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Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 160, Number 2, August 1999, 678-688

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Reduces Tyrosine Nitration after Lipopolysaccharide Instillation into Lungs of Rats

KENYA HONDA, HIROSUKE KOBAYASHI, RYUJI HATAISHI, SEISHIRO HIRANO, NAOTO FUKUYAMA, HIROE NAKAZAWA, and TOMOYUKI TOMITA

Department of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Regional Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Department of Physiology 2, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Nitric oxide (NO) may either protect against or contribute to inflammatory lung injury. In this study we investigated whether inhalation of 20 ppm NO alters tyrosine nitration, and we assessed the degree of lung inflammation and edema in rats after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) instillation. The amount of nitrotyrosine relative to the total amount of tyrosine was measured in lung homogenates, and lung tissue sections were stained for nitrotyrosine and aminotyrosine (a reduced form of nitrotyrosine). Leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were counted, and myeloperoxidase activity was measured in lung homogenate. Lung edema and inflammatory cell accumulation in lung tissue were estimated by extravascular lung water weight (EVLW) and extravascular dry lung weight (EVDW), respectively. LPS instillation caused increases in nitrotyrosine concentration and immunohistochemical staining of nitrotyrosine and aminotyrosine in the lungs. LPS instillation increased the BALF leukocyte count, myeloperoxidase activity in lung tissue, and both EVLW and EVDW. Inhalational exposure to 20 ppm NO induced nitrotyrosine and aminotyrosine formation only in bronchial epithelial cell surface of the lungs not instilled with LPS. NO inhalation reduced the increases in nitrotyrosine and aminotyrosine in LPS-instilled lung tissue as well as the leukocyte count in BALF and myeloperoxidase activity in lung tissue, but it did not significantly change EVLW or EVDW. Leukocyte depletion in LPS-instilled rats reduced interstitial inflammatory cells, which were stained with nitrotyrosine and aminotyrosine, and attenuated the nitrotyrosine staining of alveolar capillaries. These results suggest that inhalation of 20 ppm NO reduces leukocyte accumulation in the lungs and inhibits tyrosine nitration caused by LPS instillation.




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