Modulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in rat intestinal cells by colon tumor promoters.

  • Authors:
    • Y Hirose
    • C V Rao
    • B S Reddy
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  • Published online on: January 1, 2001     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.18.1.141
  • Pages: 141-147
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Abstract

Metabolic epidemiological studies in humans and laboratory animal models demonstrate that consumption of diets high in fat and low in fiber excrete increased levels of 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol (DAG) and secondary bile acids such as deoxycholic acid (DA) and lithocholic acid that have been shown to promote colon carcinogenesis. The secondary bile acids and DAG have been shown to activate protein kinase C (PKC) and induce colonic cell proliferation. A large body of evidence indicates that iNOS, an inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthase, is over-expressed in human colon adenomas and in chemically-induced colon tumors of laboratory animals. However, the precise cascade of intracellular events that leads to the iNOS over-expression remains to be fully explored. In this study, we investigated the relationship between induction of iNOS and activation of the PKC pathway by DAG and DC, in an in vitro system using the rat intestinal cell line, RIE-1. As an initial step, we determined whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) modulate iNOS protein expression in RIE-1 cells. Treatment of RIE-1 cells with LPS and PMA for 4 h significantly elevated the iNOS protein expression. The induction of iNOS by the treatment with LPS/PMA was concentration- and time-dependent. Treatment with LPS/DAG or LPS/DC also caused iNOS over-expression in a concentration- and time-dependent fashion suggesting that DAG and DC induce iNOS activity in intestinal cells. Pretreatment with specific PKC inhibitors, bisindolylmaleimide I or Gö 6976, inhibited LPS/PMA, LPS/DAG, or LPS/DC-induced iNOS expression and activity. Extracts of the cells treated with LPS/PMA, LPS/DAG or LPS/DC had a high iNOS activity compared to that of control (p<0.04 to p<0.0001). Taken together, our data suggest a possible role of colon tumor promoters, DAG and DC, for iNOS over-expression through activation of the PKC pathway.

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Hirose Y, Rao C and Reddy B: Modulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in rat intestinal cells by colon tumor promoters.. Int J Oncol 18: 141-147, 2001
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Hirose, Y., Rao, C., & Reddy, B. (2001). Modulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in rat intestinal cells by colon tumor promoters.. International Journal of Oncology, 18, 141-147. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.18.1.141
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Hirose, Y., Rao, C., Reddy, B."Modulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in rat intestinal cells by colon tumor promoters.". International Journal of Oncology 18.1 (2001): 141-147.
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Hirose, Y., Rao, C., Reddy, B."Modulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in rat intestinal cells by colon tumor promoters.". International Journal of Oncology 18, no. 1 (2001): 141-147. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.18.1.141