Glomerular NO synthase activity in mesangial cell immune injury.
Glomerular NO synthase activity in mesangial cell immune injury.
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肾小球NO合酶活性在系膜细胞免疫损伤中的作用。
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1993
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Terence Cook
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Cattell;E. Lianos;P. Largen;Terence Cook
Ex vivo synthesis of nitrite (NO2-) by nephritic glomeruli provides evidence of induction of nitric oxide (NO) in glomerulonephritis (GN). In macrophage-associated GN, the major source is infiltrating macrophages. As induction of NO synthesis has now been shown in cultured mesangial cells, we have examined whether in vivo mesangial proliferation is a source of NO2-. Mesangial proliferative GN was induced by intravenous anti-Thy1.1 (monoclonal antibody ER4). Isolated glomeruli were assayed for NO2- synthesis and macrophage infiltration on day 4 (mesangiolytic phase) and on day 7 (mesangial proliferation). On day 4, but not on day 7, basal NO2- was increased (8.3 +/- 1.8, controls 0.7 +/- 0.1 nmol/2,000 glomeruli/48 h; p = 0.05) and there was macrophage infiltration (60 +/- 15; controls 14 macrophages/glomerulus). At both times NO2- was elevated by exogenous IL1 or LPS, more significantly on day 4 than on day 7. Thus, mesangial proliferative lesions are not a source of basal NO2-, and macrophages are the most likely source. However, NO2- can be induced in mesangial proliferative glomeruli by exogenous stimuli, findings similar to those reported in cultured mesangial cells. Irradiation experiments in normal rats show that stimulated NO2- synthesis is inhibited by macrophage depletion. Therefore in neither normal nor proliferative glomeruli is there evidence for mesangial cell production of NO2-.