Co-expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and arginases in different human monocyte subsets. Apoptosis regulated by endogenous NO

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• 作者：Rouzaut ; Ana ; Subirá ; M. Luisa ; de Miguel ; Carlos ; Domingo-de-Miguel ; Eduardo ; Gonzá ; lez ; Alvaro ; et. al.
• 关键词：Nitric oxide synthase ; Arginase ; Human monocyte ; Apoptosis ; PBMC ; peripheral blood mononuclear cells ; iNOS ; inducible nitric oxide synthase ; A-I ; arginase I ; A-II ; arginase II ; NMLA ; N-methyl-L-arginine ; PE ; phycoerythrin ; PI ; propidium iodine ; TIA ; T cel
• 刊名：Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Molecular Cell Research
• 出版年：1999
• 出版时间：September 21, 1999
• 年：1999
• 卷：1451
• 期：2-3
• 页码：319-333
• 全文大小：596 K

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Human monocyte subsets, isolated from cultures of mononuclear cells, or freshly obtained from patients with multiple sclerosis, Graves‘ disease or pemphigus vulgaris, differed in phenotype, apoptotic features, mRNA levels of arginase II (A-II) and the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). Liver-type arginase I mRNA was present in all subsets. Apoptosis was followed by the expression of T cell intracellular antigen (TIA) and the simultaneous detection of DNA stainability by propidium iodine and annexin V binding. Apoptosis was practically absent both in activated CD14⁺⁺CD33⁺⁺DR⁺⁺CD25⁺⁺CD69⁺⁺CD71^++/+CD16⁻ cells, expressing A-II mRNA and having arginase activity, but not iNOS mRNA, and in not fully mature large CD14⁺⁺CD16⁺CD23⁺DR⁺⁺ monocytes, expressing simultaneously both mRNAs and having both enzyme activities. However, differentiated small CD14^+/++CD16⁺CD69⁺CD25^+/−CD71⁺⁺CD23⁺DR⁺⁺ monocytes, expressing high levels of iNOS mRNA, exhibited apoptotic signs. Amounts of NO synthesised by monocytes co-expressing iNOS and arginase changed with the addition of arginine or an iNOS inhibitor; in that case a correlation of NO production and apoptotic features was observed. Data suggest a regulatory role for endogenous NO in apoptosis of stimulated and differentiated monocytes, and also that iNOS and A-II, when simultaneously present, could control the production of NO as a consequence of their competition for arginine.