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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 277: L616-L627, 1999;
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Vol. 277, Issue 3, L616-L627, September 1999

Enhanced expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase without vasodilator effect in chronically infected lungs

Elaine Cadogan, Natalie Hopkins, Shay Giles, John G. Bannigan, John Moynihan, and Paul McLoughlin

Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University College, Dublin 2, Ireland

We hypothesized that abnormal ventilation-perfusion matching in chronically infected lungs was in part due to excess nitric oxide (NO) production after upregulation of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression. Rats were anesthetized and inoculated intratracheally with Pseudomonas aeruginosa incorporated into agar beads (chronically infected) or with sterile agar beads (placebo inoculated) and killed 10-15 days later. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated increased expression of iNOS and reduced expression of endothelial NOS (eNOS) in chronically infected compared with placebo-inoculated or noninoculated lungs. In isolated lungs from chronically infected rats, NOS inhibition with Nomega -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester increased the mean perfusion pressure (14.4 ± 2.7 mmHg) significantly more than in the placebo-inoculated (4.8 ± 1.0 mmHg) or noninoculated (5.3 ± 0.8 mmHg) lungs (P < 0.01). Although the chronically infected lungs were more sensitive to NOS inhibition, further evidence suggested that the increased iNOS expression was not associated with enhanced iNOS activity. Selective inhibitors of iNOS did not produce an increase in vascular resistance similar to that produced by nonselective inhibitors. Accumulation of nitrate/nitrite in the perfusate of isolated lungs was unchanged by chronic infection. Thus although iNOS expression was increased in chronic pulmonary infection, iNOS activity in the intact lung was not. Nonetheless, endogenous NO production was essential to maintain normal vascular resistance in these lungs.

pulmonary vascular resistance; hypoxia; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; aminoguanidine; nitrate; nitrite


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