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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 288, Issue 2, Pages R394-R400Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00504.2004
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S-nitrosylation; nitration; sepsis; respiration; oxygen
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Excess production of nitric oxide (NO) is implicated in the development of multiple organ failure, with a putative mechanism involving direct mitochondrial inhibition, predominantly affecting complex I. The persistent effects of NO on complex I may be mediated through S-nitrosylation and/or nitration. The temporal contribution of these chemical modifications to the inhibition of respiration and the influence of concurrent hypoxia have not been previously examined. We therefore addressed these questions using J774 macrophages activated by endotoxin and interferon-gamma over a 24-h period, incubated at 21% and 1% oxygen. Oxygen consumption and complex I activity fell progressively over time in the activated cells. This was largely prevented by coincubation with the nonspecific NO synthase inhibitor L-N-5-(1-iminoethyl)-ornithine. Addition of glutathione ethyl ester reversed the inhibition at initial time points, suggesting an early mechanism involving nitrosylation. Thereafter, the inhibition of complex I became more persistent, coinciding with a progressive increase in mitochondrial nitration. Hypoxia accelerated the persistent inhibition of complex I, despite a reduction in the total amount of NO generated. Our results suggest that hypoxia amplified the mitochondrial inhibition induced by NO generated during inflammatory disease states.
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