Humic acid induces the generation of nitric oxide in human umbilical vein endothelial cells: stimulation of nitric oxide synthase during cell injury

Free Radical Biology & Medicine
You-Cheng HseuHsin-Ling Yang

Abstract

Humic acid (HA) has been implicated as an etiological factor in the peripheral vasculopathy of blackfoot disease (BFD). In this study, we examined the effects of HA upon the generation of nitric oxide (NO) during the process of lethal cell injury in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). NO production was measured by the formation of nitrite (NO(2)(-)), the stable end-metabolite of NO. Cell death was assessed by measuring the release of intracellular lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). Treatment HUVECs with HA at a concentration of 50, 100, and 200 microg/ml concentration-dependently increased nitrite levels, reaching a peak at 12 h subsequent to HA treatment, with a maximal response of approximately 400 pmole nitrite (from 1 x 10(4) cells). HA-induced nitrite formation was blocked completely by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and also by N(G)-methyl-L-arginine (L-NMA), both being specific inhibitors of NO synthase. The LDH released from endothelial cells was evoked at from 24 h after the addition of HA (50, 100, 200 microg/ml) in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. The HA-induced LDH release was also reduced by the presence of both L-NAME and L-NMA. The addition of Ca(2+) chelator (BAPTA) inhibi...Continue Reading

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