalization of NOS isoforms in human archival cerebellum and non-nervous tissues, and in rat tissues and cultured cells. Neuronal NOS antigenicity in human archival and rat nervous tissue sections was microwave-retrieved in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 9.5, for 20 min at 900 W. Neuronal NOS was expressed in stellate, basket, Purkinje and granule cells in human and rat cerebellum. Archival and frozen human cerebellar sections showed the same neuronal NOS staining pattern. Archival cerebellar sections not subjected to antigen retrieval stained weakly. Antigenicity of inducible NOS in human lung was best retrieved in 10 mM sodium citrate buffer, pH 6.0, for 15 min at 900 W. Inflammatory cells in a human lung tuberculoma were strongly stained by anti-inducible NOS antibody. Anti-endothelial NOS strongly stained kidney glomeruli. Cultured PC12 cells were strongly stained by anti-neuronal NOS without antigen retrieving. The present immunohistochemistry protocol is easy to perform, timeless, and suitable for the localization of NOS isoforms in nervous and non-nervous tissues, in human archival and rat tissues. It has been extensively used in our laboratory, and is also appropriate for other antigens.
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- Antonio R Martins
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
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Saluja R, Saini R, Mitra K, Bajpai VK, Dikshit M. Ultrastructural immunogold localization of nitric oxide synthase isoforms in rat and human eosinophils. Cell Tissue Res 2010; 340:381-8. [PMID: 20232214 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-0947-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 02/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The involvement of nitric oxide (NO) as both pro and anti-inflammatory agent in allergic, airway inflammatory, and asthmatic diseases and the active participation of eosinophils in such ailments have been previously suggested. NO modulates eosinophil number, migration and their survival. The microenvironment of NO synthase (NOS) in subcellular organelles determines its rate and efficiency of catalysis, which in turn influences NO generation at distinct intracellular locales. The present study was undertaken to assess the intracellular distribution of NOS isoforms by transmission electron microscopy followed by morphometric analysis in human and rat eosinophils. Rat eosinophils were explored in parallel, and since they are widely used as model systems to mimic human diseases, a comparative study on NOS localization patterns might provide useful information in deciphering NO role in diverse aspects of eosinophil-related inflammatory ailments. The results demonstrated predominance of neuronal NOS (nNOS) in the eosinophilic granules and even distribution of inducible NOS (iNOS) and nNOS in the cytoplasm and nucleus of human eosinophils. In rat eosinophils, however, iNOS was mainly localized in the eosinophilic granules and nucleus, while nNOS was distributed evenly in cytoplasm and nucleus. Distribution of endothelial NOS (eNOS) in eosinophils was scanty. Differences in NOS isoforms and their localization in human and rat cells might have implications in differential mode of catalysis and functional contribution to eosinophil physiology and pathology, warranting detailed investigations. The present study highlights species-specific differences in the relative abundance and distribution pattern of NOS isoforms in rat and human eosinophils, which should be considered cautiously in interpreting the rat data to humans.
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- Rohit Saluja
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Unit, Central Drug Research Institute (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Lucknow, 226001, India
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Mechanisms involved in the rat peritoneal leukocyte migration induced by a Kunitz-type inhibitor isolated from Dimorphandra mollis seeds. Toxicon 2009; 53:323-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2008] [Revised: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lintomen L, Souza-Filho LG, Ferreira T, Camargo EA, Teixeira SA, Muscará MN, Landgraf RG, Jancar S, Mendes GD, De Nucci G, Antunes E. Different mechanisms underlie the effects of acute and long-term inhibition of nitric oxide synthases in antigen-induced pulmonary eosinophil recruitment in BALB/C mice. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2009; 22:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2008.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2008] [Revised: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Ulrich M, Petre A, Youhnovski N, Prömm F, Schirle M, Schumm M, Pero RS, Doyle A, Checkel J, Kita H, Thiyagarajan N, Acharya KR, Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Simon HU, Schwarz H, Tsutsui M, Shimokawa H, Bellon G, Lee JJ, Przybylski M, Döring G. Post-translational tyrosine nitration of eosinophil granule toxins mediated by eosinophil peroxidase. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:28629-40. [PMID: 18694936 PMCID: PMC2661412 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801196200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2008] [Revised: 07/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nitration of tyrosine residues has been observed during various acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. However, the mechanism of tyrosine nitration and the nature of the proteins that become tyrosine nitrated during inflammation remain unclear. Here we show that eosinophils but not other cell types including neutrophils contain nitrotyrosine-positive proteins in specific granules. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the human eosinophil toxins, eosinophil peroxidase (EPO), major basic protein, eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) and eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), and the respective murine toxins, are post-translationally modified by nitration at tyrosine residues during cell maturation. High resolution affinity-mass spectrometry identified specific single nitration sites at Tyr349 in EPO and Tyr33 in both ECP and EDN. ECP and EDN crystal structures revealed and EPO structure modeling suggested that the nitrated tyrosine residues in the toxins are surface exposed. Studies in EPO(-/-), gp91phox(-/-), and NOS(-/-) mice revealed that tyrosine nitration of these toxins is mediated by EPO in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and minute amounts of NOx. Tyrosine nitration of eosinophil granule toxins occurs during maturation of eosinophils, independent of inflammation. These results provide evidence that post-translational tyrosine nitration is unique to eosinophils.
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- Martina Ulrich
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen 72074, Germany
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Lintomen L, Franchi G, Nowill A, Condino-Neto A, de Nucci G, Zanesco A, Antunes E. Human eosinophil adhesion and degranulation stimulated with eotaxin and RANTES in vitro: lack of interaction with nitric oxide. BMC Pulm Med 2008; 8:13. [PMID: 18700028 PMCID: PMC2527293 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-8-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Airway eosinophilia is considered a central event in the pathogenesis of asthma. The toxic components of eosinophils are thought to be important in inducing bronchial mucosal injury and dysfunction. Previous studies have suggested an interaction between nitric oxide (NO) and chemokines in modulating eosinophil functions, but this is still conflicting. In the present study, we have carried out functional assays (adhesion and degranulation) and flow cytometry analysis of adhesion molecules (VLA-4 and Mac-1 expression) to evaluate the interactions between NO and CC-chemokines (eotaxin and RANTES) in human eosinophils. Methods Eosinophils were purified using a percoll gradient followed by immunomagnetic cell separator. Cell adhesion and degranulation were evaluated by measuring eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) activity, whereas expression of Mac-1 and VLA-4 was detected using flow cytometry. Results At 4 h incubation, both eotaxin (100 ng/ml) and RANTES (1000 ng/ml) increased by 133% and 131% eosinophil adhesion, respectively. L-NAME alone (but not D-NAME) also increased the eosinophil adhesion, but the co-incubation of L-NAME with eotaxin or RANTES did not further affect the increased adhesion seen with chemokines alone. In addition, L-NAME alone (but not D-NAME) caused a significant cell degranulation, but it did not affect the CC-chemokine-induced cell degranulation. Incubation of eosinophils with eotaxin or RANTES, in absence or presence of L-NAME, did not affect the expression of VLA-4 and Mac-1 on eosinophil surface. Eotaxin and RANTES (100 ng/ml each) also failed to elevate the cyclic GMP levels above baseline in human eosinophils. Conclusion Eotaxin and RANTES increase the eosinophil adhesion to fibronectin-coated plates and promote cell degranulation by NO-independent mechanisms. The failure of CC-chemokines to affect VLA-4 and Mac-1 expression suggests that changes in integrin function (avidity or affinity) are rather involved in the enhanced adhesion.
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- Letícia Lintomen
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas (São Paulo), Brazil.
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Ananias RZ, Rodrigues EG, Braga EG, Squaiella CC, Mussalem JS, Longhini ALF, Travassos LR, Longo-Maugéri IM. Modulatory effect of killed Propionibacterium acnes and its purified soluble polysaccharide on peritoneal exudate cells from C57Bl/6 mice: major NKT cell recruitment and increased cytotoxicity. Scand J Immunol 2007; 65:538-48. [PMID: 17523946 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2007.01939.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Propionibacterium acnes has been described as a potent adjuvant to immune responses in vitro and in vivo. Presently, we analysed the modulation of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) by heat-killed P. acnes or its purified soluble polysaccharide (PS), both injected intraperitoneally in C57Bl/6 mice, aiming at their recruitment and cytotoxicity. Both treatments induced an increase in macrophages, immature dendritic cells, B1a lymphocytes and NK1.1(+) CD3(+) cells. The bacterium caused a remarkable increase in a NK1.1(+) CD3(+) CD4(-) CD8(-) cells subpopulation, whereas the PS component seemed responsible for the recruitment of mainly macrophage cells. To assess P. acnes and PS adjuvant effect on PEC cytotoxicity we evaluated their in vitro effect on murine B16F10 melanoma cells. The effector cells from the heat-killed bacteria and PS-treated groups lysed melanoma cells in co-cultures with PEC. Mice genetically deficient in IFN-gamma, when stimulated with P. acnes or PS, had reduced PEC cytotoxicity, and the cytotoxic effect was completely abrogated in PEC from iNOS(-/-) mice. The tumoricidal activity of PEC from P. acnes-treated mice was mediated by macrophages and NKT cells stimulated with IL-12. In PS-treated mice the cytotoxicity was mediated mainly by macrophages. Moreover, both treatments increased IL-4 and IFN-gamma production by NKT cells. In conclusion, we show that P. acnes act mainly by recruiting and activating NKT double-negative cells in PEC, which were shown to be tumoricidal in vitro when induced by IL-12. Macrophages induced by both P. acnes and PS have their antitumour effect dependent on NO production.
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- R Z Ananias
- Disciplina de Imunologia, Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Silvestri M, Bontempelli M, Giacomelli M, Malerba M, Rossi GA, Di Stefano A, Rossi A, Ricciardolo FLM. High serum levels of tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-8 in severe asthma: markers of systemic inflammation? Clin Exp Allergy 2007; 36:1373-81. [PMID: 17083347 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe asthma is characterized by elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and neutrophilic inflammation in the airways. Blood cytokines, markers of 'systemic' inflammation, may be a feature of amplified inflammation in severe asthma. OBJECTIVE To detect differences in IL-8, TNF-alpha, IL-16 and IL-13 levels in the serum(s) of stable severe and mild-moderate asthmatics related to blood leucocytes proportion, airway calibre and exhaled nitric oxide (NO) levels. METHODS We assessed cytokine serum levels by ELISA and blood leucocyte counts by an alkaline peroxidase method in 20 healthy controls, 22 mild-moderate [forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)(%pred): 89+/-3] and 14 severe asthmatics [FEV1(%pred): 49+/-2]. RESULTS IL-8 and TNF-alpha levels were higher in severe asthmatics than in mild-moderate asthmatics or in controls (P<0.05). No differences in IL-16 and IL-13 levels were detected. Severe asthmatics showed higher circulating neutrophil and eosinophil number than controls (P<0.05). In severe asthmatics, exhaled NO levels were superior than in controls (P<0.05), but inferior than in mild-moderate asthmatics (P<0.05). We found positive correlation between TNF-alpha levels and exhaled NO (r=0.67; P=0.01) or circulating neutrophil counts (r=0.57; P=0.03) in severe asthmatics. CONCLUSION sTNF-alpha and sIL-8 are markers of 'systemic' inflammation in severe asthmatics, in conjunction with augmented circulating neutrophils, suggesting the involvement of neutrophil-derived cytokine pattern in severe asthma.
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- M Silvestri
- Pulmonary Disease Unit, G Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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Chimelli L, Martins AR. Degenerative and inflammatory lesions in sympathetic ganglia: further morphological evidence for an autonomic neuropathy in AIDS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 2:67-82. [PMID: 16873200 DOI: 10.1300/j128v02n03_05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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There is accumulating evidence that autonomic dysfunction occurs in HIV infection. While many studies have demonstrated autonomic abnormalities on clinical basis, only one has studied the morphology of sympathetic ganglia. The superior sympathetic ganglia of 12 randomly selected AIDS patients and those of 6 controls were examined morphologically in order to determine the frequency and severity of their involvement. Although they had not been investigated for autonomic dysfunction, 5 had suffered from non-infectious diarrhoea, one showed bilateral ptosis and another had non-specified visual problems. All cases showed clusters, and perivascular mononuclear inflammatory cells, occasionally infiltrating vessel walls, some evidence of nerve cell degeneration, and proliferation of capsule cells. Immunostainings showed T lymphocytes and an increased number of macrophages. HIV antigens were detected in macrophages, in 6 cases (50%). This study provides further morphological support for the autonomic dysfunction in association with HIV infection. As for the mechanism of this dysfunction, it has been postulated a direct infection, the virus entering the ganglia through macrophages and acting as a reservoir for HIV, and an autoimmune pathogenesis. Since HIV antigens were not detected in 50% of the cases in this and in a previous study, despite the existence of morphological lesions, it is possible that, as in HIV-related sensory-motor peripheral neuropathies, an autoimmune mechanism may also play a role in the development of the autonomic lesions.
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- L Chimelli
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21940-590, Brazil.
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Pelegrini-da-Silva A, Martins AR, Prado WA. A new role for the renin-angiotensin system in the rat periaqueductal gray matter: angiotensin receptor-mediated modulation of nociception. Neuroscience 2005; 132:453-63. [PMID: 15802196 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.12.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Renin-angiotensin (Ang) system (RAS) peptides injected into the periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) elicit antinociception. Saralasin blocks Ang II-elicited antinociception. Thus, it is possible that endogenous RAS peptides could participate on the modulation of nociception in the PAG. This possibility was tested here injecting, in the PAG, the specific Ang type 1 and type 2 receptor (AT1 receptor and AT(2 receptor) antagonists losartan and CGP42,112A, respectively, either alone or before Ang II. The effects of Ang II, losartan and CGP42,112A on nociception were measured using the tail flick test and the model of incision allodynia. Ang II increased tail-flick latency, an effect inhibited by both losartan and CGP42,112A. Ang II reduced incisional allodynia. Either losartan or CGP42,112A alone increased incision allodynia, suggesting that endogenous Ang II and/or an Ang-peptide participates in the control of allodynia by the PAG. AT1 and AT2 receptors were immunolocalized in neuronal cell bodies and processes in the ventrolateral PAG. Taken together, the antinociceptive effect of Ang II injection into the ventrolateral PAG, the increase of allodynia elicited by injecting either losartan or CGP42,112A alone in the PAG, and the presence of AT1 and AT2 receptors in neurons and neuronal processes in the same region, represent the first evidence that part of the tonic nociceptive control mediated by the PAG is carried out locally by endogenous Ang II and/or an Ang-peptide acting on AT1 and AT2 receptors.
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- A Pelegrini-da-Silva
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Inhibitory effects on human eosinophil chemotaxis in vitro by BAY 41-2272, an activator of nitric oxide-independent site of soluble guanylate cyclase. Biochem Pharmacol 2005; 69:875-82. [PMID: 15748699 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2004] [Accepted: 12/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study was designed to investigate the effects of the 5-cyclopropyl-2-[1-(2-fluoro-benzyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-3-yl]-pyrimidin-4-ylamine (BAY 41-2272) on formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP; 10(-7)M)-induced human eosinophil chemotaxis, cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) and cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) levels. Human eosinophils were pretreated or not with 3-isobutyl-l-methyl-xanthine (IBMX; 500microM), and then exposed to BAY 41-2272 (0.1-10.0microM) for either short (10min) or prolonged (90min) time periods. Exposition of eosinophils with BAY 41-2272 for either 10min or 90min markedly inhibited the eosinophil chemotaxis, independently of IBMX pretreatment. Inhibition of fMLP-induced eosinophil chemotaxis by BAY 41-2272 (in absence of prior treatment with IBMX) was about of the same irrespective if cells were exposed for 10min or 90min with this compound. In IBMX-pretreated eosinophils, the inhibition of fMLP-induced chemotaxis by BAY 41-2272 in the 10-min exposure protocols was even higher in comparison with the 90-min protocols. Incubation of IBMX-treated eosinophils for 90min with BAY 41-2272 resulted in 2.0-2.5 times higher levels of cGMP and cAMP compared with the 10-min protocols. The BAY 41-2272-induced cGMP increases were abolished by pre-incubation of eosinophils with the soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]-oxidiazolo[4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ). No eosinophil toxicity was observed in any experimental condition, according to 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Our findings show that inhibitory effects of fMLP-induced human eosinophil chemotaxis by BAY 41-2272 at short-term or prolonged exposition time are accompanied by significant elevations of cGMP and cAMP, but we could not detect a clear correlation between chemotaxis inhibition and elevation of cyclic nucleotide levels.
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Ferreira HHDA, Costa RADO, Jacheta JM, Martins AR, Medeiros MV, Macedo-Soares MF, De Luca IMS, Antunes E, De Nucci G. Modulation of eosinophil migration from bone marrow to lungs of allergic rats by nitric oxide. Biochem Pharmacol 2004; 68:631-9. [PMID: 15276070 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2004.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chronic blockade of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis attenuates the eosinophil infiltration into airways of allergic rats. This study was designed to investigate whether the inhibition of eosinophil influx to the lung of allergic rats reflects modifications in the pattern of cell mobilization from the bone marrow to peripheral blood and/or to lung. Male Wistar rats were treated with N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME; 20mg/rat per day) for 4 weeks and sensitized with ovalbumin (OVA). In control rats, the pulmonary OVA-challenge promoted an early (24h) increase in the bone marrow eosinophil population that normalized at 48 h after OVA-challenge, at which time the eosinophils disappeared from the blood and reached the lungs in mass. In l-NAME-treated rats, an accumulation of eosinophils in bone marrow was observed at 24 and 48 h post-OVA-challenge. No variation in this cell type number was observed in peripheral blood and bronchoalveolar lavage throughout the time-course studied. In control rats, the adhesion of bone marrow eosinophils to fibronectin-covered wells was significantly increased at 24h after OVA-challenge, whereas in l-NAME-treated rats the increased adhesion was detected at 48 h. A 32% decrease in the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) (but not endothelial nitric oxide synthase; eNOS) in eosinophils from l-NAME-treated rats was observed. The levels of IgE, IgG(1) and IgG(2a) were not affected by the l-NAME treatment. Our findings suggest that inhibition of NO synthesis upregulates the binding of eosinophils to extracellular matrix proteins such as fibronectin, producing a delayed efflux of eosinophils from bone marrow to peripheral blood and lungs.
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Thomazzi SM, Moreira J, Marcondes S, De Nucci G, Antunes E. Role of cyclic GMP on inhibition by nitric oxide donors of human eosinophil chemotaxis in vitro. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 141:653-60. [PMID: 14744805 PMCID: PMC1574243 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. This study was designed to investigate the effects of the nitric oxide (NO) donors sodium nitroprusside (SNP), 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) on N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP, 1 x 10(-7) M)-induced human eosinophil chemotaxis, cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) levels, protein nitration and cytotoxicity. 2. Human eosinophils were exposed to SNP, SIN-1 and SNAP (0.001-1.0 mM) for either short (10 min) or prolonged (90 min) time periods. Exposition of eosinophils with these NO donors significantly inhibited the eosinophil chemotaxis irrespective of whether cells were exposed to these agents for 10 or 90 min. No marked differences were detected among them regarding the profile of chemotaxis inhibition. 3. Exposition of eosinophils to SNP, SIN-1 and SNAP (0.001-1.0 mM) markedly elevated the cGMP levels above basal levels, but the 90-min exposition resulted in significantly higher levels compared with the 10-min protocols (5.3+/-0.6 and 2.6+/-0.2 nM 1.5 x 10(6) cells(-1), respectively). The cGMP levels achieved with SNAP were greater than SNP and SIN-1. 4. The NO donors did not induce cell toxicity in any experimental condition used. Additionally, eosinophils exposed to SNP, SIN-1 and SNAP (1.0 mM each) either for 10 or 90 min did not show any tyrosine nitration in conditions where a strong nitration of bovine serum albumin was observed. 5. Our findings show that inhibitory effects of fMLP-induced human eosinophil chemotaxis by NO donors at short or prolonged exposition time were accompanied by significant elevations of cGMP levels. However, additional elevations of cGMP levels do not change the functional profile (chemotaxis inhibition) of stimulated eosinophils.
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- Sara M Thomazzi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, PO Box 6111, 13084-971, Campinas (SP), Brazil.
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The formation and modulation of nitric oxide (NO) in the lungs is reviewed. Its beneficial and deleterious roles in airways diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis, and in animal models is discussed. The pharmacological effects of agents that modulate NO production or act as NO donors are described. The clinical pharmacology of these agents is described and the therapeutic potential for their use in airways disease is considered.
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- B J Nevin
- Division of Pharmacology, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3XF, UK
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Leite JP, Chimelli L, Terra-Bustamante VC, Costa ET, Assirati JA, de Nucci G, Martins AR. Loss and sprouting of nitric oxide synthase neurons in the human epileptic hippocampus. Epilepsia 2002; 43 Suppl 5:235-42. [PMID: 12121328 DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.43.s.5.29.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in a variety of functions, including the control of synaptic plasticity and sensory signaling. Current evidence suggests that this unconventional neurotransmitter mediates N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-linked excitotoxicity. This study describes the expression of neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) immunoreactivity (IR) in hippocampi from patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS Hippocampi from patients with clinical symptoms, neuroimaging, and EEG typical of hippocampal sclerosis (HS; n = 22) were compared with those from patients with neocortical temporal lesions (NONHS; n = 4) and autopsy (AUT; n = 18) patients for total cells, and nNOS-IR neuron and puncta densities. RESULTS Compared with AUT, HS hippocampi had significantly less nNOS-IR neuron densities in the fascia dentata (FD); hilus, and CA4, CA3, CA2, and CA1 subfields. HS hippocampi had significantly greater nNOS-IR puncta densities in the FD, as compared with AUT and NONHS. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that hippocampi from TLE patients exhibit a loss of nNOS-IR neurons and an abnormal FD innervation. The release of NO can influence the dynamics of ionic channels and neurotransmitter release, thus affecting neuronal membrane potential. Because the NOergic transmission does not obey the topographic constraints imposed on conventional transmitters, target cells can be stimulated even in regions with severe deafferentation. The plastic changes described here may contribute to abnormal hippocampal excitability.
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- J P Leite
- Department of Neurology, University Campus, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, CEP 14049-900, Brazil.
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Ferreira HHA, Lodo MLS, Martins AR, Kandratavicius L, Salaroli AF, Conran N, Antunes E, De Nucci G. Expression of nitric oxide synthases and in vitro migration of eosinophils from allergic rhinitis subjects. Eur J Pharmacol 2002; 442:155-62. [PMID: 12020693 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01507-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The expression of nitric oxide (NO) synthases and the role of the NO cyclic GMP pathway on the migration of eosinophils from untreated patients with allergic rhinitis were investigated. Inducible NO synthase was strongly expressed in eosinophils from healthy individuals, but not in eosinophils from allergic rhinitis patients. The neuronal isoform was observed in eosinophils from each group studied, whereas no staining for the endothelial isoform was detected in either group. The chemotaxis to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP, 5 x 10(-7) M) and eotaxin (100 ng/ml) was significantly potentiated in allergic rhinitis eosinophils. In both groups, N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 1.0 mM) or 1H(1,2,4)-oxadiazolo(4,3,-a)quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ, 0.2 mM) markedly reduced the chemotaxis. The selective iNOS inhibitor N-(3-(aminomethyl)benzyl)acetamidine (1400 W, 0.1-1.0 mM) significantly reduced the chemotaxis of eosinophils from healthy but not from allergic rhinitis subjects. The inhibition by L-NAME was restored by 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) and S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine, whereas the inhibition by ODQ was restored by dibutyryl cyclic GMP. In conclusion, both endothelial and inducible NO synthase isoforms are absent in allergic rhinitis eosinophils, suggesting that the NO cyclic GMP pathway in this cell type is maintained through the activity of a neuronal isoform.
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- Heloisa H A Ferreira
- Clinical Pharmacology and Gastroenterology Unit (USF), USF, Bragança Paulista (SP), Brazil.
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Corteling R, Wyss D, Trifilieff A. In vivo models of lung neutrophil activation. Comparison of mice and hamsters. BMC Pharmacol 2002; 2:1. [PMID: 11806755 PMCID: PMC64786 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-2-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2001] [Accepted: 01/10/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Evidence suggests that both the migration and activation of neutrophils into the airway is of importance in pathological conditions such as pulmonary emphysema. In the present study, we describe in vivo models of lung neutrophil infiltration and activation in mice and hamsters. RESULTS BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were intranasally treated with lipopolysaccharide (0.3 mg/kg). Twenty-four hours after, animals were treated intranasally with N-Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (0 to 5 mg/kg). Golden Syrian hamsters were treated intratracheally with 0.5 mg/kg of lipopolysaccharide. Twenty-four hours after, animals were treated intratracheally with 0.25 mg/kg of N-Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe. Both mice and hamster were sacrificed two hours after the N-Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe application. In both BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice, a neutrophil infiltration was observed after the sequential application of lipopolysaccharide and N-Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe. However, 5 times less neutrophil was found in C57BL/6 mice when compared to BALB/c mice. This was reflected in the neutrophil activation parameters measured (myeloperoxidase and elastase activities). Despite the presence of neutrophil and their activation status, no lung haemorrhage could be detected in both strains of mice. When compared with mice, the lung inflammation induced by the sequential application of lipopolysaccharide and N-Formyl-Met-Leu-Phe was much greater in the hamster. In parallel with this lung inflammation, a significant lung haemorrhage was also observed. CONCLUSIONS Both mouse and hamster can be used for pharmacological studies of new drugs or other therapeutics agents that aimed to interfere with neutrophil activation. However, only the hamster model seems to be suitable for studying the haemorrhagic lung injury process.
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- Novartis Respiratory Research Centre, Horsham, U.K
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Thomazzi SM, Ferreira HH, Conran N, De Nucci G, Antunes E. Role of nitric oxide on in vitro human eosinophil migration. Biochem Pharmacol 2001; 62:1417-21. [PMID: 11709202 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00782-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Eosinophils purified from the rat peritoneal cavity have been found to contain nitric oxide synthase (NOS) functionally coupled to a cyclic GMP transduction pathway that is involved in in vitro eosinophil migration, but no studies on cell locomotion have been done with purified human eosinophils. Therefore, this study was carried out to investigate the effects of N(omega) -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; a non-selective NOS inhibitor), 1-(2-trifluoromethylphenyl) imidazole (TRIM; a type I/type II NOS inhibitor), 2-amino-5,6-dihydro-6-methyl-4H-1,3-thiazine (AMT; a selective type II NOS inhibitor), and 1H-[1,2,4]-oxidiazolo[4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ; a soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor) on human eosinophil migration induced by N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP). Human eosinophils were purified from peripheral blood of healthy volunteers using a Percoll gradient followed by an immunomagnetic cell separator. Chemotaxis was evaluated using a 48-well microchemotaxis chamber. The fMLP (1.0 x 10(-7) M)-induced eosinophil migration was reduced significantly by l-NAME (0.1 and 1.0 mM), whereas the inactive enantiomer N(omega)-nitro-D-arginine methyl ester (D-NAME) had no effect. The inhibition by l-NAME was restored by sodium nitroprusside (0.25 mM). The NOS inhibitors AMT and TRIM (0.05 to 0.25 mM each) also markedly attenuated fMLP-induced chemotaxis. Additionally, ODQ (0.01 to 0.5 mM) concentration-dependently inhibited fMLP-induced migration, and the inhibition was restored by 2.0 mM dibutyryl cyclic GMP. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that human eosinophils present a nitric oxide-cyclic GMP pathway that is involved in the in vitro locomotion of this cell type.
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- S M Thomazzi
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6111, 13081-970, (SP), Campinas, Brazil
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Conran N, Ferreira HH, Lorand-Metze I, Thomazzi SM, Antunes E, de Nucci G. Nitric oxide regulates human eosinophil adhesion mechanisms in vitro by changing integrin expression and activity on the eosinophil cell surface. Br J Pharmacol 2001; 134:632-8. [PMID: 11588118 PMCID: PMC1572989 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. The nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), inhibits both rat and human eosinophil chemotaxis in vitro. Here, the role of nitric oxide (NO) in human eosinophil cell surface integrin expression and function was investigated. 2. Human peripheral blood eosinophils were treated with L-NAME (0.01 - 1.0 mM) and their adhesion to human fibronectin and serum observed. Adhesion of cells to fibronectin and serum increased by 24.0+/-4.6 and 43.8+/-4.7%, respectively, when eosinophils were treated with 1.0 mM L-NAME. Increased adhesion by L-NAME could be abolished when cells were co-incubated with VLA-4- and Mac-1-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). 3. The NO donor, sodium nitroprusside (2.5 mM), significantly inhibited eosinophil adhesion to fibronectin and serum by 34.3+/-4.5 and 45.2+/-5.6%, respectively. This inhibition was accompanied by a 4 fold increase in the levels of intracellular cyclic GMP. 4. Flow cytometrical analysis demonstrated that L-NAME induced an increased expression of CD11b (Mac-1) on the eosinophil cell surface of 36.3+/-7.4%. L-NAME had no effect upon CD49d (VLA-4) expression. 5. Treatment of human eosinophils, in vitro, with H-[1,2,4] oxadiazolo quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) (0.1 mM), an inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, also significantly increased eosinophil adhesion to fibronectin and serum by 73.5+/-17.9 and 91.7+/-12.9%, respectively. This increase in adhesion could also be inhibited by co-incubation with the Mac-1 and VLA-4-specific mAbs. 6. In conclusion, results indicate that NO, via a cyclic GMP-dependent mechanism, inhibits the adhesion of human eosinophils to the extracellular matrix (ECM). This inhibition is accompanied by a decrease in the expression and function of the eosinophil's adhesion molecules, in particular, the expression of the Mac-1 integrin and the function of the VLA-4 integrin.
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- N Conran
- Department of Pharmacology, FCM, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
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Mendes RV, Martins AR, de Nucci G, Murad F, Soares FA. Expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms and nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity by B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and multiple myeloma. Histopathology 2001; 39:172-8. [PMID: 11493334 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01189.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Nitric oxide synthases (NOS) are isoenzymes that catalyse the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO). The three main NOS isoforms are: NOS1 or neuronal, NOS2 or inducible, and NOS3 or endothelial. NO plays both physiological and pathological roles, depending on its rate of synthesis and concentration, cellular source and microenvironment. Apoptosis is an important biological factor in low-grade lymphomas, and NO is able to prevent apoptosis. In-situ expression of NOS and synthesis of NO have been shown in several malignant tumours, but not in lymphoid neoplasms. This study evaluates whether human B-cell neoplasms express NOS isoforms, and nitrotyrosine (NY), which is usually interpreted as a marker of NO. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied the expression of NOS-IR isoforms and NY-IR in 16 cases of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (five follicle centre cell lymphoma, four small lymphocytic/CLL, and seven diffuse large cell lymphoma), and 10 cases of multiple myeloma (MM). NOS1 was expressed in 5/10 cases of MM, and 15/16 cases of NHL. NOS2 was detected in all cases of MM, and in 14/16 cases of NHL, whereas NOS3 was positive in 3/10 of MM and in only in 1/16 cases of NHL. The expression of NY-IR was observed in 70% of MM cases, and in all cases of B-cell NHL, in a dot-like pattern in few tumour cells. CONCLUSIONS B-cell neoplasms express neuronal and inducible NOS, and nitrotyrosine. Taken together, our results suggest that B-cell neoplasms can produce NO. The role of NO in the biology, diagnosis and prognosis of B-cell neoplasms remains to be established.
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- R V Mendes
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Iijima H, Duguet A, Eum SY, Hamid Q, Eidelman DH. Nitric oxide and protein nitration are eosinophil dependent in allergen-challenged mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:1233-40. [PMID: 11316664 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.5.2003145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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To explore the possible role of eosinophils in NO-mediated tissue injury, we studied a murine model of allergic asthma. Male A/J mice were sensitized and challenged intranasally with ovalbumin (OVA). Following challenge, the number of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) increased from 0.4% of total cells at baseline (0.02 x 10(4) cells/ml) to 60.2% at 48 h after the challenge (9.34 x 10(4) cells/ml). The rise in eosinophil count was accompanied by a 40.3% increase in total NO(2-) plus NO(3-) (NO(x)) in BALF. This in turn was accompanied by expression of inducible NO synthase (NOS II) in airway epithelial and inflammatory cells, as well as by evidence of staining for 3-nitrotyrosine (3NT) in peribronchial inflammatory cells and at the epithelial surface. Both NO(x) production and 3NT were significantly reduced by pretreatment of the challenged mice with the highly specific NOS II inhibitor N-3-aminomethyl-benzyl-acetamidine-dihydrochloride (1400W), as well as by the nonselective NOS inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME). L-NAME and 1400W also reduced the number of BALF eosinophils (37.2% and 61.5%, respectively, as compared with the control value), suggesting that NO production by NOS II contributes to eosinophil recruitment. To further examine the role of eosinophils, we pretreated additional mice with an anti-interleukin (IL)-5 antibody, which reduced BALF eosinophilia following OVA challenge by 90.1%. In concert with the decrease in eosinophils, the anti-IL-5 antibody reduced NO(x) in BALF almost to the baseline value, and decreased the number of 3NT-positive cells in the peribronchial region by 74.4%. Western blot analysis of protein extracted from whole lung confirmed the reduction in tyrosine nitration by anti-IL-5 antibody. These findings indicate that NO and eosinophilic inflammation are closely coupled, and suggest that eosinophils are an important source of tyrosine nitration.
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- H Iijima
- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Koarai A, Ichinose M, Sugiura H, Yamagata S, Hattori T, Shirato K. Allergic airway hyperresponsiveness and eosinophil infiltration is reduced by a selective iNOS inhibitor, 1400W, in mice. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2001; 13:267-75. [PMID: 11061981 DOI: 10.1006/pupt.2000.0254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) hyperproduction has been reported in asthmatic airways and may contribute to airway inflammatory responses. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of NO via inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in allergic airway inflammation using a selective iNOS inhibitor, N-[3-(aminomethyl)benzyl] acetamidine (1400W), in ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized Balb/c mice. Sensitized animals were challenged with aerosolized 0.5% OVA for 1 h on two occasions 4 h apart. 1400W or the vehicle was administered by osmotic mini-pump from 2 h before to 24 h after OVA challenge. Twenty-four hours after OVA challenge, the vehicle-treated mice showed a significant airway hyperresponsiveness to intravenous methacholine (P<0.05) as well as an influx of eosinophils into the airways (P<0.05). iNOS immunoreactivity was obvious in the epithelial and, to a lesser extent, the infiltrated inflammatory cells. iNOS protein in the airway assessed by Western blotting also increased. Pretreatment with 1400W almost completely abolished the OVA-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and to a lesser extent eosinophil accumulation into the airways. These results suggest that NO synthesized by iNOS may participate in airway hyperresponsiveness and eosinophil infiltration into the airways after allergic reaction.
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- A Koarai
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Recognition of the endothelium-derived relaxation factor as nitric oxide (NO) gave rise to an impression that NO was synthesised only by the endothelial lining of the vessel wall. Later it was found that NO is synthesized constitutively by the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in various cells. However, inflammatory cytokines can induce NOS (known as inducible NOS [iNOS]) activity in all the somatic cells. Blood cells, such as eosinophils, platelets, neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages, also synthesize NO. Among them, polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) constitute an important proportion and are also the major participants in a number of pathological conditions with suggestive involvement of NO. PMNs can synthesize NO at rates similar to endothelial cells, thus suggesting the importance of PMN-derived NO in various physiological and pathological conditions. Most of the studies so far focus on the peripheral PMNs, while studies on PMNs after emigration are limited, thus warranting systematic studies on PMNs from both sources. The role of the endothelial NOS (eNOS) and functions of NO derived from the endothelial cells has been studied extensively. However, understanding of the PMNs NOS and its regulatory role in their function is unraveling. The present review summarizes the modulatory role of NO on PMNs functions and points out the discrepancies relating to presence of NOS in PMNs. This information will be helpful in understanding the importance of NO in physiological and pathological conditions associated with PMNs.
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- S Sethi
- Pharmacology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, -226001,., Lucknow, India
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Heiman AS, Allen-Gipson D. Cytokines potentiate human eosinophil superoxide generation in the presence of N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 2000; 22:171-81. [PMID: 10685001 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(99)00075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The eosinophilic (EOS) leukocyte has been implicated as a primary effector cell in inflammatory and allergic diseases. Cytokines are among the mediators of inflammatory and allergic diseases which modulate the effector functions of EOS. Certain cytokines, elevated in patients with various allergies, are thought to modulate EOS reactive oxygen species superoxide anion and nitric oxide (NO) responses. Though EOS transcribe and translate mRNA for inducible NO synthase, the effects of cytokines on NO generation remain largely unknown. Thus, we have investigated effects of IL-3, IL-5, GM-CSF, IL-8, RANTES and the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma, on superoxide anion and NO generation by clone 15 HL-60 human eosinophilic cells. Cytokine treatments (3 and 18 h) resulted in production of small amounts of superoxide anion which were enhanced by the NO inhibitor L-NAME. In the presence of L-NAME, PMA (1 nM) stimulation significantly increased superoxide anion generation following 3 h treatments with IL-3, TNF-alpha or IFN-gamma. Eighteen hour cytokine treatments with GM-CSF, IL-8, RANTES, IFN-gamma or TNF-alpha primed the cells for enhanced reactive oxygen species following exposure to an EOS stimulant. Inhibition of NO synthesis resulted in increased levels of superoxide anion. Collectively, these results suggest that an environment of proinflammatory cytokines may potentiate the generation of reactive oxygen species by EOS. These results further suggest that at an inflammatory site or during an allergic response, EOS may concomitantly synthesize NO and generate superoxide anion, fractions of which may rapidly react to form the potent oxidant peroxynitrite.
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- A S Heiman
- College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA.
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Maruo K, Kayashima KI, Ono T. Expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in dermal infiltrated eosinophils in eosinophilic pustular folliculitis. Br J Dermatol 1999; 140:417-20. [PMID: 10233259 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02701.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is produced by a wide variety of human cells and affects physiological and pathophysiological processes. In this study, we demonstrated for the first time that neuronal NO synthase (NOS) is expressed in eosinophils infiltrating into the dermis and follicular epidermis in eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (EPF). EPF is a cutaneous inflammatory follicular disorder first described in Japan. The clinical and histological features of EPF are characterized by erythematous papules, infiltration of numerous eosinophils, and a spongiotic appearance of the follicular epidermis, but the pathophysiology of EPF remains unclear. Our results suggest that NO produced from eosinophils plays an important part in the pathogenesis of EPF. Furthermore, we speculate that NOS inhibitors may be useful in the management of EPF.
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- K Maruo
- Department of Dermatology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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Soares TJ, Coimbra TM, Martins AR, Pereira AG, Carnio EC, Branco LG, Albuquerque-Araujo WI, de Nucci G, Favaretto AL, Gutkowska J, McCann SM, Antunes-Rodrigues J. Atrial natriuretic peptide and oxytocin induce natriuresis by release of cGMP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:278-83. [PMID: 9874809 PMCID: PMC15130 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.1.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Our hypothesis is that oxytocin (OT) causes natriuresis by activation of renal NO synthase that releases NO followed by cGMP that mediates the natriuresis. To test this hypothesis, an inhibitor of NO synthase, L-nitroarginine methyl ester (NAME), was injected into male rats. Blockade of NO release by NAME had no effect on natriuresis induced by atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP). This natriuresis presumably is caused by cGMP because ANP also activates guanylyl cyclase, which synthesizes cGMP from GTP. The 18-fold increase in sodium (Na+) excretion induced by OT (1 microgram) was accompanied by an increase in urinary cGMP and preceded by 20 min a 20-fold increase in NO3- excretion. NAME almost completely inhibited OT-induced natriuresis and increased NO3- excretion; however, when the dose of OT was increased 10-fold, a dose that markedly increases plasma ANP concentrations, NAME only partly inhibited the natriuresis. We conclude that the natriuretic action of OT is caused by a dual action: generation of NO leading to increased cGMP and at higher doses release of ANP that also releases cGMP. OT-induced natriuresis is caused mainly by decreased tubular Na+ reabsorption mediated by cGMP. In contrast to ANP that releases cGMP in the renal vessels and the tubules, OT acts on its receptors on NOergic cells demonstrated in the macula densa and proximal tubules to release cGMP that closes Na+ channels. Both ANP- and OT-induced kaliuresis also appear to be mediated by cGMP. We conclude that cGMP mediates natriuresis and kaliuresis induced by both ANP and OT.
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- T J Soares
- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Ferreira HH, Bevilacqua E, Gagioti SM, De Luca IM, Zanardo RC, Teixeira CE, Sannomiya P, Antunes E, De Nucci G. Nitric oxide modulates eosinophil infiltration in antigen-induced airway inflammation in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 358:253-9. [PMID: 9822892 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(98)00575-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The influence of nitric oxide (NO) on eosinophil infiltration into the airways was investigated in rats actively sensitized with ovalbumin. The animals were treated chronically with the NO synthase inhibitor, N omega-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 75 mumol rat-1 day-1), for 4 weeks. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed at 6, 24, 48 and 72 h after intratracheal injection of ovalbumin. Intratracheal challenge of the sensitized rats with ovalbumin caused a significant increase in total leucocyte infiltration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid both 24 and 48 h post-ovalbumin injection. Neutrophils and eosinophils peaked, respectively, at 24 h (29%) and 48 h (30%) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid whereas the mononuclear cell did not differ significantly from the counts in non-sensitized rats at any time. At both 6 and 24 h post-ovalbumin injection, the chronic treatment of the animals with L-NAME affected neither the total nor the differential leucocyte content. However, at 48 h post-ovalbumin challenge, the total cell count was reduced by approximately 48% in the L-NAME-treated animals and this was associated with a marked inhibition (81%) of the eosinophil influx. Histological examination of the lungs from these animals (48 h post-ovalbumin challenge) also showed a prominent reduction (69.5%; P < 0.05) of the eosinophil infiltration in the respiratory segments. Our results demonstrate that NO plays a pivotal role in the eosinophil infiltration in airways of actively sensitized rats.
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- H H Ferreira
- Clinical Pharmacology Unit, São Francisco University Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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Iijima H, Uchida Y, Endo T, Xiang A, Shirato M, Nomura A, Hasegawa S. Role of endogenous nitric oxide in allergen-induced airway responses in guinea-pigs. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 124:1019-28. [PMID: 9720769 PMCID: PMC1565506 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) can be detected in exhaled air and accumulates in inflamed airways. However its physiological role has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated a role for endogenous NO in allergen-induced airway responses. Sensitised guinea-pigs were treated with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester L-NAME (2.0 mM) or aminoguanidine (AG) (2.0 mM) 30 min before the allergen challenge, and 3 and 4 h after the challenge. Alternatively, L-arginine (2.4 mM) treatment was performed 30 min before, and 2 and 3 h after the challenge. In all groups, ovalbumin (OVA) challenge (2 mg ml(-1) for 2 min) was performed, and airway responses, NO production, infiltration of inflammatory cells, plasma exudation and histological details were examined. 2. Allergen-challenged animals showed an immediate airway response (IAR) and a late airway response (LAR), which synchronised with an increase in exhaled NO. Treatment with L-NAME and AG did not affect IAR while they significantly blocked LAR (72% and 80% inhibition compared to vehicle) and production of NO (35% and 40% inhibition). On the other hand, treatment with L-arginine did not affect IAR but potentiated LAR (74% augmentation). 3. In bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, allergen-induced increases in eosinophils were reduced by 48% for L-NAME treatment compared to vehicle, and increased by 56% for L-arginine treatment. 4. Treatment with L-NAME significantly decreased airway microvascular permeability to both Monastral blue (MB) and Evans blue (EB) dye (50.6% and 44% inhibition). 5. We conclude that allergen-induced LAR is closely associated with NO production, and that NO plays a critical role in inflammatory cell infiltration and plasma exudation in the allergic condition.
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- H Iijima
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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