Excessive production of nitric oxide in rat solid tumor and its implication in rapid tumor growth

Cancer
K DoiH Maeda

Abstract

Rapid tumor growth is caused by angiogenesis factors, growth factors, etc. We previously reported a possible connection between nitric oxide (NO) and enhanced vascular permeability in solid tumor. In the present experiment, the role of NO in solid tumor pathology was further investigated in animal tumor. To identify NO formed in solid tumor (AH136B) implanted in the feet of rats, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy was performed directly on the frozen tumor tissue at 110K by measuring endogenous nitrosyl iron-sulfur complexes, and by using exogenously added NO capturing agents, i.e., diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC)-Fe2+ and N-(dithiocarboxy) sarcosine (DTCS)-Fe2+ complexes. Induction of inducible isoform of nosymthase iNOS mRNA was examined with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) combined with Southern blot analysis. In addition, vascular permeability was assessed by measuring extravasation of 51Cr-labeled bovine serum albumin in solid tumor. Strong EPR signals from NO adducts of DETC-Fe2+ and DTCS-Fe2+ as well as strong signals from NO-hemoglobin and dinitrosyl iron sulfur complex were generated by tumor. The signal height of NO-(DTCS)2-Fe2+ observed in AH136B solid tumor was increased as the...Continue Reading

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