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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 274: G797-G801, 1998;
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Vol. 274, Issue 5, G797-G801, May 1998

Nitric oxide regulates energy metabolism and Bcl-2 expression in intestinal epithelial cells

Manabu Nishikawa1,2, Kenta Takeda1, Eisuke F. Sato1, Tetso Kuroki2, and Masayasu Inoue1

Departments of 1 Biochemistry and 2 Internal Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka 545, Japan

Nitric oxide (NO) inhibits the respiration of mitochondria and enteric bacteria, particularly under low O2 concentration, and induces apoptosis of various types of cells. To gain insight into the molecular role of NO in the intestine, we examined its effects on the respiration, Ca2+ status, and expression of Bcl-2 in cultured intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6). NO reversibly inhibited the respiration of IEC-6 cells, especially under physiologically low O2 concentration. Although NO elevated cytosolic Ca2+ as determined by the fura 2 method, the cells were fairly resistant to NO. Kinetic analysis revealed that prolonged exposure to NO elevated the levels of Bcl-2 and suppressed the NO-induced changes in Ca2+ status of the cells. Because Bcl-2 possesses antiapoptotic function, toxic NO effects might appear minimally in enterocytes enriched with Bcl-2. Thus NO might effectively exhibit its antibacterial action in anaerobic intestinal lumen without inducing apoptosis of Bcl-2-enriched mucosal cells.

mitochondria; respiration; apoptosis


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