INHIBITION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE AMELIORATES FUNCTIONAL AND HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES OF ACUTE LUNG ALLOGRAFT REJECTION1,2
| Autor: | T. B. Ferguson, N. K. Worrall, M. D. Botney, P. M. Sullivan, T. P. Misko, Jon H. Ritter, G.A. Patterson, C. H. Boasquevisque |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Transplantation
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Isograft Respiratory disease In situ hybridization Biology medicine.disease Nitric oxide Nitric oxide synthase chemistry.chemical_compound surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry medicine biology.protein Cellular localization |
| Zdroj: | Transplantation. 63:1095-1101 |
| ISSN: | 0041-1337 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND We recently demonstrated that inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) ameliorated severe acute lung allograft rejection. This study used a rat lung transplant model to determine (1) the time course and cellular localization of iNOS expression during the histological progression of unmodified acute rejection and (2) whether inhibition of iNOS prevented impaired gas exchange function of the allograft lung and/or ameliorated the histological changes of acute rejection. METHODS AND RESULTS iNOS mRNA and enzyme activity were expressed in allograft lungs during mild, moderate, and severe acute rejection, but not in normal, isograft, or allograft lungs before histological changes of mild acute rejection. iNOS expression in allografts resulted in elevated serum nitrite/nitrate levels, indicative of increased in vivo nitric oxide (NO) production. In situ hybridization demonstrated iNOS mRNA expression in infiltrating inflammatory cells, but not in allograft parenchymal cells. Allografts had significantly impaired gas exchange, which was prevented with the selective iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (PaO2 of 566+/-19, 76+/-22, and 504+/-105 mmHg for isograft, allograft, and aminoguanidine-treated allograft, respectively; P |
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