Abstract：
STUDY DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, experimental study. OBJECTIVES:The issue of whether nitric oxide (NO) production is beneficial or deleterious on ischemic injuries of the central nervous system still remains doubtful. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to induce the release of NO from endothelial cells. However, the effect of NO on VEGF synthesis is not clear. We aimed to determine the effects of L-arginine and NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on VEGF synthesis and free radicals in a rat model of spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. SETTING:Surgical Research Laboratory of a Medical School. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Twenty-eight Wistar rats were divided into four groups as follows (n=7): Sham, IR injury, L-arginine, and L-NAME. Infrarenal abdominal aorta was occluded to induce spinal cord ischemia. L-Arginine (100 mg/kg) and L-NAME (10 mg/kg) were given before aortic occlusion. Biochemical assays of malondialdehyde (MDA), NO and VEGF were carried out in spinal cord specimens. RESULTS:L-Arginine treatment significantly increased MDA and NO, but decreased VEGF levels in spinal cord. However, nonselective inhibition of NOS with L-NAME significantly decreased MDA and NO, but increased VEGF levels. Besides, the positive linear correlation between MDA and NO, and negative linear correlations between MDA, NO and VEGF levels have also been demonstrated. CONCLUSION:Nonselective inhibition of NO synthase activity with L-NAME attenuated free radical formation and increased VEGF level when compared with NO precursor L-arginine in a rat model of spinal cord ischemia. We suggest that inhibition of NO synthase, as well as induction of VEGF, may be a therapeutic option in spinal cord IR injury.
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Spinal Cordjournal_title
Spinal cordauthors
Savas S,Savas C,Altuntas I,Adiloglu Adoi
10.1038/sj.sc.3102066subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-02-01 00:00:00pages
113-7issue
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1362-4393issn
1476-5624pii
3102066journal_volume
46pub_type
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