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ArticleVascular health and risk management2008

Time-dependent alterations in serum NO concentration after oral administration of L-arginine, L-NAME, and allopurinol in intestinal ischemia/reperfusion.

Amalia E Yanni, Eleutherios Margaritis, Nikolaos Liarakos, Alkisti Pantopoulou, Maria Poulakou, Maria Kostakis, Despoina Perrea, Alkis Kostakis

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Article in Vascular health and risk management, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amalia E YanniDepartment of Science of Dietetics and Nutrition, Harokopio University of Athens,Athens, Greece. ayanni@hua.gr
Eleutherios Margaritis
Nikolaos Liarakos
Alkisti Pantopoulou
Maria Poulakou
Maria Kostakis
Despoina Perrea
Alkis Kostakis
Harokopio University of Athens · GR

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Abstract

objectiveTo study the effect of oral administration of a nitric oxide (NO) donor L-arginine (L-Arg), a NO synthase inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, allopurinol (Allo), on serum NO concentration and catalase activity after intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in rats.

methodsMale Wistar rats receivedper os L-Arg (800 mg/kg) or L-NAME (50 mg/kg) or Allo (100 mg/kg) 24 hrs, 12 hrs and 1 hr before underwent 1 hr occlusion of superior mesenteric artery followed by 1 hr of reperfusion (L-Arg(IR1), L-NAME(IR1) and Allo(IR1) respectively) or 1 hr occlusion followed by 8 hrs of reperfusion (L-Arg(IR8), L-NAME(IR8) and Allo(IR8) respectively). There was one group underwent 1 hr occlusion (I), a group underwent 1 hr occlusion followed by 1 hr reperfusion (IR1), a group subjected to 1 hr occlusion followed by 8 hrs of reperfusion (IR8) and a last group that served as control (C). Serum NO concentration and catalase activity were measured.

resultsAfter 1 hr of reperfusion serum NO concentration was elevated in IR1 and L-Arg(IR1) groups compared with group C but not in L-NAME(IR1) and Allo(IR1) group. Catalase activity was enhanced in L-NAME(IR1) group. Interestingly, serum NO concentration was increased after 8 hrs of reperfusion in all groups (IR8, L-Arg(IR8), L-NAME(IR8) and Allo(IR8)) compared with control while catalase activity did not show significant difference in any group.

conclusionsThe results of the present study show that NO concentration is elevated in serum after intestinal I/R and the elevation sustained after administration of L-Arg but not after administration of L-NAME or Allo after 1 hr reperfusion. However, after 8 hrs of reperfusion NO concentration was increased in all groups studied, focusing attention on its possible important role in a complicated situation such as intestinal I/R that involves intestine and other organs. Serum catalase activity does not seem to be affected by per os supplementation of L-Arg or Allo in intestinal I/R.

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Administration, OralAllopurinolAnimalsArginineCatalaseDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme InhibitorsIntestinal MucosaIntestinesMaleMesenteric Artery, SuperiorMesenteric Vascular OcclusionNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide DonorsNitric Oxide SynthaseAllopurinolArginineCatalaseEnzyme InhibitorsNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide DonorsNitric Oxide SynthaseXanthine Oxidase

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PMID18561519
PMCPMC2496980
OpenAlexW1653452152

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