Journal
SHOCK
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 355-360Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200116050-00006
Keywords
nitric oxide; liver; ischemia-reperfusion; nitric oxide synthase
Funding
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01-GM-44100, P50-GM-53789] Funding Source: Medline
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To determine the contribution of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) to hepatic injury following warm ischemia-reperfusion, we developed a model of partial hepatic ischernia-reperfusion in mice and studied the injury response in iNOS knockout (KO) mice. Compared with wild types, iNOS KO animals exhibited lower plasma transaminase levels after 1 and 6 h of reperfusion following 1 h of ischemia. At the 3-h time point, enzyme levels were not different between the two groups. iNOS mRNA was not detectable in the ischemic hepatic lobes of wild-type mice until 3 h of reperfusion however, perfusion studies identified a significant delay in reperfusion of the ischemic lobe In the iNOS KO mice at the 1-h time point with similar perfusion rates at 3 and 6 h compared with wild type. By way of comparison, mice deficient in the endothelial NOS (eNOS) were also assessed for the degree of hepatic damage 3 h post-reperfusion. Plasma transaminase levels were significantly increased in eNOS KO animals compared with wild-type controls. These data suggest that systemic as well as local sources of iNOS regulate reperfusion, and local iNOS contributes to hepatic Injury, while eNOS is protective In warm hepatic ischernia-reperfusion.
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