title: Nitric oxide synthesis is involved in arterial haptoglobin expression after sustained flow changes.
abstract: The acute phase protein haptoglobin is highly expressed in arteries after sustained flow changes and involved in cell migration and arterial restructuring. In the liver, haptoglobin expression is mainly regulated by interleukin-6 (IL-6). In the artery, shear stress and NO influence IL-6 expression. In the present study, we demonstrate that NO synthesis is involved in the regulation of arterial haptoglobin expression after sustained flow changes. Decreased haptoglobin expression after NO inhibition coincided with decreased IL-6 levels. However, IL-6 knockout mice had normal arterial haptoglobin expression levels after sustained flow changes suggesting that other mediators may provide compensatory mechanisms for the regulation of arterial haptoglobin expression.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, University Medical Center, Heidelberglaan 100 (room G02.523), 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Mirjam B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Smeets
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pasterkamp
authors.forename: Sai-Kiang
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Velema
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van Middelaar
authors.forename: Dominique P V
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: de Kleijn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011817:Rabbits; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D006242:Haptoglobins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester