title: Regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase gene by interleukin-1 beta in rat vascular endothelial cells.
abstract: To elucidate the regulation of endothelial inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), we studied the effects of interleukin (IL)-1 beta on production of nitric oxide (NO) and expression of iNOS mRNA and iNOS protein in cultured rat aortic endothelial cells (ECs) by measurement of NO2-/NO3- (NOx) and Northern blot and Western blot analyses. Among several cytokines and bacterial lipopolysaccharide tested, IL-1 beta most effectively stimulated NOx production. IL-1 beta dose and time dependently stimulated NOx production. Northern blot analysis using cDNA for mouse liver iNOS as a probe showed that IL-1 beta induced expression of iNOS mRNA and stimulated NOx production in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta and dexamethasone blocked the IL-1 beta-induced NOx production as well as expression of iNOS mRNA and protein. TGF-beta dose dependently inhibited the IL-1 beta-induced NOx production and iNOS mRNA expression. Northern blot analysis for the decay of the IL-1 beta-induced iNOS mRNA revealed the approximate half-life of 4 h. These data indicate that IL-1 beta induces iNOS gene expression and de novo synthesis of iNOS and subsequent NO generation in vascular endothelium and that TGF-beta and glucocorticoid block iNOS gene expression at the transcriptional level.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwashina
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marumo
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000201:enzymology; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015342:DNA Probes; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D001120:Arginine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases