N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) has a wide spectrum of biological activities, either related to the ability to increase intracellular thiols or directly acting as an antioxidant. We used an in vivo animal model to study NAC modulation of nitric oxide (NO) production in response to lipopolysaccharide treatment. A comparison was made between NAC and the N-[3-(aminomethyl)benzyl] acetamidine (1400W), an inhibitor of the inducible NO synthase (iNOS). Both inhibit NO production, although NAC lacks any effect if given when iNOS is already induced; this indicates that the decrease of NO generation is not due to an effect on iNOS activity. We found that the DNA binding activity of nuclear transcription factor-kappaB in peripheral blood cells was inhibited by NAC given before lipopolysaccharide, whereas tumor necrosis factor-a secretion was not affected.

N-Acetylcysteine negatively modulates nitric oxide production in endotoxin-treated rats through inhibition of NF-ĸB activation / C., Rota; Bergamini, Stefania; F., Daneri; Tomasi, Aldo; F., Virgili; Iannone, Anna. - In: ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING. - ISSN 1523-0864. - STAMPA. - 4:1(2002), pp. 221-226. [10.1089/152308602753625988]

N-Acetylcysteine negatively modulates nitric oxide production in endotoxin-treated rats through inhibition of NF-ĸB activation

BERGAMINI, Stefania;TOMASI, Aldo;IANNONE, Anna
2002

Abstract

N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) has a wide spectrum of biological activities, either related to the ability to increase intracellular thiols or directly acting as an antioxidant. We used an in vivo animal model to study NAC modulation of nitric oxide (NO) production in response to lipopolysaccharide treatment. A comparison was made between NAC and the N-[3-(aminomethyl)benzyl] acetamidine (1400W), an inhibitor of the inducible NO synthase (iNOS). Both inhibit NO production, although NAC lacks any effect if given when iNOS is already induced; this indicates that the decrease of NO generation is not due to an effect on iNOS activity. We found that the DNA binding activity of nuclear transcription factor-kappaB in peripheral blood cells was inhibited by NAC given before lipopolysaccharide, whereas tumor necrosis factor-a secretion was not affected.
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N-Acetylcysteine negatively modulates nitric oxide production in endotoxin-treated rats through inhibition of NF-ĸB activation / C., Rota; Bergamini, Stefania; F., Daneri; Tomasi, Aldo; F., Virgili; Iannone, Anna. - In: ANTIOXIDANTS & REDOX SIGNALING. - ISSN 1523-0864. - STAMPA. - 4:1(2002), pp. 221-226. [10.1089/152308602753625988]
C., Rota; Bergamini, Stefania; F., Daneri; Tomasi, Aldo; F., Virgili; Iannone, Anna
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