NOS isoforms in adult human osteocytes: Multiple pathways of NO regulation?

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作者
Caballero-Alias, AM
Loveridge, N
Lyon, A
Das-Gupta, V
Pitsillides, A
Reeve, J
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hosp, Dept Med, MRC,Bone Res Grp, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, England
[2] Univ London Royal Vet Coll, London, England
关键词
nitric oxide synthase; osteocytes; nNOS; osteoporosis; immunohistochemistry;
D O I
10.1007/s00223-003-0161-y
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Until now, eNOS has been considered to be the predominant osteocytic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoform in bone. We previously studied the distribution of eNOS protein expression in the human femoral neck because of its possible involvement in the response to load. Studies in rat and human fracture callus have shown that nNOS mRNA is expressed sometime after fracture, but no study has yet immunolocalized NOS isoforms in mature adult human bone. In this study, we have examined the distribution of NOS isoforms in iliac osteocytes. Frozen sections (10 mum) were cut from transiliac biopsies from 8 female osteoporotic patients (range, 56-80 years) and from 7 female postmortem femoral neck biopsies (range, 65-90 years). Sections were incubated overnight in antiserum for eNOS, nNOS, or iNOS followed by peroxidase/VIP substrate detection. We used eNOS and iNOS antisera directed against the C-terminus. For nNOS, three different antisera were used, two binding to different C-terminal epitopes and one binding to N-terminal epitope. Sections were then incubated in propidium iodide or methyl green to detect all osteocytes. eNOS antibody was able to detect eNOS epitopes in osteocytes. All three nNOS antibodies detected nNOS epitopes in osteocytes, but those directed against the C-terminus had higher detection rates. iNOS was rarely seen. In the iliac crest, the percentage of osteocytes positive for nNOS was higher than that for eNOS (cortical: nNOS 84.04%, eNOS 61.78%, P < 0.05; cancellous: nNOS 82.33%, eNOS 65.21%, P < 0.05). In the femoral neck, the percentage of osteocytes positive for nNOS (60.98%) was also higher than that for eNOS (40.41%), although this difference was not statistically significant. In conclusion, both eNOS and nNOS isoforms are present in osteocytes in the iliac crest and femoral neck.
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