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(Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 1997;17:737-740.)
© 1997 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Induction of Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Neointima Induced by a Periarterial Collar in Rabbits

J.F. Arthur; Z.L. Yin; H.M. Young; ; G.J. Dusting

From the Departments of Physiology and Anatomy and Cell Biology (H.M.Y.), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Correspondence to Prof G.J. Dusting, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. E-mail g.dusting{at}physiology.unimelb.edu.au

Abstract A Silastic collar placed around the common carotid artery of rabbits causes the formation, within 7 days, of an atheroma-like neointima containing cells with the appearance of synthetic-phenotype smooth muscle cells. Using immunohistochemistry, we detected the appearance of the cytokine-inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS, or isoform II) in the neointima of rabbits that had the collar in place for 7 or 14 days. This iNOS immunofluorescence collocalized with anti–smooth muscle myosin in the intima, indicating that it is expressed in smooth muscle cells, and iNOS was also present in a few endothelial cells in collared sections. There was no evidence of iNOS expression in the arterial wall before the neointima was apparent, that is, after only 2 days with the collar. The expression of endothelial NOS (eNOS, or isoform III) immunofluorescence was confined to the endothelial cells in control sections, as it was in collared sections with neointima at 7 and 14 days. Specific immunofluorescence for neuronal NOS (nNOS, or isoform I) was not observed in any sections. Our results suggest that nitric oxide is produced by the inducible isoform of NOS in modified smooth muscle cells of the developing neointima. Activity of iNOS might deprive the endothelium of substrate for nitric oxide production and might explain the compromised endothelium-dependent vasodilatation observed both in this model of atherosclerosis and in human coronary artery disease.

Key Words: atherosclerosis • neointima • nitric oxide • nitric oxide synthase • periarterial collar

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