Sazonova EN, Lebed'ko OA, Pinaeva OG, Tsimbalist NA, Kupriyanova DA, Tarasov PK, Malofey YB. Role of Amino Acid Arginine and Nitric Oxide in Mechanisms of Cytoprotective Effect of Non-Opiate Leu-Enkephalin Analogue In Vitro.
Bull Exp Biol Med 2021;
172:270-275. [PMID:
34855076 PMCID:
PMC8636574 DOI:
10.1007/s10517-021-05374-2]
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Abstract
Incubation of primary culture of pulmonary fibroblasts with non-opiate analogue of leuenkephalin (NALE; Phe-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-Leu-Arg, 0.1 μM) reduced generation of superoxide anion-radical (by 20.7%) and decreased the number of p53+ cells (by 40.2%) induced by exposure to H2O2 (60 μM). The cytoprotective effect of NALE was potentiated by NO synthase inhibitor L-NAME (1 mM): the number of p53+ cells decreased by 65.3% and morphometric parameters of the cell nuclei and nucleoli were improved. Incubation of pulmonary fibroblasts culture with peptide G (Phe-D-Ala-Gly-Phe-Leu-Gly, 0.1 μM) also significantly reduced the damaging effect of H2O2: the number of p53+ cells decreased by 73.5%, the area of cell nuclei returned to normal, and generation of superoxide anion-radical decreased by 18.4%. These results indicate that C-terminal amino acid Arg and activation of NO synthase are not involved in the direct cytoprotective effect of NALE.
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