title: Constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthases in human megakaryoblastic cells.
abstract: Human megakaryoblastic cells (Meg-01) were found to possess constitutive and express inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase activities. The constitutive NO synthase was Ca+(+)- and NADPH-dependent, as is the NO synthase found previously in human platelets. Stimulation of Meg-01 cells by the cytokines interleukin-1 beta (0.15-32.5 ng/ml) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (0.15-10 ng/ml) resulted in expression of the inducible, Ca+(+)-independent, NO synthase. This activity was increased by the addition of NADPH, tetrahydrobiopterin and sepiapterin as cofactors. Induction of this enzyme was accompanied by a decrease in the constitutive NO synthase activity, a phenomenon which was prevented or reversed by dexamethasone (1 microM). Thus, human early differentiated megakaryocytic cells can synthesize NO from L-arginine by both the constitutive and the inducible NO synthases. These findings indicate that these enzymes may play an important biological role in megakaryocyte and platelet functions.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lelchuk
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Radomski
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moncada
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007947:Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute / Q000201:enzymology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases