title: Reduction by NG-nitro-L-arginine of H2O2-induced endothelial cell injury.
abstract: 1. The effects of three analogues of NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NOARG) and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), inhibitors of nitric oxide (NO) synthase, on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced endothelial cell injury were studied. 2. Endothelial cell injury was assessed by measuring the release of intracellular lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and 51Cr. 3. Addition of H2O2 (250-1,000 microM) to endothelial cells induced the release of LDH dose-dependently. The release of LDH was reduced by pretreatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 10(-4)-4 x 10(-3) M), L-NOARG (10(-4)-4 x 10(-3) M) and NG-nitro-L-arginine benzyl ester (L-NABE, 10(-4)-4 x 10(-3) M), inhibitors of NO synthase. 4. L-NOARG analogues also reduced H2O2-induced 51Cr release from endothelial cells, while L-NMMA had no effect. 5. The protective effect of L-NAME was not reversed by addition of L-arginine (L-Arg, 1-10 mM). 6. Both L-NAME and L-NMMA completely inhibited L-Arg metabolism to L-citrulline coupled with NO synthesis. 7. These findings suggest that L-NOARG analogues but not L-NMMA reduced H2O2-induced endothelial cell injury, and that these effects may not be related to inhibition of NO production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nomoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Momose
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D002956:Citrulline / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000633:toxicity; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019335:Nitroarginine; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine
chemical_list: D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D019335:Nitroarginine; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D002956:Citrulline; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D001120:Arginine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases