title: Human retina expresses both constitutive and inducible isoforms of nitric oxide synthase mRNA.
abstract: The present study provided evidence for the presence of two forms of nitric oxide synthase(NOS) gene in the human retina. Expression of retinal constitutive type(rbNOS) and inducible type(riNOS) of NOS was detected in human retinal poly A+RNA by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method. The deduced amino acid sequence of the human retinal rbNOS showed more than 99% homology with human brain bNOS and that of riNOS was identical to the chondrocytes inducible iNOS with the exception for one amino acid. These differences in amino acid sequences of rbNOS and riNOS, with their counterparts in human brain and human chondrocytes sequences, were only in the non-cofactor binding sites. Northern blot analysis of the human retinal poly A+RNA and total RNA, using the PCR-amplified riNOS probe revealed the existence of riNOS message with the appearance of the band with the expected size of 4.4kb, while the message for rbNOS was not detectable. This was the first report of the deduced nucleotide sequence identification of two NOS genes from a human tissue, while there had been earlier reports from culture cells.
authors.affiliation: Section of Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1760.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pardhasaradhi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gianotti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villegas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krishna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012160:Retina / Q000201:enzymology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases