Nitric oxide protects endothelial cells from tumor necrosis factor‐α‐mediated cytotoxicity: possible involvement of cyclic GMP
- 2 June 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 409 (1) , 46-48
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00480-8
Abstract
In cultured endothelial cells, incubation with TNF-α (50 ng/ml) for 48 h markedly reduced viability of endothelial cells. A 6 h preincubation with Sper/NO (0.03-−1 μM) protected endothelial cells in a concentration-dependent manner and increased viability by 63% of control. The NO scavenger PTIO (30 μM) completely abolished cytoprotection by Sper/NO. A cytoprotective effect comparable to Sper/NO was observed when preincubating the cells with 8-bromo cyclic GMP (1–10 μM). Moreover, no protection by Sper/NO occurred in the presence of ODQ (0.1 μM), a selective inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase. Our results demonstrate that NO produces a long-term endothelial protection against cellular injury by TNF-α, presumably via a cyclic GMP-dependent pathway.Keywords
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