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GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 125, 期 6, 页码 1834-1844出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2003.08.030
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [ZIAES050117, Z01ES050117] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Background & Aims: Oxidative stress contributes to early alcohol-induced liver injury, and superoxide (O-2(.)-) production from NADPH oxidase plays a key role. However, the production of the free radical nitric oxide (NO.) by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) could also be involved. Methods: To test this hypothesis, iNOS knockout (B6.129P2-Nos2(tm1 Lau)) and wild-type mice were fed high-fat control or ethanol-containing diets for 4 weeks. Results: Mean body weight gains were not significantly different between treatment groups, and average urine ethanol concentrations were similar in wild-type and iNOS knockout mice. After 4 weeks, serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were increased significantly about 4-fold over control values (29 +/- IU/L) by enteral ethanol (113 +/- 20) in wild-type mice; this effect of ethanol was significantly blunted in iNOS knockout mice (50 +/- 9). Similar protective effects against liver damage were observed if wild-type mice were treated with the iNOS inhibitor N-(3-aminomethyl)benzyl-acetamindine (1400W). Enteral ethanol also caused severe fatty accumulation, mild inflammation, and necrosis in the liver in wild-type mice but had no effect in iNOS knockout mice. The accumulation of 4-hydroxynonenal (lipid peroxidation) and 3-nitrotyrosine (reactive nitrogen species formation) protein adducts caused by alcohol was completely blocked in iNOS knockout mice. Conclusions: These data strongly support the hypothesis that iNOS is required for the pathogenesis of early alcohol-induced hepatitis by production of nitric oxide-derived pro-oxidants (e.g., peroxynitrite).
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