title: The role of carbon monoxide in lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence of rat alveolar macrophages.
abstract: We have investigated the role of carbon monoxide (CO) in lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages from rat lungs. CO (10 nM to 1 microM) decreased chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages in a concentration-dependent fashion. At a concentration of 1 microM, CO significantly increased intracellular cyclic GMP levels from a control value of 175 +/- 25 fmol/2 x 10(6) cells to 431 +/- 49 fmol/2 x 10(6) cells. Pretreatment of alveolar macrophages with NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (100 microM) failed to inhibit CO (1 microM)-induced decreases in chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages (3.7 +/- 0.7 cpm x 10(3) in the presence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine and 3.4 +/- 0.6 cpm x 10(3) in the absence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine) and CO (1 microM)-induced increases in intracellular cyclic GMP levels (452 +/- 65 fmol/2 x 10(6) cells in the presence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine and 419 +/- 58 fmol/2 x 10(6) cells in the absence of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine). Decreases in chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages induced by CO (1 microM) were concentration-dependently inhibited by methylene blue (from 0.1 microM to 10 microM). Dibutyryl cyclic GMP (db cyclic GMP) (1 mM) also reduced chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages (1.5 +/- 0.3 cpm x 10(3) in the presence of db cyclic GMP and 3.6 +/- 0.6 cpm x 10(3) in the absence of db cyclic GMP). In contrast to CO and db cyclic GMP, zinc protoporphyrin-9 (10nM to microM), an inhibitor of heme oxygenase potentiated chemiluminescence of alveolar macrophages in a concentration-dependent fashion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okinaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekizawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohrui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D000166:Acridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000494:pharmacology; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000166:Acridines; D011524:Protoporphyrins; C017803:zinc protoporphyrin; C033472:10,10'-dimethyl-9,9'-biacridinium; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D008751:Methylene Blue