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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 851-854 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 276 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 5 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Free radicals
- Inflammation
- Leukocytes
- Microvasculature
- Superoxide
- Transplantation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology