title: Endogenous nitric oxide inhibits the synthesis of cyclooxygenase products and interleukin-6 by rat Kupffer cells.
abstract: Macrophage production of nitric oxide (.N = O) leads to considerable alterations of vital metabolic pathways in various target cells. The present study tested whether .N = O synthesis by Kupffer cells (KCs), the resident macrophages of the liver, interferes with the secretory function of these cells. As in other macrophage-type cells, the combination of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) was a potent stimulus of .N = O synthesis by KC. Treatment with LPS and IFN-gamma also induced significant production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), thromboxane B2 (TBX2), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1), and IL-6. Inhibition of .N = O synthesis by KC. Treatment with LPS and IFN-gamma also induced significant production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), thromboxane B2 (TBX2), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1), and IL-6. Inhibition of .N = O synthesis by the L-arginine analogue of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (NMA) resulted in a further increase of PGE2, TXB2, and IL-6 but not IL-1 and TNF-alpha production, indicating specific inhibitory effects of endogenous .N = O synthesis on the secretory activity of KCs. PGE2 production was most sensitive to the suppressive effect of .N = O and increased 24 h after stimulation with LPS and IFN-gamma from 16.3 +/- 4.9 ng/10(6) KCs without NMA to 94.3 +/- 17.9 ng/10(6) KCs with NMA. This effect of NMA was reversed by a 10-fold increase of the L-arginine concentration. No recovery of PGE2 production was seen when .N = O synthesis was blocked after 24 h. NMA treatment increased cyclooxygenase activity more than threefold, suggesting that .N = O inhibits PGE2 and TXB2 production through diminished PGH2 availability. .N = O synthesis did not significantly affect total protein synthesis or viability of the KCs. These results show that .N = O influences the production of specific inflammatory mediators by KCs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stadler
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Harbrecht
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Silvio
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Billiar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D000093242:Interleukin-6 Inhibitors
chemical_list: D001120:Arginine; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019323:omega-N-Methylarginine; D000093242:Interleukin-6 Inhibitors