Nitroaspirins and morpholinosydnonimine but not aspirin inhibit the formation of superoxide and the expression of gp91phox induced by endotoxin and cytokines in pig pulmonary artery vascular smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells.
BACKGROUND
Although nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are ineffective in treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), inhalational NO has proved to be useful. NO-donating NSAIDs may therefore be more effective in treating ARDS than NSAIDs alone. Because oxidant stress is central to the pathophysiology of ARDS, the effect of nitroaspirins (NCX 4016, NCX 4040, and NCX 4050) compared with morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1; an NO donor) and aspirin (ASA) on superoxide (O2*-) formation and gp91phox (an active catalytic subunit of NADPH oxidase) expression in pig pulmonary artery vascular smooth muscle cells (PAVSMCs) and endothelial cells (PAECs) was investigated.


RESULTS
Cultured PAVSMCs and PAECs were incubated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and interleukin (IL)-1alpha (with or without NO-ASA, SIN-1, or ASA) for 16 hours, and O2*- release was measured by use of the reduction of ferricytochrome c. The expression of gp91(phox) was assessed by use of Western blotting. LPS, TNF-alpha, and IL-1alpha all stimulated the formation of O2*- and expression of gp91(phox) in both PAVSMCs and PAECs, an effect inhibited by NADPH oxidase inhibitors, diphenyleneiodonium, and apocynin. SIN-1, NCX 4016, and NCX 4050 but not ASA alone inhibited the formation of O2*- and expression of gp91(phox).


CONCLUSIONS
LPS and cytokines promote the formation of O2*- in PAVSMCs and PAECs through an augmentation of NADPH oxidase activity, which in turn is prevented by NO. Thus, NO may play a protective role in preventing excess O2*- formation, but its negation by O2*- may augment the progress of ARDS. The inhibitory effect of nitroaspirins suggests that they may be therapeutically useful in treating ARDS through the suppression of NADPH oxidase upregulation and O2*- formation.
Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK..
Saima
S
Muzaffar
Nilima
N
Shukla
Gianni
G
Angelini
Jamie Y
JY
Jeremy
D000098:Acetophenones / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001241:Aspirin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D008297:Male; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009861:Onium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000166:cytology*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D034421:Sus scrofa; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
D000098:Acetophenones; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C498045:NCX 4040; C498046:NCX 4050; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D009861:Onium Compounds; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D013481:Superoxides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C002385:linsidomine; C007517:diphenyleneiodonium; C056165:acetovanillone; D008981:Molsidomine; D011464:Epoprostenol; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; C102148:nitroaspirin; D001241:Aspirin