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| GLOMERULI SYNTHESIZE NITRITE IN EXPERIMENTAL NEPHROTOXIC NEPHRITIS |
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| Author(s): CATTELL V, COOK T, MONCADA S |
| Source: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL Volume: 38 Issue: 6 Pages: 1056-1060 Published: DEC 1990 |
| Times Cited: 132 References: 31 |
| Abstract: Activated macrophages synthesize nitric oxide (NO) from L-arginine. In culture, the major stable end product is nitrite (NO2-). Activated macrophages accumulate in glomeruli and are responsible for injury in experimental immune complex glomerulonephritis. We examined NO2- production by isolated glomeruli and urinary NO2- in accelerated nephrotoxic nephritis in the rat. Normal glomeruli did not produce NO2- spontaneously or when stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (1-mu-g/ml) or A23187 (2-mu-g/ml). Cultured mesangial cells at first or seventh passage did not produce NO2- spontaneously or when stimulated. Nephritic glomeruli spontaneously produced NO2- at all times studied; this production was maximal at 24 hours after induction of glomerulonephritis (158.4 +/- 8.4 nmol/48 hr/ml, N = 3). The production of NO2- was inhibited 75 to 100% by N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), and this inhibition was reversed by L-arginine, indicating NO2- production from L-arginine via NO. The production of NO2- was increased by LPS (1-mu-g/ml) at 2.7 and 21 days. NO2- was undetectable in normal rat urine; however, it was present in urine of rats with glomerulonephritis (Day 0 to 1: 8161 +/- 2605 nmol/24 hr, N = 12). The production of NO in nephritic glomeruli may have implications for both the mechanism of glomerular injury and glomerular hemodynamics. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. ST MARYS HOSP, SCH MED, DEPT HISTOPATHOL, LONDON W2 1PG, ENGLAND
2. WELLCOME RES LABS, BECKENHAM BR3 3BS, KENT ENGLAND |
| Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE INC, 238 MAIN ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 |
| Subject Category: Urology & Nephrology |
| IDS Number: FA892 |
| ISSN: 0085-2538 |
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