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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
In the present study, by comparing the responses in wild-type mice (iNOSWT) and mice lacking (iNOSKO) the inducible (or type 2) nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), we investigated the correlation between endogenous nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin (PG) generation in carrageenan-induced pleurisy. The inflammatory response in iNOSKO mice was significantly reduced in respect to iNOSWT animals, as demonstrated by the exudate volume (-63%) and numbers of infiltrating cells (-62%). The levels of NOx in the pleural exudate from carrageenan-treated mice were significantly (p < 0.01) decreased in iNOSKO mice (16 +/- 7.6 nmoles/mice) compared to iNOSWT animals (133 +/- 9 nmoles/mice). Similarly, the amounts of PGE2 in the pleural exudates of carrageenan-treated animals were significantly (p < 0.01) lower in iNOSKO compared to iNOSWT mice (120 +/- 20 pg/mice vs. 308 +/- 51 pg/mice). Also the amounts of 6-keto-PGF(1 alpha) produced by lungs from carrageenan-treated iNOSKO mice (1.01 +/- 0.10 ng/tissue mg) were significantly (p < 0.01) reduced compared to iNOSWT carrageenan-treated mice (2.1 +/- 0.09 ng/tissue mg). In conclusion our results confirm, by the use of iNOSKO mice that in carrageenan-induced pleurisy NO positively modulates PG biosynthesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrageenan, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dinoprostone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isoenzymes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nos2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1199-208
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12505549-6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Carrageenan, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Dinoprostone, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Exudates and Transudates, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Neutrophil Infiltration, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Pleurisy, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Prostaglandins, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12505549-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of prostaglandin generation in carrageenan-induced pleurisy by inducible nitric oxide synthase in knockout mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't