title: Neuronal nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2 in diabetic nephropathy of type 2 diabetic OLETF rats.
abstract: Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) regulate the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) and renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the kidney. In type 1 diabetic rats, renal overproduction of these enzymes and their relationship to the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy has been demonstrated. In the present study, we histologically and immunohistochemically investigated the kidneys of Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats, as a model of type 2 diabetes, at 62 weeks of age (chronic phase of diabetes). The kidneys of OLETF rats showed typical diabetic nephropathy. Quantitative scores for glomerulosclerosis and interstitial fibrosis in OLETF rats were significantly higher than those of age-matched control Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats. nNOS- and COX-2-positive immunoreactions were observed in the distal tubules and collecting ducts. These reactions appeared to be more widely distributed in OLETF, and the number of nNOS-and COX-2-positive sites in the OLETF were significantly more than those in LETO rats. Expression of renin, angiotensin II, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) were also examined immunohistochemically, and no differences between OLETF and LETO rats were observed in the distributions and the number of immunoreactive-sites. In conclusion, the overproduction of nNOS and COX-2 in the kidney of OLETF rats was confirmed, suggesting that the overproduction of nNOS and/or COX-2 does not affect the intrarenal RAS or iNOS production but does affect TGF.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kogoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yabuki
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Mitsuharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Shusaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I / Q000378:metabolism*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D012083:Renin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000804:Angiotensin II; D052248:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D012083:Renin