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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the potential contribution of endothelial cell cNOS (ec-cNOS) and inducible NOS (iNOS) in controlling vascular tone under normal versus inflammatory conditions, we performed Northern hybridizations to examine the differential expression of each NOS mRNA in human aortic endothelial cells (AOEC) and human aortic smooth muscle cells (AOSMC) cultured for 8 h in the presence or absence of cytokines (IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma) and LPS. Cytokine/LPS treatment induced a 4.4 kb iNOS mRNA in the human AOSMC; in contrast, cytokine/LPS treatment down regulated the expression of ec-cNOS mRNA in the AOEC. No iNOS mRNA was detected in the AOEC under the conditions examined. These results suggest that under specific inflammatory conditions the generation of NO in vascular tissue switches from ec-cNOS in the endothelium to iNOS in the smooth muscle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
196
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1330-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Amino Acid Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Poly A, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:7504476-Restriction Mapping
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential expression of iNOS and cNOS mRNA in human vascular smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells under normal and inflammatory conditions.
pubmed:affiliation
Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article