Aberrant utilization of nitric oxide and regulation of soluble guanylate cyclase in rat diabetic retinopathy

Silke Schaefer, Mayumi Kajimura, Shingo Tsuyama, Koji Uchida, Eisuke Sato, Masayasu Inoue, Makoto Suematsu, Kenji Watanabe

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Although nitric oxide (NO) was shown not only to exert biological activities through activation of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), but also to cause oxidative stress, mechanisms for switching these pathways are unknown. This study aimed to examine aberrant utilization of NO under disease conditions such as diabetes mellitus. Diabetes was induced in male Wistar rats by injecting streptozotocin (STZ; 50 mg/kg body weight, i.p.). Retina was perfusion-fixed for immunohistochemistry to detect the gas-mediated activation of sGC by anti-sGC antibodies that are function-sensitive [monoclonal antibody (MoAb) 3221] and -insensitive (MoAb28131). Regional lipid peroxidation was also examined by an anti-acrolein MoAb. At 6 weeks after STZ injection, inducible NO synthase induction became evident, coinciding with the overproduction of nitrotyrosine, followed by that of acrolein. Despite such NO overproduction, sGC did not exhibit any notable activation. When STZ-treated animals were posttreated with a derivative of superoxide dismutase that stays in circulation without undergoing renal ultrafiltration, immunoreactivities to MoAb3221 but not to MoAb28131 increased markedly in diabetic retina, suggesting that superoxide cancels free NO for local sGC activation. These results provide evidence of aberrant utilization of NO and suggest that superoxide plays a role in interfering with NO-mediated sGC activation for phototransducing events in this neural tissue.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)457-465
ページ数9
ジャーナルAntioxidants and Redox Signaling
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DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2003 8月
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 生化学
  • 生理学
  • 分子生物学
  • 臨床生化学
  • 細胞生物学

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