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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 278: C1191-C1199, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 6, C1191-C1199, June 2000

Bioactive products of arginine in sepsis: tissue and plasma composition after LPS and iNOS blockade

Mark J. Lortie, Shunji Ishizuka, Doron Schwartz, and Roland C. Blantz

Division of Nephrology/Hypertension, University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Health Care System, San Diego, California 92161

Blockade or gene deletion of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) fails to fully abrogate all the sequelae leading to the high morbidity of septicemia. An increase in substrate uptake may be necessary for the increased production of nitric oxide (NO), but arginine is also a precursor for other bioactive products. Herein, we demonstrate an increase in alternate arginine products via arginine and ornithine decarboxylase in rats given lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The expression of iNOS mRNA in renal tissue was evident 60 but not 30 min post-LPS, yet a rapid decrease in blood pressure was obtained within 30 min that was completely inhibited by selective iNOS blockade. Plasma levels of arginine and ornithine decreased by at least 30% within 60 min of LPS administration, an effect not inhibited by the iNOS blocker L-N6(1-iminoethyl)lysine (L-NIL). Significant increases in plasma nitrates and citrulline occurred only 3-4 h post-LPS, an effect blocked by L-NIL pretreatment. The intracellular composition of organs harvested 6 h post-LPS reflected tissue-specific profiles of arginine and related metabolites. Tissue arginine concentration, normally an order of magnitude higher than in plasma, did not decrease after LPS. Pretreatment with L-NIL had a significant impact on the disposition of tissue arginine that was organ specific. These data demonstrate changes in arginine metabolism before and after de novo iNOS activity. Selective blockade of iNOS did not prevent uptake and can deregulate the production of other bioactive arginine metabolites.

L-N6(1-iminoethyl)lysine; agmatine; polyamines; arginine decarboxylase; ornithine decarboxylase; nitric oxide; putrescine; ornithine; spermine; spermidine; lipopolysaccharide; inducible nitric oxide synthase


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