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Role of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide in adult rat hepatocytes proliferating in vitro: Effects of CAS 1609
Authors:Petra Krause  Esther Wätzig  Hasan Acil  Sarah König  Kirsten Unthan-Fechner  Dimitrios Tsikas  Irmelin Probst
Institution:1. Department of General Surgery, University Göttingen, Germany;2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Universität Göttingen, Germany;3. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Abstract:During liver regeneration in vivo carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) are supposed to play a significant role. We raise the question whether CO and NO are involved in the growth process of cultured hepatocytes. Rat hepatocytes were stimulated into proliferation, growth being estimated by DNA content, mRNA by quantitative RT-PCR, and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) activity by GC–MS. Dexamethasone proved obligatory for fast proliferation. It suppressed the spontaneous rise of iNOS-mRNA in cultures devoid of glucocorticoids, but did not counteract the rise in mRNA in actively dividing cultures. Expression of iNOS-mRNA and cell growth were further enhanced by LiCl (10 mM). NOS activity was completely suppressed by the iNOS-specific inhibitors N-(3-(aminomethyl)benzyl) acetamidine (1400 W,100 μM) and l-N6-(1-iminoethyl)lysine (l-NIL, 500 μM), however, without a decrease in hepatocyte growth. Proliferation was attenuated only by very high concentrations (>0.5 mM) of N-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA). Various NO donors (at 100 μM) did not stimulate cell growth. The furoxan CAS 1609 stimulated growth, decreased iNOS-mRNA expression and transiently increased haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1)-mRNA without releasing considerable amounts of NO. 1H-1,2,4]Oxadiazolo4,3,-α]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) attenuated the action of CAS 1609. Proliferation was stimulated by Co-protoporphyrin and tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer (CORM-2). We conclude that CAS 1609 triggers hepatocyte mitosis most likely via direct, NO-independent induction of HO-1 expression, pointing to CO as a growth-promoting signal in the proliferation cascade in cultured hepatocytes.
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