Effect of L-NAME on nitric oxide and gastrointestinal motility alterations in cirrhotic rats

作     者：Xin Wang Zong-You Zhang Mei Lan Ji-Yan Miao Xue-Gang Guo Yong-Quan Shi Yan-Qiu Zhao Jie Ding Kai-Cun Wu Dai-Ming Fan,Institute of Digestive disease,Xijing Hospital,Fourth Military Medical University,Xi’an 710032,Shaanxi Province,China Yue-Xia Zhong,Emergency Department,Tangdu Hospital,Fourth Military Medical University,Xi’an 710038,Shaanxi Province,China Ju Lu,Class EE 87,Department of Electronic Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084,China Bo-Rong Pan,Oncology Center,Xijing Hospital,Fourth Military Medical University,Xi’an 710032,Shaanxi Province,China 

作者机构：Institute of Digestive Diseases Xijing Hospital Fourth Military Medical University Xi'an 710033 Shaanxi Province China. 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2002年第8卷第2期

页      面：328-332页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China No.39970901 

主　　题：Animals Carbon Tetrachloride Digestive System Enzyme Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Motility Humans Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental Male NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester Nitric Oxide Nitric Oxide Synthase Random Allocation Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon 

摘      要：AIM: To investigate the effect of L-NAME on nitric oxide and gastrointestinal motility alterations in cirrhotic rats. METHODS: Rats with cirrhosis induced by carbon tetrachloride were randomly divided into two groups, one n =13 receiving ***(-1) per day of N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, for 10 days, whereas the other group (n =13) and control (n =10) rats were administrated the same volume of 9g.L(-1) saline. Half gastric emptying time and 2h residual rate were measured by SPECT, using (99m)Tc-DTPA-labeled barium sulfate as test meal. Gastrointestinal transition time was recorded simultaneously. Serum concentration of nitric oxide (NO) was determined by the kinetic cadmium reduction and colorimetric methods. Immunohistochemical SABC method was used to observe the expression and distribution of three types of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms in the rat gastrointestinal tract. Western blot was used to detect expression of gastrointestinal NOS isoforms. RESULTS: Half gastric emptying time and trans-gastrointestinal time were significantly prolonged(124.0 +/- 26.4 min; 33.7 +/- 8.9 min; 72.1 +/- 15.3 min; P0.01), (12.4 +/- 0.5h; 9.5 +/- 0.3h; 8.2 +/- 0.8h; P0.01), 2h residual rate was raised in cirrhotic rats than in controls and cirrhotic rats treated with L-NAME (54.9 +/- 7.6%,13.7 +/- 3.2%, 34.9 +/- 10.3%, P0.01). Serum concentration of NO was significantly increased in cirrhotic rats than in the other groups (8.20 +/- 2.48) micromol.L(-1), (5.94 +/-1.07) micromol.L(-1) and control (5.66 +/- 1.60 micromol.L(-1), P0.01. NOS staining intensities which were mainly located in the gastrointestinal tissues were markedly lower in cirrhotic rats than in the controls and cirrhotic rats after treated with L-NAME. CONCLUSION: Gastrointestinal motility was remarkably inhibited in cirrhotic rats, which could be alleviated by L-NAME. Nitric oxide may play an important role in the inhibition of gastrointestin