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Okada M, Ogawa H, Takagi T, Nishihara E, Yoshida T, Hyodo J, Shinomori Y, Honda N, Fujiwara T, Teraoka M, Yamada H, Hirano SI, Hato N. A double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial of hydrogen inhalation therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1024634. [PMID: 36507329 PMCID: PMC9731512 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1024634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Hydrogen (H2) has been reported to be effective in reducing hearing loss due to several causes in animal studies. However, no study has examined the effectiveness of H2 in treating hearing loss in humans. Thus, we investigated whether H2 is effective for the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSNHL). Materials and methods We conducted a double-blind randomized controlled trial at six hospitals between June 2019 and March 2022. The study protocol and trial registration have been published in the Japan Registry of Clinical Trials (jRCT, No. jRCTs06119004). We randomly assigned patients with ISSNHL to receive either H2 (H2 group) or air as a placebo (control group) through inhalation combined with the administration of systemic glucocorticoids and prostaglandin E1. The primary outcome was the hearing threshold and changes in hearing threshold 3 months after therapy. In contrast, the secondary outcomes included the proportion of patients with a good prognosis (complete recovery or marked improvement). Results Sixty-five patients with ISSNHL (31 and 34 in the H2 and control groups, respectively) were included in this study. The hearing threshold 3 months after treatment was not significantly different between the groups; 39.0 decibels (dB) (95% confidence interval [CI]: 28.7-49.3) and 49.5 dB (95% CI: 40.3-58.7) in the H2 and control groups, respectively. In contrast, the changes in hearing threshold 3 months after treatment was 32.7 dB (95% CI: 24.2-41.3) and 24.2 dB (95% CI: 18.1-30.3) in the H2 and control groups, respectively. Consequently, the changes in hearing threshold were significantly better in the H2 group than in the control group (P = 0.048). However, no adverse effects due to the inhalation of H2 gas have been reported. Conclusion This is the first study to investigate the efficacy of H2 for the treatment of ISSNHL in humans. The results suggest that H2 therapy may be effective for ISSNHL treatment. Clinical trial registration [https://jrct.niph.go.jp/re/reports/detail/10442], identifier [jRCTs06119004].
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- Masahiro Okada
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan,*Correspondence: Masahiro Okada,
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan,Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime Prefectural Niihama Hospital, Niihama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan,Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime Prefectural Niihama Hospital, Niihama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Uwajima City Hospital, Uwajima, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Takanoko Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Public Health Research, Kurashiki Clinical Research Institute, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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- Department of Research and Development, MiZ Company Limited, Kamakura, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Japan
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Ogawa H, Okada M, Shudou M, Gyo K, Hato N. Prevention of ischemia-induced hearing loss by intravenous administration of hydrogen-rich saline in gerbil. Neurosci Lett 2017; 665:195-199. [PMID: 29223865 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2017.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Hydrogen-rich water, which is a potent antioxidant agent, was investigated for its protective effects against ischemic damage of the cochlea in gerbils. METHODS The animals were subjected to transient cochlear ischemia by occluding the bilateral vertebral arteries for l5min. Five milliliters of hydrogen-rich saline was then intravenously administered immediately after the insult. Saline without hydrogen was used as a control. Effects of hydrogen were evaluated using the auditory brainstem response (ABR) and histological studies of the inner ear. RESULTS In non-ischemia animals, ABR thresholds and histological findings of the cochlea did not change by administration of saline or hydrogen-rich saline. In contrast, transient cochlear ischemia caused a 24.2±3.8dB increase in the ABR threshold at 8kHz, and a decrease of 14.1%±1.8% in the number of inner hair cells (IHCs) at the basal turn on day 7. Ischemic damage was more severe at 16 and 32kHz. When the animals were treated with hydrogen-rich saline, cochlear damage was significantly reduced: the increase in ABR threshold was 11.7±2.6dB at 8kHz and the IHC loss was 7.5%±2.1% at the basal turn on day 7. The effects of hydrogen-rich saline were more prominent at higher frequencies. CONCLUSIONS Intravenous administration of hydrogen-rich saline was effective in preventing acute hearing loss due to transient cochlear ischemia.
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- Hideo Ogawa
- Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
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- Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
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- Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Analytical Bio-Medicine, Advanced Research Support Center (ADRES), Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
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- Takanoko Hospital, Otolaryngology, Takanoko 525-1, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-0925, Japan.
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- Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
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Montezuma K, Biojone C, Lisboa SF, Cunha FQ, Guimarães FS, Joca SRL. Inhibition of iNOS induces antidepressant-like effects in mice: pharmacological and genetic evidence. Neuropharmacology 2011; 62:485-91. [PMID: 21939674 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Revised: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent evidence has suggested that systemic administration of non-selective NOS inhibitors induces antidepressant-like effects in animal models. However, the precise involvement of the different NOS isoforms (neuronal-nNOS and inducible-iNOS) in these effects has not been clearly defined yet. Considering that mediators of the inflammatory response, that are able to induce iNOS expression, can be increased by exposure to stress, the aim of the present study was to investigate iNOS involvement in stress-induced behavioral consequences in the forced swimming test (FST), an animal model sensitive to antidepressant drugs. Therefore, we investigated the effects induced by systemic injection of aminoguanidine (preferential iNOS inhibitor), 1400W (selective iNOS inhibitor) or n-propyl-l-arginine (NPA, selective nNOS inhibitor) in mice submitted to the FST. We also investigated the behavior of mice with genetic deletion of iNOS (knockout) submitted to the FST. Aminoguanidine significantly decreased the immobility time (IT) in the FST. 1400W but not NPA, when administered at equivalent doses considering the magnitude of their Ki values for iNOS and nNOS, respectively, reduced the IT, thus suggesting that aminoguanidine-induced effects would be due to selective iNOS inhibition. Similarly, iNOS KO presented decreased IT in the FST when compared to wild-type mice. These results are the first to show that selective inhibition of iNOS or its knockdown induces antidepressant-like effects, therefore suggesting that iNOS-mediated NO synthesis is involved in the modulation of stress-induced behavioral consequences. Moreover, they further support NO involvement in the neurobiology of depression. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Anxiety and Depression'.
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- Karina Montezuma
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
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Feng C, Cao L, Zuo Z. RNA interference-produced autoregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:2488-92. [PMID: 21741974 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vector-mediated delivery of short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) to regulate gene expression holds a great therapeutic promise. We hypothesize that gene expression can be autoregulated with RNA interference. We used inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) as a gene model to test this hypothesis. Lipopolysaccharide dose-dependently increased iNOS in rat aortic smooth muscle cells and the nitrite production from these cells. These increases were attenuated in cells transfected with plasmids containing code for iNOS shRNA whose expression was controlled by an iNOS promoter. The production of shRNA was lipopolysaccharide dose-dependent. The lipopolysaccharide-induced iNOS expression in rat C6 glioma cells also was attenuated by transfection with plasmids containing the iNOS shRNA code. These results provide proof-of-concept evidence for using RNA interference technique to achieve autoregulation of gene expression.
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- Chenzhuo Feng
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0710, USA
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Safvati A, Cole N, Hume E, Willcox M. Mediators of neovascularization and the hypoxic cornea. Curr Eye Res 2009; 34:501-14. [PMID: 19899985 DOI: 10.1080/02713680902919557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The maintenance of corneal avascularity is essential to vision. The mechanisms by which the cornea becomes vascularized in response to inflammation or hypoxic stress are beginning to be elucidated. A detailed understanding of the molecular responses of the cornea to hypoxia is critical for prevention and development of novel treatments for neovascularization in a range of disease states. Here, we have examined the current literature on the major mediators of angiogenesis, which have previously been reported during hypoxia in the cornea in order to better understand the mechanisms by which corneal angiogenesis occurs in circumstances where the available oxygen is reduced. The normal cornea produces angiogenic factors that are regulated by the production of anti-angiogenic molecules. The various cell types of the cornea respond differentially to inflammatory and hypoxic stimuli. An understanding of the factors that may predispose patients to development of corneal blood vessels may provide an opportunity to develop novel prophylactic strategies. The difficulties with extrapolating data from other cell types and animal models to the cornea are also examined.
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- Aidin Safvati
- Vision Cooperative Research Centre and School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Yuan HB, Huang Y, Zheng S, Zuo Z. Hypothermic preconditioning reduces Purkinje cell death possibly by preventing the over-expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in rat cerebellar slices after an in vitro simulated ischemia. Neuroscience 2006; 142:381-9. [PMID: 16890370 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Revised: 06/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We showed that hypothermic preconditioning (HPC) increased survival of Purkinje neurons in rat cerebellar slices after oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD). HPC also reduced the OGD-increased expression of high mobility group I (Y) proteins, a transcription factor that can enhance inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression. iNOS is a putatively damaging protein that contributes to ischemic brain injury. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) can be induced by various stimuli to protect cells. We hypothesize that HPC induces neuroprotection by reducing the expression of putatively damaging proteins such as iNOS and/or by increasing the expression of putatively protective proteins such as HSPs. Cerebellar slices were prepared from adult male Sprague-Dawley rats and incubated in circulating artificial cerebrospinal fluid. OGD was for 20 min at 37 degrees C and was followed by a 5-h recovery at 37 degrees C before slices were used for morphological, immunohistochemical and Western analyses. HPC was performed by incubating slices at 33 degrees C for 20 min at 1 h before the OGD. HPC and aminoguanidine, an iNOS inhibitor, prevented OGD-induced Purkinje cell death/injury. OGD increased the expression of iNOS and nitrosylated proteins. These increases were abolished by aminoguanidine and HPC. Interestingly, the expression of HSP70 was increased by OGD but not by HPC. Our results suggest that an increased iNOS expression contributes to the pathophysiology of OGD-induced Purkinje neuronal death in our model. Our results also suggest the involvement of inhibiting the expression of the putatively damaging iNOS proteins in the HPC-induced neuroprotection. HSP70 may not contribute to the HPC-induced neuroprotection.
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- H-B Yuan
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, One Hospital Drive, PO Box 800710, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0710, USA
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Kang MJ, Kim HJ, Kim HK, Lee JY, Kim DH, Jung KJ, Kim KW, Baik HS, Yoo MA, Yu BP, Chung HY. The effect of age and calorie restriction on HIF-1-responsive genes in aged liver. Biogerontology 2006; 6:27-37. [PMID: 15834661 DOI: 10.1007/s10522-004-7381-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2004] [Accepted: 09/20/2004] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) regulates transactivation of several genes in response to hypoxia condition. We explore hepatic HIF-1 responsive gene regulation during aging and the age-related changes of the HIF-1 related gene activation in young and old rats. Results indicate that the aging process induces the activation of HIF-1alpha, which is accompanied by increased HIF-1 DNA binding. This increased binding activity is accompanied by the increase of HIF-1-dependent genes, heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), erythropoietin (EPO), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which all showed remarkable up-regulation during aging process. In contrast, the increased HIF-1 related gene expression was effectively blunted by the anti-oxidative action of calorie restriction in aged rat liver. We propose that age-related HIF-1 binding activity may well be influenced by the increased pro-oxidative conditions of aged animals, which up-regulate HIF-1-dependent gene expression.
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- Min Ju Kang
- College of Pharmacy, Aging Tissue Bank, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
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Morizane I, Hakuba N, Hyodo J, Shimizu Y, Fujita K, Yoshida T, Gyo K. Ischemic damage increases nitric oxide production via inducible nitric oxide synthase in the cochlea. Neurosci Lett 2005; 391:62-7. [PMID: 16154689 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Revised: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 08/17/2005] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The present study was designed to elucidate the dynamic changes of nitric oxide (NO) production in the perilymph and to investigate the immunostaining for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the cochlea for 7 days after transient cochlear ischemia. Moreover, aminoguanidine, which is a selective iNOS inhibitor, was administrated immediately following ischemia and every 24h thereafter for 7 days to investigate whether the production of NO is dependent on the iNOS pathway. Significant increases in the oxidative NO metabolites, nitrite (NO(2)(-)) and nitrate (NO(3)(-)), were measured on day 1 using an in vivo microdialysis and on-line high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system. The immunostaining for iNOS was strongly expressed on days 1 and 4 and returned to normal on day 7 after the ischemia. The administration of aminoguanidine reduced the oxidative NO metabolites on day 1 and suppressed the expression of iNOS. These findings suggest that transient ischemia causes a remarkable increase in NO production in the perilymph, which might be attributable to the iNOS pathway.
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- Isao Morizane
- Department of Otolaryngology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime 791-0295, Japan
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Ozden S, Tatlipinar S, Biçer N, Yaylali V, Yildirim C, Ozbay D, Güner G. Basal serum nitric oxide levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and different stages of retinopathy. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2003; 38:393-6. [PMID: 12956281 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-4182(03)80051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the basal serum levels of nitric oxide (NO) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and different stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with the levels in nondiabetic control subjects. METHODS The 39 patients with type 2 diabetes included in this study were divided by stage of DR into 3 groups: group A, those without DR; group B, those with background/preproliferative DR; and group C, those with proliferative DR. Eleven nondiabetic subjects made up the control group (group D). The NO concentration was determined indirectly by measuring the serum level of nitrite (NO2-) plus nitrate (NO3-) (NOx = NO2- plus NO3-) using a spectrophotometric method based on the Griess reaction. RESULTS The patients with type 2 diabetes had significantly higher levels of serum NOx than the nondiabetic controls (p = 0.0001). In addition, the levels in the patients with proliferative DR were significantly higher (p = 0.002) than the levels in the patients with nonproliferative or no DR. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated both elevated levels of serum NOx in diabetic patients as compared with nondiabetic controls and a relationship between NOx and DR severity. Hence, abnormal NO metabolism may have a role in the pathogenesis of DR.
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- Serap Ozden
- Department of Ophthalmology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.
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Matsuo K, Mori S, Ijichi T, Nakajima K, Kokufu T, Ihara N. EPC-K1 reduces the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in delayed neuronal death (DND). Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002; 977:292-5. [PMID: 12480763 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04828.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Koushun Matsuo
- Department of Neurology, Saiseikai Shiga Hospital, Ohashi 2-4-1, Ritto, Shiga 520-3046, Japan.
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Abu El-Asrar AM, Desmet S, Meersschaert A, Dralands L, Missotten L, Geboes K. Expression of the inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase in the retinas of human subjects with diabetes mellitus. Am J Ophthalmol 2001; 132:551-6. [PMID: 11589878 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9394(01)01127-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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PURPOSE Inducible nitric oxide synthase has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cerebral ischemic damage, in the angiogenic process and in diabetic vascular damage. This study was undertaken to determine whether inducible nitric oxide synthase is present in the retinas from human subjects with diabetes mellitus. METHODS This was an experimental immunohistochemical prospective study. Ten postmortem eyes from five subjects with diabetes mellitus, 10 eyes from five subjects without diabetes and without known ocular disease, and two eyes from one subject with unilateral ocular ischemic syndrome secondary to severe carotid artery obstruction were examined. We used immunohistochemical techniques and antibodies directed against inducible nitric oxide synthase, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and vimentin. The main outcome measure was immunoreactivity for these antibodies. RESULTS Immunoreactivity for inducible nitric oxide synthase was not observed in retinas from all subjects without diabetes and without ocular disease. Six retinas from three subjects with diabetes and nonproliferative retinopathy, and the retina from the eye with ocular ischemic syndrome showed immunoreactivity for inducible nitric oxide synthase in cells with elongated processes. Based on morphology and on glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin immunoreactivity, this inducible nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity appeared to localize to retinal Müller glial cells. CONCLUSIONS These observations suggest that Müller cells may be involved in the microvascular remodeling of the diseased retina and that high concentrations of nitric oxide produced by inducible nitric oxide synthase could contribute to neurotoxicity and angiogenesis that occur in diabetic retinopathy.
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- A M Abu El-Asrar
- Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11411, Saudi Arabia.
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