title: Nitric oxide mediated metallothionein induction by lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: The roles of calcium and/or of the other cellular transduction pathways, and of nitric oxide (NO) on the induction of metallothionein (MT) mRNA by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been studied in rat primary cell culture, using inhibitors of protein kinase pathways (H-7, W-7 and TMB-8) and NO production inhibitors (L-NAME, PTIO). LPS exposure led to a rapid increase of MT-mRNA and a peak level revealed 2.5-fold induction as compared to control for 6h incubation at a dose of 3.0 mg/L. A dose of 5.0 and 10.0 mg/L of LPS also provided the same level of MT-mRNA induction. The inhibition of MT induction by LPS was observed with L-NAME, PTIO, but not H-7, W-7. These findings indicate that the alteration of cellular calcium concentration and distribution does not relate to the induction of MT-mRNA by LPS in hepatocytes and that protein kinase C and calmodulin dependent protein kinase pathways have not contributed to MT-mRNA induction by LPS. Finally, the present results show that NO plays an important role in MT induction by LPS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygienic Chemistry and Toxicology Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arizono
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ariyoshi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D015342:DNA Probes; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004731:Endotoxins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C044101:endotoxin, Escherichia coli; D008668:Metallothionein; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium