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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
Nitric oxide is believed to participate in nonspecific cellular immunity. Gram negative bacterial endotoxins increase the production of reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI) in phagocytic cells by inducing the enzyme nitric oxide synthase II (NOS II). Anti-inflammatory glucocorticoids attenuate endotoxin-induced increases in RNI. This study evaluated the effect of in vivo administration of prednisolone on Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide endotoxin (LPS)-induced increases in plasma RNI and neutrophil mRNA for NOS II and production of RNI in the rat. We show that LPS rapidly induces mRNA for NOS II and production of RNI (NO2- and NO3- anion) in rat neutrophils within 2 hr after in vivo administration of a sublethal dose of 0.5 mg/kg, i.v. A pharmacologic dose of prednisolone (50 micrograms/kg, im) given 15 min before LPS-attenuated production of NO2- and NO3- by neutrophils and suppressed LPS-stimulated mRNA for NOS II. 3-Amino, 1,2,4-triazine inhibited NO2- and NO3- production without affecting gene expression for NOS II. These data demonstrate that LPS rapidly induces functional gene expression for NOS II and prednisolone prevents induction of NOS II activity by inhibiting transcription of its mRNA.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0037-9727
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
205
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
220-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Amino Acid Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Endotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Enzyme Repression, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Neutrophils, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Prednisolone, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7513433-Triazines
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid induction of messenger RNA for nitric oxide synthase II in rat neutrophils in vivo by endotoxin and its suppression by prednisolone.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Physiology and Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't