title: Interrelation between nitric oxide synthase and heme oxygenase in rat endothelial cells.
abstract: The gene expression and interrelation of the constitutive type nitric oxide (NO) synthase-III as a NO-forming enzyme and heme oxygenase-2 as a carbon monoxide-forming enzyme were studied in cultured rat aortic endothelial cells. Both NO synthase-III and heme oxygenase-2 mRNAs were demonstrated in the endothelial cells by RNAase protection analysis. NO synthase-III mRNA was upregulated in the presence of the heme oxygenase inhibitor, zinc protoporphyrin IX, but not in the presence of the NO synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine. Although heme oxygenase-2 mRNA was significantly upregulated in the presence of both NO synthase inhibitor and heme oxygenase inhibitor, the increase was greater with the NO synthase inhibitor. These results provide the first evidence for the concomitant gene expression of NO synthase-III and heme oxygenase-2, and their compensatory interrelation in endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Endocrinology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naruse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); C105245:heme oxygenase-2