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Ras/myc-transformed serum-free mouse embryo cells under simulated inflammatory and infectious conditions increase levels of nitric oxide and matrix metalloproteinase-9 without a direct association between them

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Inflammatory and infectious conditions were simulated in cultures of ras/myc-transformed serum-free mouse embryo (ras/myc SFME) cells, using interferon-gamma (IFN-γ, 100 units/ml) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 0.5 μg/ml) co-treatment for 24 h, to investigate their effects on the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) mRNA and the production of NO. Aminoguanidine (AG, 1 mM; an NOS inhibitor) along with IFN-γ and LPS, S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine (SNAP, 100 μM; an NO donor) and/or (±)-N-[(E)-4-Ethyl-2-[(Z)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-3-hexene-1-yl]-3-pyridine carboxamide (NOR4, 100 μM; an NO donor), were also added to analyze the possible association of NO with matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1). Co-treatment of cells with IFN-γ and LPS increased iNOS mRNA expression, NO production, MMP-9 mRNA expression, and 105 kDa MMP-9 production. Additional treatment with the NOS inhibitor AG inhibited NO production, but did not down-regulate the expression of MMP-9 mRNA or 105 kDa MMP-9. The NO donors SNAP and NOR4 did not affect the expression of MMP-9 mRNA, 105 kDa MMP-9 or TIMP-1 mRNA. These results suggest that ras/myc SFME cells respond to infectious and inflammatory conditions and can enhance malignancy as cancer cells due to their increased levels of NO and MMP-9 production, but that NO is not directly associated with MMP-9 in these cells.

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Abbreviations

AG:

Aminoguanidine

ECM:

Extracellular matrix

EGF:

Epidermal growth factor

IFN-γ:

Interferon-gamma

iNOS:

Inducible nitric oxide synthase

IRF-1:

Interferon regulatory factor-1

LPS:

Lipopolysaccharide

MMP:

Matrix metalloproteinase

NF-κB:

Nuclear factor-kappaB

NO:

Nitric oxide

NOR4:

(±)-N-[(E)-4-ethyl-2-[(Z)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-3-hexene-1-yl]-3-pyridine carboxamide

NOS:

Nitric oxide synthase

SFME:

Serum-free mouse embryo

SNAP:

S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine

TIMP-1:

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Shirahata of Kyushu University, Japan, for the gift of ras/myc SFME cells. This study was partly supported by a grant-in-aid from the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan.

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  1. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aomori University, 2-3-1 Kobata, Aomori, 030-0943, Japan

    Hideaki Yamaguchi, Yumi Kidachi & Kazuo Ryoyama

  2. Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Aomori University, 2-3-1 Kobata, Aomori, 030-0943, Japan

    Hideaki Yamaguchi & Kazuo Ryoyama

  3. Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Life Sciences, Junior College, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, 1-38 Nakauzura, Gifu, 500-8288, Japan

    Hironori Umetsu

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Yamaguchi, H., Kidachi, Y., Umetsu, H. et al. Ras/myc-transformed serum-free mouse embryo cells under simulated inflammatory and infectious conditions increase levels of nitric oxide and matrix metalloproteinase-9 without a direct association between them. Mol Cell Biochem 306, 43–51 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-007-9552-0

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