title: Evidence for peroxynitrite formation in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury: studies with the inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-N(6)-(1-Iminoethyl)lysine.
abstract: Reactive oxygen species are suggested to participate in ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury. However, induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and production of high levels of nitric oxide (NO) also contribute to this injury. NO can combine with superoxide to form the potent oxidant peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)). NO and ONOO(-) were investigated in a rat model of renal I-R injury using the selective iNOS inhibitor L-N(6)-(1-iminoethyl)lysine (L-NIL). Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 40 min of bilateral renal ischemia followed by 6 h of reperfusion with or without L-NIL administration. Control animals received a sham surgery and had plasma creatinine values of 0.4 +/- 0.1 mg/dl. I-R surgery significantly increased plasma creatinine levels to 1.9 +/- 0.3 mg/dl (P <.05) and caused renal cortical necrosis. L-NIL administration (3 mg/kg) in animals subjected to I-R significantly decreased plasma creatinine levels to 1.2 +/- 0.10 mg/dl (P <.05 compared with I-R) and reduced tubular damage. ONOO(-) formation was evaluated by detecting 3-nitrotyrosine-protein adducts, a stable biomarker of ONOO(-) formation. Immunohistochemistry and HPLC revealed that the kidneys from I-R animals had increased levels of 3-nitrotyrosine-protein adducts compared with control animals. L-NIL-treated rats (3 mg/kg) subjected to I-R showed decreased levels of 3-nitrotyrosine-protein adducts. These results support the hypothesis that iNOS-generated NO mediates damage in I-R injury possibly through ONOO(-) formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Imam
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mayeux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C090663:N(6)-(1-iminoethyl)lysine; D009566:Nitrates; C039642:peroxynitric acid; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496318:Nos2 protein, rat; D008239:Lysine