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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in cellular signaling and host defense, and it also contributes to the deleterious effects of immune response. Until recently, the lack of specific inhibitors of various forms of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) hampered a stringent evaluation of the role played by inducible NOS (iNOS) in cell damage. The present study investigated the use of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (AS-ODNs) to selectively inhibit the expression of iNOS. AS-ODNs (1-10 microM) inhibited, in a time-dependent and dose-dependent manner, iNOS activity in RAW 264.7 murine macrophages. Maximal inhibitory effect was >90%, and control ODNs had little or no effect on NO production. Treatment with AS-ODNs decreased iNOS protein and mRNA level in studied cell, and control ODNs again were ineffective. The decreased levels of the target mRNA in AS-ODN-treated samples suggest that the AS-ODNs used act as substrates for ribonuclease (RNase) H. Lipofection enhanced the effect of AS-ODNs on iNOS activity. However, this potentiation appears to be different from the antisense effect, in which the AS-ODNs studied were involved. Liposaccharide/interferon-gamma (LPS/IFN-gamma) induced iNOS, and increased NO production impaired the viability of macrophages. Treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with 10 microM AS-ODNs prevented the NO-induced lethal cell damage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1087-2906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
531-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides on nitric oxide secretion from macrophage-like cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't