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CLINICAL NUTRITION
卷 22, 期 6, 页码 523-528出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5614(03)00054-2
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nitric oxide synthase; intestine; glutamine; human
Background & aims: Excess NO production has been reported during intestinal inflammation. Modulation of the inflammatory response with nutrients in critically ill patients has gained increasing interest. Glutamine has beneficial effects on gut mucosa but its effects on human intestinal NO production during an inflammatory response are not known. Methods: Caco-2/TC7 and HCT-8 cells were stimulated with a cytokine mixture (IL-1beta, TNFalpha, IFNgamma) and duodenal biopsies from human healthy volunteers in organ culture were stimulated with IL-1beta. All cultures were performed in the presence of 2-10 mmol/l glutamine. NO release in culture supernatant and NOS mRNA level in cultured cells or biopsies were assessed by nitrate reduction and Griess assay and RT-PCR, respectively. Results: In Caco-2, HCT-8 cells and duodenal biopsies, cytokine stimulation increased iNOS mRNA level 1.2-fold (ns), 3.8-fold (P=0.02), 4.7-fold (P=0.03) and NO production 1.4-fold (ns), 91 (P=0.01) and 1.7-fold (P=0.01), respectively. Increasing glutamine concentration had no significant effect on NO production and iNOS mRNA in any type of culture, stimulated or not by cytokines. In various models of human intestinal cells, glutamine does not further increase NO production induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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