Abstract:
:We have studied the effect of nitric oxide (NO) and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), two reactive oxygen species (ROS) on histamine release (HR) from RBL-2H3 cells, a rat mucosal-type mast cell line. Marked HR was elicited by antigen (DNP-HSA), calcium ionophore A23187, sodium fluoride or phospholipase C, but not with compound 48/80 or 1,2-dioctanoyl-sn-glycerol. The NO-synthase substrate L-arginine and its inactive enantiomer (D-arginine), each on its own, induced a small but significant increase in HR above the basal level. However, the NO-donors (sodium nitroprusside or NaNO(3)) or the NO-synthase inducer lipopolysaccharide did not induce HR. Moreover, methylene blue (MB), which inhibits guanylate cyclase and N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA), an inhibitor of NO synthase, were also without effect on either the basal HR or the L-arginine-induced HR. HR induced by A23187, DNP-HSA, sodium fluoride or phospholipase C was markedly reduced by MB, but mildly by L-NA (both at 1-100 microM). H(2)O(2) (0.01-1.0 mM) on its own did not induce HR, but it had a potent inhibitory effect on DNP-HSA- or A23187-induced HR, which was not reversed by L-NA (1-100 microM). Taken together, it seems that neither the stimulatory nor the inhibitory effects of the NO-related compounds on HR can be attributed to NO, but rather to other mechanisms. The inhibition of HR by H(2)O(2) also does not involve NO and suggests a negative feedback regulatory role for the peroxide in the allergic inflammation.
journal_name
Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Wan BY,Peh KH,Ho M,Assem ESdoi
10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00770-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-12-01 00:00:00pages
1537-44issue
11eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
S0006-2952(01)00770-5journal_volume
62pub_type
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