title: Parathyroid hormone-related protein upregulates interleukin-1beta-induced nitric oxide synthesis.
abstract: The effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein on interleukin-1beta-induced nitric oxide production was studied in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. Interleukin-1beta time- and dose-dependently enhanced the production of nitrite, a stable metabolite of nitric oxide. Parathyroid hormone-related protein(1-34) alone up to 10(-7) mol/L had no obvious effect, but significantly increased the cytokine-induced nitrite production. RNA analysis revealed that the synergistic effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein(1-34) resulted from a potentiation of the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and GTP-cyclohydrolase I, the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin, which is a cofactor of nitric oxide synthase. The increased nitric oxide release induced by interleukin-1beta or interleukin-1beta with parathyroid hormone-related protein(1-34) was completely inhibited by coincubation with 3x10(-3) mol/L N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine, a competitive inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, or with 10(-3) mol/L 2,4-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine, an inhibitor of GTP-cyclohydrolase I. Endothelin-1 potentiated interleukin-1beta induction of nitric oxide, which might be mediated by endogenous parathyroid hormone-related protein. Neutralization of exogenous or endogenous parathyroid hormone-related protein with antibody attenuated the synergistic effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein, but did not affect interleukin-1beta induction of nitric oxide. These results suggest that locally produced parathyroid hormone-related protein acts as a synergistic regulator upregulating interleukin-1beta-induced nitric oxide synthesis in the cardiovascular system, and thereby may affect vascular tone and/or vascular remodeling after vascular injury in some pathological processes such as atherosclerosis and hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirotani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogihara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006136:GTP Cyclohydrolase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D006136:GTP Cyclohydrolase