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Role of the endothelium and nitric oxide synthases in modulating superoxide formation induced by endotoxin and cytokines in porcine pulmonary arteries

¹ Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, UK
² Department of Anaesthesia, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK

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Dr J Y Jeremy, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary Bristol BS2 8HW, UK;
j.y.jeremy{at}bristol.ac.uk

ABSTRACT
Background: The interactive roles of cytokines, endotoxins, superoxide (O₂^{• -} ) and nitric oxide (NO) in the pathogenesis of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have not been fully elucidated. The effects of tumour necrosis factor- (TNF-), interleukin 1 (IL-1), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the role of NO and the endothelium in mediating O₂^{• -} formation were therefore investigated in intact porcine pulmonary arteries in vitro.

Methods: Intrapulmonary artery (PA) segments were obtained from White Landrace pigs (25–35 kg) and incubated with LPS, IL-1, and TNF- and O₂^{• -} release was measured by the superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitable reduction of ferricytochrome c. The source of O₂^{• -} formation was determined using a number of enzyme inhibitors. The role of NO was explored using NO synthase (NOS) inhibitors and the distribution of NOS isoforms and peroxynitrite (ONOO^-, an index of NO–O₂^{• -} interactions) assessed by immunocytochemistry.

Results: LPS, IL-1, and TNF- promoted the formation of O₂^{• -} from PA compared with untreated controls in a time and dose dependent manner, an effect markedly enhanced by removal of the endothelium but completely inhibited by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium chloride (DPI). L-NAME and the eNOS inhibitor N⁵-(1-iminoethyl)-ornithine (L-NIO) enhanced O₂^{• -} formation from PA (with endothelium) in response to IL-1 and TNF- but had no effect on LPS mediated O₂^{• -} formation, whereas L-NAME and the iNOS inhibitor L-N⁶-(1-iminoethyl)-lysine-HCl (L-NIL) enhanced O₂^{• -} formation only in response to LPS.

Conclusions: LPS, IL-1, and TNF- promote O₂^{• -} formation through an upregulation of NADPH oxidase activity which is augmented by removal of the endothelium, as well as the inhibition of eNOS (in the case of cytokines) and iNOS (in the case of LPS). The concomitant expression of NOS isoforms (and NO formation) with that of NADPH oxidase may therefore constitute a protective system designed to remove O₂^{• -} through the formation of ONOO^-. If this is so, the integrity of the endothelium may be axiomatic in the progression and severity of ARDS.

Keywords: adult respiratory distress syndrome; nitric oxide; superoxide; cytokines; endotoxin

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