内源性一氧化碳减轻大鼠双侧后肢缺血再灌注所致的肺损伤

通过观察血红素氧化酶（HO）阻断剂－－锌原卟啉（ZnPP)对肺组织、肺泡间质多形核白细胞数目肺组织丙二醛含量和湿重干重之比的影响,并对肺组织HO活性和血内碳氧血红蛋白水平（COHb）进行检测,以探讨内源性HO／一氧化碳（CO）在肢体缺血再灌注（I／R）所致肺损伤中的作用。结果发现,大鼠双侧后肢I／R可导致急性肺损伤,同时使肺组织中HO活性和血内COHb水平显著升高;应用ZnPP预处理可使HO活性和COHb水平显著降低,但肺损伤却进一步加重。上述实验结果表明,肢体I／R致肺损伤时,肺组织中HO活性和内源性CO生成增多或减轻大鼠肢体I／R所致的肺损伤。     

内源性一氧化碳在大鼠败血症性休克时低血压发生机制中的作用

应用盲肠结扎法制备大鼠败血症休克模型,研究内源性一氧化碳（ＣＯ）在败血症休克时低血压发病中的作用。用血红素加氧酶（ｈｅｍｅｏｘｙｇｅｎａｓｅ,ＨＯ）抑制剂２,４二甘油次卟啉锌（ｚｉｎｃｄｅｕｔｅｒｏｐｏｒｐｈｙｒｉｎ２,４ｂｉｓｇｌｙｃｏｌ,ＺｎＤＰＢＧ）处理大鼠后,观察动物动脉血压,同时测定主动脉平滑肌组织中ＨＯ活性和ＣＯ生成量。结果发现：败血症大鼠动脉收缩压、舒张压降低,同时血管平滑肌ＨＯ活性和ＣＯ生成明显增加。败血症大鼠用ＺｎＤＰＢＧ处理后,动脉血压明显回升,同时ＨＯ活性和ＣＯ生成明显被抑制。实验表明败血症休克时低血压的发生与血管平滑肌细胞ＨＯ活性增加和内源性ＣＯ生成增多明显相关;应用ＨＯ抑制剂阻断ＨＯ活性能导致内源性ＣＯ生成减少,继而使败血症休克时大鼠血压明显回升。实验提示,内源性ＣＯ对血管张力具有重要的调节作用;ＨＯ活性和内源性ＣＯ生成增加是败血症休克时低血压发生的重要机制之一。     

内源性一氧化碳在大鼠败血症性休克时 低血压发生机制中的作用

A sepsis model induced by cecal ligation and puncture was used to study the role of endogenous carbon monoxide in hypotension pathogenesis of rats during septic shock. After administration of zinc deuteroporphyrin 2,4-bisglycol (ZnDPBG),an inhibitor of heme oxygenase (HO),blood pressure (BP),HO activity and carbon monoxide (CO) release from vascular muscle tissue were measured. The results showed that BP of sepsis rats,including systolic and diastolic arterial BP,decreased significantly while HO activity and CO content were significantly increased. In contrast,after administration of ZnDPBG,BP of sepsis rats was significantly increased while the HO activity and CO production were significantly decreased. These findings suggest that HO activity and CO release within vascular musculature are increased during septic shock;inhibition of HO may elevate BP of rats during septic shock through a decrease of endogenous CO production. It is concluded that endogenous CO derived from vascular muscle cells plays an important role in regulating vascular tone,and the up-regulation of HO activity followed by subsequent CO production contributes to hypotension pathogenesis during septic shock.     

内源性一氧化碳在大鼠败血症休克时低血压发生机制中的作用

A sepsis model induced by cecal ligation and puncture was used to study the role of endogenous carbon monoxide in hypotension pathogenesis of rats during septic shock. After administration of zinc deuteroporphyrin 2,4-bisglycol (ZnDPBG),an inhibitor of heme oxygenase (HO),blood pressure (BP),HO activity and carbon monoxide (CO) release from vascular muscle tissue were measured. The results showed that BP of sepsis rats, including systolic and diastolic arterial BP, decreased significantly while HO activity and CO content were significantly increased. In contrast, after administration of ZnDPBG, BP of sepsis rats was significantly increased while the HO activity and CO production were significantly decreased. These findings suggest that HO activity and CO release within vascular musculature are increased during septic shock; inhibition of HO may elevate BP of rats during septic shock through a decrease of endogenous CO production. It is concluded that endogenous CO derived from vascular muscle cells plays an important role in regulating vascular tone, and the up-regulation of HO activity followed by subsequent CO production contributes to hypotension pathogenesis during septic shock.     

Effect of hypophysectomy, adrenalectomy, pituitary hormone secretion and gastric acid secretion on neurotensin induced gastric protection against stress gastric lesions

In previous studies we have established that intracisternal (i.c.) but not peripheral (intravenous) administration of neurotensin (NT), a brain and gastrointestinal tridecapeptide, totally prevents the development of gastric lesions produced by cold-restraint stress (CRS) with food-deprived rats. In this investigation, removal of the pituitary and adrenal gland, anterior pituitary hormone secretion and gastric acid secretion were evaluated independently as potential intermediates for NT's protective effect. NT (30 micrograms) produced a significant reduction of gastric lesions incidence and severity in intact and sham-operated controls. Adrenalectomy, but not hypophysectomy totally blocked the protective effect of i.c. NT. In addition, replacement therapy with s.c. prednisone (1 mg/kg) for 5 days following adrenalectomy did not restore the protective activity of central (i.c.) NT in adrenalectomized rats. A significant reduction of serum levels of TSH, PRL and GH following i.c. NT (30 micrograms) was observed after 2h of CRS. The gastrosecretory studies revealed that i.c. NT (30 micrograms) did not affect gastric acid secretion in pylorus ligated rats. However, blockade of peripheral (gut) cholinergic (muscarinic) receptors with i.p. atropine methylbromide (1 mg/kg) significantly raised gastric pH and reduced gastric acid concentration and output. In conclusion, the results of this study indicate that the acute protective effect of brain NT appears to be mediated, at least in part, by the sympathoadrenomedullary axis, and not by the pituitary gland or substances derived from the pituitary or by inhibition of gastric acid secretion.     

内源性CO对内皮素促大鼠主动脉平滑肌细胞增殖及MAPK活性的影响

血红素加氧酶（ｈｅｍｅ ｏｘｙｇｅｎａｓｅ,ＨＯ）是血红素分解代谢过程中的限速酶,它能使细胞内的血红素降解成胆绿素和一氧化碳（ｃａｒｂｏｎｍｏｎｏｘｉｄｅ,ＣＯ）,近来资料表明内源性一氧化碳对生理和病理状态下的血管张力有重要的调节作用,目前尚不不禁内源性ＨＯ／ＣＯ刘否参与平滑肌细胞增殖过程的调节,本实验在体内培养的大鼠主动脉平滑肌细胞模型上,用血色素加氧酶抑制剂卟啉锌－９（ｚｉｎｃ ｐｒｏｔｏｐｏ     

脂多糖诱导大鼠主动脉血红素氧合酶-1表达及其对血管反应性的影响

目的：探讨血红素－HO－1－CO－cGMP道路对内毒素血症大鼠主动脉血管张力的影响及其分子机制。方法：用离体血管环张力测定技术,观察静脉注射脂多糖（LPS）6h,大鼠胸主动脉环（TARs)对苯肾上腺素（PE）累积收缩反应。分别用一氧化碳（CO）供体正缺血红素（He),血红素氧合酶－1（HO－1）抑制剂锌原卟啉（ZnPP-IX),鸟苷酸环化酶（sGC)抑制剂亚甲兰（MB）预卵育后,测定TARs对PE收缩反应的变化。分别测定主动脉中CO含量,HO－1活性,Western blot测定HO－1蛋白含量,RT－PCR检测HO－1 mRNA表达的改变。结果：LPS组TARs对PE累积收缩反应明显降低,ZnPP-IX可部分逆转低收缩反应,MB可完全逆转低收缩反应,而用He可加重低收缩反应状态;LPS组动脉组织中CO的含量上升,HO－1活性、蛋白表达量和mRNA表达均明显增加。结论：LPS可使主动脉HO－1基因表达上调,蛋白含量及酶活性明显增加,表明启动血红素－HO－1－CO－cGMP通路,是介导ES大鼠主动脉低收缩反应重要机制之一。     

Metabolic syndrome increases endogenous carbon monoxide production to promote hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in obese Zucker rats

Vascular heme oxygenase (HO) metabolizes heme to form carbon monoxide (CO). Increased heme-derived CO inhibits nitric oxide synthase and can contribute to hypertension via endothelial dysfunction in Dahl salt-sensitive rats. Obese Zucker rats (ZR) are models of metabolic syndrome. This study tests the hypothesis that endogenous CO formation is increased and contributes to hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in obese ZR. Awake obese ZR showed increased respiratory CO excretion, which was lowered by HO inhibitor administration [zinc deuteroporphyrin 2,4-bis glycol (ZnDPBG) 25 micromol.kg(-1).24 h(-1) ip]. In awake obese ZR, chronically instrumented with femoral arterial catheters, blood pressure was elevated but was decreased by the HO inhibitor ZnDPBG. Body weight, blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, plasma insulin, total and LDL cholesterol, oxidized LDL, and triglyceride levels were elevated in obese ZR, and, except for LDL cholesterol, were unchanged by HO inhibition. Total HO-1 protein levels were not different between lean and obese ZR aortas. In vitro experiments used isolated skeletal muscle arterioles with constant pressure and no flow, or constant midpoint, but altered endpoint pressures to establish graded levels of luminal flow. In obese ZR arterioles, responses to ACh and flow were attenuated. Acute in vitro pretreatment with an HO inhibitor, chromium mesoporphyrin, enhanced ACh and flow-induced dilation and abolished the differences between groups. Furthermore, exogenous CO prevented the restoration of flow-induced dilation by the HO inhibitor in obese ZR arterioles. These results suggest that HO-derived CO production is increased and promotes hypertension and arteriolar endothelial dysfunction in obese ZR with metabolic syndrome independent of affecting metabolic parameters.     

Carbon monoxide protects PC12 cells from peroxynitrite-induced apoptotic death by preventing the depolarization of mitochondrial transmembrane potential

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), the rate-limiting enzyme in catalyzing heme degradation into biliverdin, free iron, and carbon monoxide (CO), serves as a protective enzyme against oxidative and nitrosative stresses. In the present study, we investigated the cytoprotective effects of HO-1 upregulation and its product CO against the peroxynitrite-induced PC12 cell death. PC12 cells treated with 3-morphoinosydonimine (SIN-1), a generator of peroxynitrite (ONOO-), underwent apoptotic cell death as evidenced by dissipation of mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsim), release of mitochondrial cytochrome c into cytoplasm, cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase and fragmentation of internucleosomal DNA. Pretreatment of PC12 cells with a low non-toxic concentration of SIN-1 (0.5 mM) induced HO-1 expression and abrogated the cell death caused by subsequent challenge with high dose SIN-1 (2.5 mM). Furthermore, pretreatment of PC12 cells with SnCl2, a potent inducer of HO-1 expression, increased endogenous production of CO (HO activity) and rescued the PC12 cells from peroxynitrite-induced apoptosis. The cytoprotective effect of SnCl2 was abolished when the HO activity was inhibited by zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP IX). PC12 cells treated directly with the CO-releasing molecule, tricarbonyldichlororuthenium (II) dimer ([Ru(CO)3Cl2]2) became tolerant to the depolarization of DeltaPsim and apoptosis induced by high dose peroxynitrite. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the adaptive protection against peroxynitrite-induced apoptotic death in PC12 cells is mediated by CO formed as a consequence of HO-1 induction.     

内源性一氧化碳在大鼠高血压发病中的作用

本实验研究内源性血红素氧化酶／一氧化碳系统在大鼠高血压发病听作用。２,４二甘油次卟啉锌是体内ＨＯ活必抑制剂 。     

Impairment of Nitric Oxide Synthase but Not Heme Oxygenase Accounts for Baroreflex Dysfunction Caused by Chronic Nicotine in Female Rats

We recently reported that chronic nicotine impairs reflex chronotropic activity in female rats. Here, we sought evidence to implicate nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and/or heme oxygenase (HO) in the nicotine-baroreflex interaction. Baroreflex curves relating changes in heart rate to increases (phenylephrine) or decreases (sodium nitroprusside) in blood pressure were generated in conscious female rats treated with nicotine or saline in absence and presence of pharmacological modulators of NOS or HO activity. Compared with saline-treated rats, nicotine (2 mg/kg/day i.p., for 14 days) significantly reduced the slopes of baroreflex curves, a measure of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS). Findings that favor the involvement of NOS inhibition in the nicotine effect were (i) NOS inhibition (N _ω-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, L-NAME) reduced BRS in control rats but failed to do so in nicotine-treated rats, (ii) L-arginine, NO donor, reversed the BRS inhibitory effect of nicotine. Alternatively, HO inhibition (zinc protoporphyrin IX, ZnPP) had no effect on BRS in nicotine- or control rats and failed to reverse the beneficial effect of L-arginine on nicotine-BRS interaction. Similar to female rats, BRS was reduced by L-NAME, but not ZnPP, in male rats and the L-NAME effect was not accentuated after concomitant administration of nicotine. Baroreflex dysfunction caused by nicotine in female rats was blunted after supplementation with hemin (HO inducer) but not tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer (CORM-2), a carbon monoxide (CO) releasing molecule, or bilirubin, the breakdown product of heme catabolism. The facilitatory effect of hemin was abolished upon simultaneous treatment with L-NAME or 1H-[1], [2], [4] oxadiazolo[4,3-a] quinoxalin-1-one (inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase, sGC). The activities of HO and NOS in brainstem tissues were also significantly increased by hemin. Thus, the inhibition of NOS, but not HO, accounts for the baroreflex depressant of chronic nicotine. Further, hemin alleviates the nicotine effect through a mechanism that is NOS/sGC but not CO or bilirubin-dependent.     

The regulating effect of heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide on hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remodeling

Hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remodeling (HPVSR) is the important pathologic basis of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH). The discoveries of endogenous gaseous messenger molecules, nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO), have been moving the research of HPVSR to a very new phase. But the effect and significance of heme oxygenase (HO)/CO on the development of HPVSR have not been fully understood. In this study, we observed the alteration of endogenous HO/CO system in five time points during 14 days and found that the content of CO in lung homogenates in rats with HPVSR increased in a time-dependent double-peak manner. Exogenous supply of ZnPP-IX, an inhibitor of HO-1, decreased the content of CO in lung homogenate, decreased the expression of Fas and apoptotic cells in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs), up-regulated the expression of PCNA in PASMCs, and worsened HPH and HPVSR of hypoxic rats. Meanwhile, exogenous supply of CO played an adverse action. The results showed that the up-regulation of HO/CO exerted a protective role in the development of HPVSR.     

Attenuation of stress-induced gastric lesions by lansoprazole, PD-136450 and ranitidine in rats

Combining restraint with cold temperature (4°C) consistently induces gastric ulceration in rats after 3.5 h. The cold restraint-stress (CRS) method provides a suitable model for acute ulcer investigations. This study compares the antiulcer activities of lansoprazole (a proton pump inhibitor), PD-136450 (CCK(2)/gastrin receptor antagonist) and ranitidine (histamine H(2) receptor antagonist) on CRS-induced gastric ulcers in rats. The results have shown that lansoprazole, which is a potent anti-secretory agent, provides complete protection in this model of ulcer formation. The use of indomethacin pretreatment to inhibit the prostaglandin (PG) synthesis and N(G)-nitro L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) pretreatment to inhibit nitric oxide synthase did not alter the lansoprazole-induced inhibition of ulcer index obtained in the untreated Wistar rats indicating that these two systems were not involved in the activation of lansoprazole. PD-136450, an effective anti-secretory agent against gastrin- but not dimaprit-induced stimulation, evoked a dose-dependent inhibition of CRS-induced gastric ulcers. The results show that both PG and nitric oxide pathways can influence the inhibitory effect of PD-136450 against CRS-induced gastric ulcer. The antiulcer activities of both lansoprazole and PD-136450 were compared to that of ranitidine. The results showed that ranitidine was more potent than lansoprazole and PD-136450 in inhibiting CRS-induced gastric ulcers and its effect was shown to be influenced by PG as well as nitric oxide synthase. The results of this study have demonstrated that although lansoprazole, PD-136450 and ranitidine were protective against CRS-induced gastric ulcers, the antiulcer activities of PD-136450 and ranitidine involved both PG and nitric oxide pathways, while lansoprazole acted independently of these two systems during CRS.     

Effect of fish oil on offensive and defensive factors in gastric ulceration in rats

The effect of fish oil (FO) derived from Scomberoides commersonianus containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids was studied on gastric ulcers and as well as on offensive and defensive factors in gastric mucosal damage, following experimental gastric ulceration. FO significantly reduced the severity of ulceration in gastric ulcers induced by aspirin, cold-restraint stress (CRS), alcohol, and pylorus ligation. The results also indicated the potentiality of FO in maintaining the integrity of gastric mucosa by virtue of its effect on both offensive and defensive gastric mucosal factors. It decreased the offensive acid-pepsin secretion and augmented the defensive factors like mucin secretion, cellular mucus and life span of mucosal cells following pylorus ligation. FO significantly increased activity of anti-oxidant enzymes (catalase and glutathione peroxidase) and decreased lipid peroxidation in gastric mucosa of CRS rats. The study indicates the beneficial role of FO in gastric ulceration by inhibition of offensive mucosal factors and oxidative stress, and augmentation of defensive mucosal factors.     

Inhibition of heme oxygenase augments tubular sodium reabsorption

Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the degradation of heme to form iron, biliverdin, and carbon monoxide (CO). The vascular actions of CO include direct vasodilation of vascular smooth muscle and indirect vasoconstriction through inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). This study was performed to examine the effects in the kidney of inhibition of heme oxygenase alone or combined with NOS inhibition. Chromium mesoporphyrin (CrMP; 45 μmol/kg ip), a photostable HO inhibitor, was given to control rats and N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME)-treated hypertensive rats (50 mg·kg?1·day?1), 12 h, 4 days). In control animals, CrMP decreased CO levels, renal HO-1 levels, urine volume, and sodium excretion, but had no effect on arterial pressure, renal blood flow (RBF), plasma renin activity (PRA), or glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In l-NAME-treated hypertensive rats, CrMP decreased endogenous CO and renal HO-1 levels and had no effect on arterial pressure, RBF, or GFR but decreased sodium and water excretion in a similar manner to control animals. An increase in PRA was observed in untreated rats but not in l-NAME-infused rats, indicating that this effect is associated with an absent NO system. The results suggest that inhibition of HO promotes water and sodium excretion by a direct tubular action that is independent of renal hemodynamics or the NO system.     

大鼠肢体缺血/再灌注后肝脏 HO-1表达的变化及其意义

目的:探讨肢体缺血/再灌注(I/R)致肝脏损伤时肝组织诱导型血红素氧合酶(HO-1)表达的变化及其意义.方法:夹闭大鼠双侧股动脉根部4 h、开放2～24 h,制备肢体I/R模型.RT-PCR检测肝组织HO-1 mRNA表达的变化,免疫组化染色法观察HO-1蛋白在肝内的生成与分布.对肢体I/R大鼠应用锌原卟啉抑制其体内HO-1活性后,光镜观察其肝组织的病理变化.结果:肢体I/R后肝组织HO-1 mRNA的表达水平显著高于各对照组,再灌12 h表达至峰值,至再灌24 h仍显著高于各对照组(P＜0.01).肢体I/R组肝组织内出现大量弥散分布的HO-1阳性肝细胞,抑制HO-1活性,使肢体I/R组肝组织损伤明显加重.结论:肢体I/R损伤可诱导肝细胞HO-1基因表达上调,所诱生的HO-1对肝细胞具有保护效应.     

内源性一氧化碳与一氧化氮在高血压发病中的相互作用 …

目的和方法：采用ＨＯ活性抑制剂诱导大鼠高血压模型,观察血压变化、主动脉ＨＯ和ＮＯＳ活性、ＣＯ和ＮＯ产生释放,并测定血浆和主动脉平滑肌组织中ｃＧＭＰ含量,以探讨内源性ＮＯ和ＣＯ在高血压发生机制中的作用及其相互关系。结果：大鼠应用ＨＯ抑制剂ＺｎＤＰＢＧ腹腔注射２周后,继续饲养到第４周出现持续而稳定的高血压,同时总ＮＯＳ（ｔＮＯＳ）和诱导型ＮＯＳ（ｉＮＯＳ）的活性分别增加４５．４％和７３．３％（均为Ｐ〉