Nitric oxide synthase and postischemic liver injury

Shigeyuki Kawachi, Ian N. Hines, F. Stephen Laroux, Jason Hoffman, Sulamain Bharwani, Laura Gray, David Leffer, Matthew B. Grisham

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine what roles the endothelial cell and inducible isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS, iNOS) play in ischemia and reperfusion (I/R)-induced liver injury in vivo in mice genetically deficient in each isoform of NOS. We found that 45 min of partial (70%) liver ischemia and 5 h of reperfusion induced substantial liver injury as assessed by the release of large and significant amounts of the liver-specific enzyme alanine aminotransferase (ALT) into the serum of wild-type (wt) mice. The enhanced ALT levels were not due to increased recruitment of potentially damaging PMNs, which could mediate hepatocyte injury, as neither histopathological inspection-nor quantitative MPO determinations revealed the presence of PMNs in the liver at this time point. In addition, we observed a significant enhancement in liver injury in eNOS-deficient but not iNOS-deficient mice subjected to liver I/R compared to postischemic wt mice. Taken together, these data suggest that eNOS- but not iNOS-derived NO plays an important role in limiting or downregulating I/R-induced liver injury in vivo following 5 h of reperfusion. (C) 2000 Academic Press.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)851-854
Number of pages4
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume276
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 5 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Free radicals
  • Inflammation
  • Leukocytes
  • Microvasculature
  • Superoxide
  • Transplantation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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