Dedifferentiated human ventricular cardiac myocytes express inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA but not protein in response to IL-1, TNF, IFNgamma, and LPS

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
H LussT R Billiar

Abstract

There is evidence that nitric oxide (NO) may mediate some of the functional myocardial changes caused by bacterial LPS and inflammatory cytokines. The expression of the inflammatory or inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in human cardiac myocytes, however, has not been well characterized. Therefore, we treated cultured, dedifferentiated human ventricular cardiac myocytes with the combination of TNF-alpha (500 U/ml), IL-1beta (30U/ml), IFNgamma (100 U/ml), and LPS (E.coli 0111:B4, 10 microg/ml). Northern blot analysis revealed a approximately 4.5 kb transcript for inducible NOS (iNOS) in the stimulated human heart cells but not in untreated cells. RT-PCR confirmed that iNOS mRNA was only present in stimulated cells. However, treatment of the myocytes for up to 96 h with cytokines and LPS did not result in NO synthesis as measured by nitrite + nitrate accumulation in the culture medium, and no iNOS enzymatic activity could be detected in the cell lysates. Western blot analysis failed to detect iNOS protein. Thus, despite high and persistent levels of iNOS mRNA in cytokine-treated cells, iNOS protein was absent in this experimental model. GTP-cyclohydrolase I was induced both at the mRNA and protein levels and resulted in increased biopt...Continue Reading

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