title: Cloning, characterization, and expression of a cDNA encoding an inducible nitric oxide synthase from the human chondrocyte.
abstract: Incubation of human articular chondrocytes with interleukin 1 beta results in the time-dependent expression of nitric oxide (NO) synthase. We report here the isolation of a cDNA clone which encodes a protein of 1153 amino acids with a molecular mass of 131,213 Da and a calculated isoelectric point of 7.9. CHO cells transfected with a plasmid harboring this cDNA clone expressed NO synthase activity that was inhibited by some L-arginine analogues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the human chondrocyte inducible NO synthase shows 51% identity and 68% similarity with the endothelial NO synthase and 54% identity and 70% similarity with the neuronal NO synthase. The similarity (88%) between the human chondrocyte NO synthase cDNA sequence and that reported for the murine macrophage suggests that the inducible class of enzyme is conserved between different cell types and across species.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hickery
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bayliss
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Chubb
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moncada
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016466:CHO Cells; D002356:Cartilage / Q000201:enzymology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006224:Cricetinae; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007375:Interleukin-1; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases