PMID: 7544012Aug 15, 1995Paper

Evidence of autocrine modulation of macrophage nitric oxide synthase by alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
R A StarJ M Lipton

Abstract

alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) is a potent inhibitory agent in all major forms of inflammation. To identify a potential mechanism of antiinflammatory action of alpha-MSH, we tested its effects on production of nitric oxide (NO), believed to be a mediator common to all forms of inflammation. We measured NO and alpha-MSH production in RAW 264.7 cultured murine macrophages stimulated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide and interferon gamma. alpha-MSH inhibited production of NO, as estimated from nitrite production and nitration of endogenous macrophage proteins. This occurred through inhibition of production of NO synthase II protein; steady-state NO synthase II mRNA abundance was also reduced. alpha-MSH increased cAMP accumulation in RAW cells, characteristic of alpha-MSH receptors in other cell types. RAW cells also expressed mRNA for the primary alpha-MSH receptor (melanocortin 1). mRNA for proopiomelanocortin, the precursor molecular of alpha-MSH, was expressed in RAW cells, and tumor necrosis factor alpha increased production and release of alpha-MSH. These results suggest that the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha can induce macrophages to increase production of alpha-MSH, which then become...Continue Reading

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