title: [A study on the activity of nitric oxide in alveolar macrophages from patients with lung cancer].
abstract: Nitrite and nitrate (NO2-/NO2-) in the bronchus alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and the supernatants of incubated alveolar macrophages (AMs) from patients with primary lung cancer were measured by copper-coated cadmium reduction and Griess method. Mrna expression of AM induced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) were analyzed by RT-PCR. There was NO2-/NO2- in BALF either from lung cancer patients or from control subjects. When compared with control group and the nontumor-bearing lung, the level of NO2-/NO2-was lower in BALF from the tumor-bearing lung [5.18+/-1.1 vs 2.47+/-0.67nmol x mg protein-1 (P< 0.01); 4.65+/- 2.46 vs 2.47+/- 0.67nmol x mg protein-1(P< 0.01)]. We also found a lower level of NO2-/NO2- in the supernatants of incubated AMs from the lung of cancer patients than from control and nontumor-bearing lung [95.03+/- 21.76 vs 63.37+/- 17.58nmol (P< 0.01); 85.61+/- 16.70 vs 63.37+/- 17.58nmol (P< 0.05)]. No significant difference existed between the MRNA expression of AM iNOS in lung cancer patients (69%) and that of control subjects (91%). After the AMs were stimulated with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), the level of NO2-/NO2- in the supernatants was significantly increased (P< 0.01); while the mRNA expression of AM iNOS from patients with lung cancer resulted in an increase of 16.85+/- 7.58% vs 33.38+/- 8.21% of control group (P< 0.05). These observation suggest that some defects of antitumor function occur in the AMs at the tumor region. GM-CSF can stimulate AMs and thus potentiate their NO activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C496319:NOS2 protein, human; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II