Journal
LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 75, Issue 19, Pages 2257-2267Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.02.037
Keywords
collagen-induced arthritis; indomethacin; iNOS inhibition; mice; NOx; 1400W; PGE(2)
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Nitric oxide as well as prostaglandins has been reported to play an important role in inflammatory diseases including arthritis. In the present study, the effects of iNOS inhibition on development of disease were examined in type II collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in male DBA/1J mice. From 4 weeks after the first immunization with bovine type II collagen, 1400W (10 mg/kg/day, p.o.), a selective iNOS inhibitor, indomethacin (1 mg/kg/day, p.o.), a cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitor, or 1400W + indomethacin was administered for 8 weeks. Immunization with type II collagen evoked arthritic inflammation of paws and bone destruction accompanied by increases in urinary nitrite/nitrate (NOx) excretion, plasma NOx and PGE(2) levels. Administration of 1400W reduced urinary NOx excretion and increased plasma PGE(2) levels, while it had no effect on arthritic inflammation or bone destruction. Indomethacin slightly reduced the inflammatory signs and bone destruction with marked reduction of plasma PGE(2). Combination of 1400W and indomethacin reduced urinary NOx and PGE2 levels, and showed greater amelioration of inflammatory signs and bone destruction than either alone. In conclusion, 1400W, a selective iNOS inhibitor, failed to prevent CIA probably due to its increasing effect on PGE2 production, but showed a synergistic ameliorative effect in combination with indomethacin. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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