Roles of nitric oxide in compression injury of rat spinal cord
Roles of nitric oxide in compression injury of rat spinal cord
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DOI:
10.1016/0891-5849(95)02017-9
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发表时间:
1996-01-01
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Fukuzawa, K
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作者:
Hamada, Y;Ikata, T;Fukuzawa, K
Nitric oxide (NO) was measured directly after spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats by an ESR spin-trapping technique using Fe2+ and diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC). The levels of NO and lipid peroxides expressed as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TEARS) were increased by SCI in the injured region and the adjacent central region. Pretreatment with 30 mg/kg of N-G-nitro-L-arginine methylester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of NO synthase, accelerated increases of the TEARS level and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in the injured tissue and caused deterioration of hind limb motor function after SCI, suggesting that NO formation by constitutive NO synthase (i-NOS) has a protective effect against cellular damage resulting from ischemia-reperfusion after SCI. Though c-NOS mRNA expression was not altered after SCI, inducible NO synthase (i-NOS) mRNA expression increased to a maximum of 24 h after SCI with progress of motor dysfunction. Intravenous injection of L-NAME (0.1 mg/kg) 6, 24, 48, and 72 h after SCI reduced the motor disturbance. These results indicate that NO induced by I-NOS may be neurotoxic in the subacute phase after SCI.