title: The pulmonary epithelial cell line L 2 as a new model for an inducible nitric oxide synthase expressing distal airway epithelial cell.
abstract: Nitric oxide released in large amounts by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-containing pulmonary cells plays an important role in many aspects of lung function in health and disease. The aim of this study was to establish a permanent non tumor-derived alveolar epithelial cell line that exhibits the typical characteristics of an iNOS-expressing cell. Therefore, the pulmonary epithelial cell line L2 (adult rat) was incubated with lipopolysaccharide derived from Escherichia coli (serotype 0111:B4) and different cytokines. The strongest effect on iNOS gene expression and nitric oxide release could be detected when L2 cells were coincubated with interferon-gamma + tumor necrosis factor-alpha. iNOS complementary DNA concentration was 25 amol/microliters at 9h, and nitrite/nitrate levels were 99.43 +/- 3.97 nmol/10(6) cells at 24h, respectively. Our results show that L2 cells can be regarded as an appropriate model for investigating iNOS gene expression and nitric oxide functions in alveolar epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology I, University of Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grote
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mutz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schobersberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004848:Epithelium / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase