诱导型一氧化氮合酶与移植血管平滑肌细胞增生的关系

目的　探讨诱导型一氧化氮合酶 (iNOS)与移植血管平滑肌细胞增生的关系。方法　新西兰大白兔 15只随机分成 3组 ,建立双侧颈动脉间置移植颈外静脉的动物模型。高剂量组每日喂食L 精氨酸 (L Arg) 2 5 0mg/kg ,低剂量组每日喂食L Arg 12 5mg/kg ;对照组不喂食L Arg ,持续 2周。检测血浆和组织匀浆一氧化氮(NO)水平 ,移植血管iNOSmRNA表达。观察术后 3和 6周移植血管平滑肌细胞增生。结果　 1.iNOS活性 :(1)血浆NO水平 :实验组血浆NO水平显著高于对照组 ,高剂量组血浆NO水平高于低剂量组 ;(2 )组织匀浆一氧化氮合酶 (NOS)活性 :实验组组织匀浆NOS活性显著高于对照组 ;(3)组织匀浆iNOSmRNA表达 :术后 3周实验组iNOSmRNA表达 ,对照组无表达 ;术后 6周实验组iNOSmRNA表达高于对照组 ,高剂量组高于低剂量组。 2 .移植血管平滑肌细胞形态学变化 :(1)SMA免疫组化染色 :实验组移植血管平滑肌细胞厚度低于对照组 ;术后 6周低剂量组移植血管平滑肌细胞厚度低于高剂量组 ;(2 )PCNA免疫组化染色 :术后 3周实验组平滑肌细胞增殖低于对照组 ;术后 6周低剂量组平滑肌细胞增殖低于对照组和高剂量组。结论　iNOS表达致体内NO水平增高可抑制移植血管平滑肌细胞增生 ;NO浓度与平滑肌细胞增生关系密切     

复方蜥蜴散对慢性萎缩性胃炎模型大鼠血清NO及iNOS水平影响的实验研究

目的:观察复方蜥蜴散对慢性萎缩性胃炎(Chronic atrophic gastritis,CAG)模型大鼠血清NO及iNOS水平的影响,探讨其治疗CAG的作用机制。方法:采取55℃热盐水、2%水杨酸、20mmol/L脱氧胆酸钠三个致萎缩因素配合饥饱失常造成CAG模型。将实验动物分为正常对照组,模型对照组,维酶素组,复方蜥蜴散高、中、低剂量组。检测大鼠血液中NO和iNOS水平及观察胃黏膜组织学方面的改变。结果:模型组大鼠NO和iNOS水平明显高于正常组(P<0.01),病理组织学上也有较大改变,而经复方蜥蜴散治疗1个月后,NO和iNOS水平恢复正常,胃黏膜病理组织学改善明显。结论:复方蜥蜴散可以逆转萎缩胃黏膜的病理改变,发挥保护胃黏膜的作用。     

p38丝裂原激活蛋白激酶对人胚胎肾293细胞一氧化氮合酶基因转录的调控

目的探讨p38 丝裂原激活蛋白激酶(MAPK)家族四种亚型对诱导型一氧化氮合酶(iNOS)基因的转录调控。方法以人胚胎肾293(HEK 293)细胞为靶细胞,采用脂质体(LPS)介导的细胞基因共转染技术、荧光素酶报告基因技术,分别将FLAG-tagged p38 MAPK 4种亚型、含有鼠iNOS基因启动子区的荧光素酶报告基因质粒(piNOS-Luc)、空载体(pcDNA3)、β-半乳糖苷酶表达质粒(pCMV-β)共转染,检测并比较荧光素酶相对活性。结果(1)未加刺激时,在HEK 293细胞中,p38 MAPK中仅有p38α能够诱导iNOS基因启动子的转录活性;(2)在LPS刺激下,p38 MAPK 4种亚型均能够诱导iNOS启动子的转录活性,其中,p38β所诱导的转录活性最高,p38α的诱导作用亦很明显。结论(1)LPS能够在HEK 293细胞中诱导iNOS基因转录活性;(2)在HEK 293细胞中,p38 MAPK参与了静息时及LPS刺激下对iN-OS基因的转录调控。     

诱生型一氧化氮合酶特异性抑制肽的制备

目的：通过噬菌体展示技术筛选iNOS特异性抑制肽。方法：将iNOSFAD结合区及其附近序列的基因片段装入pET-28A( )，在大肠杆菌BL21中表达，His.bind^TM亲和层析柱纯化目的蛋白，使用纯化蛋白筛选Ph.D.-12^TM噬菌体库，筛选iNOS活性抑制作用较高的噬菌体克隆，测序并合成其中具有一致序列的短肽。结果：得到具有较高表达量的目的蛋白，经His.Bind^TM柱亲和层析纯化后纯度大于95％，以纯化蛋白筛选Ph.D.-12^TM噬菌体库，经4轮筛选获得10株iNOS活性抑制作用较高的噬菌体克隆，测序发现其中5株序列完全相同，合成该12肽，初步研究表明其对iNOS表现为高浓度抑制，低浓度兴奋的作用，而对nNOS及eNOS则没有影响。结论：以iNOSFAD片段蛋白为靶蛋白筛选得到的克隆对iNOS活性具有特异性影响，可根据这些特征设计合成小分子前导药物，创造新的活性药物。     

Immunohistochemical analysis of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and heat shock proteins (HSPs) in ameloblastomas

BACKGROUND: To clarify the possible role of nitric oxide (NO) and stress proteins in oncogenesis and cytodifferentiation of odontogenic epithelium. Inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and heat shock proteins (HSPs) were analyzed in ameloblastomas as well as in tooth germs. METHODS: Specimens of seven tooth germs, 36 benign ameloblastomas and five malignant ameloblastomas were examined by immunohistochemistry using antibodies against iNOS and 27-, 60- and 70-kDa HSPs (HSP27, HSP60 and HSP70). RESULTS: Immunoreactivity for iNOS was detected in normal and neoplastic odontogenic epithelial cells and was higher in malignant ameloblastomas than in tooth germs and benign ameloblastomas. HSP27 was expressed constitutively in all odontogenic epithelial cells in tooth germs and benign and malignant ameloblastomas. Expression of HSP60 and HSP70 was detected in normal and neoplastic odontogenic epithelial cells and was prominent in cells neighboring the basement membrane. HSP60 reactivity showed no apparent difference between normal and neoplastic odontogenic epithelium, whereas HSP70 expression was slightly higher in benign and malignant ameloblastomas than in tooth germs. CONCLUSIONS: Activation of iNOS might be associated with malignant potential of epithelial odontogenic tumors. Elevated expression of HSP70 is considered to be involved in neoplastic transformation of odontogenic epithelial cells.     

肠缺血/再灌注致肺损伤时肺内HO-1/CO与iNOS/NO相互作用的研究

目的观察肠缺血/再灌注(I/R)致肺损伤时肺内HO-1/CO与iNOS/NO的相互作用。方法采用肠缺血/再灌注模型。32只Wistar大鼠随机分为假手术组(Sham组)、肠缺血1 h再灌注6 h组(I/R组)、氨基胍组(AG组)和血晶素组(hemin组)。检测肺组织中HO-1和iNOS的表达,观察肺组织丙二醛(MDA)、血清一氧化氮(NO)及动脉血中氧血红蛋白(Hb-CO)的含量,同时观察肺组织病理形态学改变。结果与Sham组比较,I/R组HO-1和iNOS表达显著增强(均P<0.01);AG组HO-1和iNOS表达较I/R组明显降低(均P<0.05);Hemin组iNOS表达较I/R组明显降低而HO-1表达明显升高(均P<0.05);I/R组肺组织MDA、血清NO、血中HbCO较Sham组显著增加(P<0.05或P<0.01);与I/R组比较,AG组、Hemin组肺组织MDA、血清NO显著降低(P<0.05或P<0.01)。AG组的HbCO明显降低而Hemin组的HbCO明显升高(P<0.05)。病理学检查显示,AG组与Hemin组肺组织损伤程度较I/R组明显减轻。结论NO及CO对肠I/R肺组织具有保护作用,两者之间存在着相互作用,肺内HO-1/CO的大量生成具有使NO产生减少的作用,同时iNOS/NO的过量生成具有上调HO-1表达使CO产生增多的作用。     

Attenuation of colitis injury in rats using Garcinia cambogia extract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic enteropathies that probably result from a dysregulated mucosal immune response. These pathologies are characterized by oxidative and nitrosative stress, leukocyte infiltration and up-regulation of pro-inflammatory substances. Current IBD treatment presents limitations in both efficacy and safety that stimulated the search for new active compounds. Garcinia cambogia extract has attracted interest due to its pharmacological properties, including gastroprotective effects. In this study, the antiinflammatory activity of a garcinia extract was assessed in TNBS-induced colitis rats. The results obtained revealed that garcinia administration to colitic rats significantly improved the macroscopic damage and caused substantial reductions in increases in MPO activity, COX-2 and iNOS expression. In addition, garcinia extract treatment was able to reduce PGE(2) and IL-1beta colonic levels. These antiinflammatory actions could be related to a reduction in DNA damage in isolated colonocytes, observed with the comet assay. Finally, garcinia extract caused neither mortality nor toxicity signals after oral administration. As such, the antiinflammatory effects provided by the Garcinia cambogia extract result in an improvement of several parameters analysed in experimental colitis and could provide a source for the search for new antiinflammatory compounds useful in IBD treatment.     

An animal model of chronic inflammatory pain: pharmacological and temporal differentiation from acute models.

Clinically, inflammatory pain is far more persistent than that typically modelled pre-clinically, with the majority of animal models focussing on short-term effects of the inflammatory pain response. The large attrition rate of compounds in the clinic which show pre-clinical efficacy suggests the need for novel models of, or approaches to, chronic inflammatory pain if novel mechanisms are to make it to the market. A model in which a more chronic inflammatory hypersensitivity phenotype is profiled may allow for a more clinically predictive tool. The aims of these studies were to characterise and validate a chronic model of inflammatory pain. We have shown that injection of a large volume of adjuvant to the intra-articular space of the rat knee results in a prolonged inflammatory pain response, compared to the response in an acute adjuvant model. Additionally, this model also results in a hypersensitive state in the presence and absence of inflammation. A range of clinically effective analgesics demonstrate activity in this chronic model, including morphine (3mg/kg, t.i.d.), dexamethasone (1mg/kg, b.i.d.), ibuprofen (30mg/kg, t.i.d.), etoricoxib (5mg/kg, b.i.d.) and rofecoxib (0.3-10mg/kg, b.i.d.). A further aim was to exemplify the utility of this chronic model over the more acute intra-plantar adjuvant model using two novel therapeutic approaches; NR2B selective NMDA receptor antagonism and iNOS inhibition. Our data shows that different effects were observed with these therapies when comparing the acute model with the model of chronic inflammatory joint pain. These data suggest that the chronic model may be more relevant to identifying mechanisms for the treatment of chronic inflammatory pain states in the clinic.     

一氧化氮与胚胎异常发育的相关性研究

为了解开一氧化氮（ＮＯ）是否与畸胎发生有关这一谜团和进一步阐明砷致畸作用机理，本实验应用诱生型ＮＯ合成酶（ｉＮＯＳ）组织化学、扫描电镜（ＳＥＭ）及体内致畸试验等方法研究了砷对小鼠卵黄囊胎盘（ＹＳＰ）和胚胎发育的影响。结果表明ＹＳＰ细胞ｉＮＯＳ表达与砷浓度之间存在明显的剂量—反应关系（Ｐ＜０．０５）；ＳＥＭ观察可见ＹＳＰ内皮层和间皮层细胞受损；光镜下可见ＹＳＰ变小、萎缩和微血管分化不良；随着染毒剂量的升高，畸胎率和死胎率亦逐步增加，最高分别达到５６．８％和２４．７％；畸胎的主要表现是神经管未闭，心包积液和体位异常等。研究结果率先提示过量ＮＯ与畸胎发生及致畸机理关系密切；推荐在致畸研究中ｉＮＯＳ可作为一种有效的生物标志物。     

Short-circuiting autoimmune disease by target-tissue-derived nitric oxide

A previous report from this laboratory suggested that expression of skeletal-muscle-derived, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), is associated with resistance to the autoimmune model of myasthenia gravis (MG) demonstrated by Wistar Furth rats following the passive transfer of antibody reactive with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR). The study reported below demonstrates an association between increased expression of iNOS/NO in Wistar Furth rats and the induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in both macrophages and CD4+ T cells that attempt to traffic through targeted muscles. It is concluded that production of muscle-derived NO is protective in experimental MG, and in part, dictates the severity of eventual immunopathology.