Nitric oxide increases cellular glutathione levels in rat lung fibroblasts

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
A C WhiteB L Fanburg

Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) has been demonstrated to play a protective role in cell injury. In this study, we have explored the effect of NO and two NO donors (sodium nitroprusside [SNP] and isosorbide dinitrate [ISDN]) on cellular glutathione (GSH) levels in a rat lung fibroblast cell line (RFL6 cells). SNP and ISDN significantly increased cellular GSH in RFL6 cells (5 x 10(-4) M SNP: 21.9 +/- 3.6 nmol/10(6) cells and 5 x 10(-3) M ISDN: 27.6 +/- 1.7 nmol/10(6) cells versus control: 13.2 +/- 0.4 nmol/10(6) cells; P < 0.05). The stimulatory effect of SNP and ISDN on GSH was first seen at 6 h and peaked at 12 to 24 h. A similar increase in GSH was observed in RFL6 cells exposed to 400 ppm NO for 7.5 h (NO: 20.5 +/- 3.4 nmol/10(6) cells versus control: 11.9 +/- 2.4; P < 0.05). SNP and ISDN also increased cellular GSH in bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (BPSMC) and bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAEC). Buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) (0.01 mM), an inhibitor of the GSH synthetic enzyme gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase, blocked the increase in GSH in RFL6 cells seen with both SNP and ISDN. In BPAEC, exposure to NO donors for 24 h stimulated glutamate uptake (SNP: 441 +/- 19 pmol/10 min/10(6) cells and ISDN: 677 +/- 48 pm...Continue Reading

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