title: Nitric oxide priming protects nitric oxide-mediated apoptosis via heme oxygenase-1 induction.
abstract: The role of nitric oxide (NO) as a cytotoxic effector molecule of the immune system is clearly established, but recent studies demonstrate cytoprotective functions of NO at low nontoxic concentrations. However, the mechanism of cytoprotection has not been defined completely. Thus, we investigate the involvement of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in the cytoprotective effects of NO. Exposure of L929 cells to sodium nitroprusside (SNP) resulted in the induction of HO-1 protein expression and heme oxygenase activity. Pretreatment of the cells with a low dose of NO (200 microM SNP) significantly inhibited a high dose of (1000 microM SNP) NO-induced apoptosis in L929 cells. Cytoprotection by a low dose of NO was abrogated in the presence of the heme oxygenase inhibitor zinc protoporphyrin IX. A cytoprotective effect comparable to a low dose of SNP was observed when the cells were transfected with HO-1 gene or preincubated with another HO-1 inducer, hemin. Additional experiments revealed the involvement of carbon monoxide in the cytoprotective effect of SNP/HO-1 in L929 cells. Our results presented here provide evidence to support the essential role of HO-1 in the cytoprotective function of NO priming.
authors.affiliation: Medicinal Resources Research Center (MRRC), School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Chonbuk, South Korea.
authors.forename: Byung-Min
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hyun-Ock
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Pae
authors.forename: Hun-Taeg
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000378:metabolism*; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D006427:Hemin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011524:Protoporphyrins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011524:Protoporphyrins; C017803:zinc protoporphyrin; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D006427:Hemin; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; C496542:Hmox1 protein, mouse