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Responsiveness to inhaled NO in isolated–perfused lungs from endotoxin-challenged rats is dependent on endogenous nitrite/nitrate synthesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2007

CH. Bopp ,
R. Gust ,
F. Taut ,
A. Gries ,
E. Martin  and
A. Klein
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Summary

Background and objectives

In isolated–perfused lungs of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-challenged rats, vasodilatation to inhaled nitric oxide (NO) is impaired. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) by aminoguanidine (AG) prevented hyporesponsiveness to inhaled NO. Here, we investigated whether NOS2-mediated nitrite/nitrate synthesis modulates responsiveness to inhaled NO.

Methods

Sprague–Dawley rats received intraperitoneally 0.5 mg kg−1 LPS. Four hours later, LPS-treated rats received 3, 10 or 30 mg kg−1 AG or 0.01, 0.1 or 1 mg kg−1S-methylisothiourea (SMT) by intraperitoneal injection. Sixteen to eighteen hours later, lungs were isolated and perfused, and pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) was elevated by 6–8 mmHg using the thromboxane analogue U46619. The decrease of PAP in response to inhaled NO and nitrate/nitrite levels in serum and perfusate was measured.

Results

In rats treated with LPS alone or 0.01 or 0.1 mg kg−1 SMT, 40 ppm NO decreased PAP less than in rats treated with AG and 1 mg kg−1 SMT (−1.8 mmHg (95% confidence interval: −1.5 to −2.1) vs. −6.0 mmHg (−5.7 to −6.3), P < 0.01). Improved NO responsiveness was associated with lower serum and perfusate nitrite/nitrate levels than in rats with hyporesponsiveness to inhaled NO (102 μmol (82–122) vs. 282 μmol (261–303) and 8.1 μmol (6.9–9.3) vs. 19.8 μmol (17.2–22.4), respectively, P < 0.01).

Conclusions

These observations demonstrate that in isolated–perfused lungs of LPS-treated rats, NOS2 inhibition improved responsiveness to inhaled NO. Here, responsiveness to inhaled NO is dependent on the ability of NOS2 inhibitors to reduce nitrite and nitrate levels in serum and released in the lung.

Keywords

RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROMEADULTNITRIC OXIDENITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE 2ENDOTOXINSRATLIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 362 - 369
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Copyright © European Society of Anaesthesiology 2006

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