PMID- 7622526 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950825 LR - 20210210 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 270 IP - 28 DP - 1995 Jul 14 TI - Nitric oxide inhibits macrophage-colony stimulating factor gene transcription in vascular endothelial cells. PG - 17050-5 AB - Macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) contributes to atherogenesis by regulating macrophage-derived foam cells in atherosclerotic lesions. Here we report that nitric oxide (NO) inhibits the expression of M-CSF in human vascular endothelial cells independent of guanylyl cyclase activation. The induction of M-CSF mRNA expression by either oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) was attenuated by NO donors, S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), sodium nitroprusside (SNP), and 3-morpholinosydnonimine, but not by cGMP analogues, glutathione, or nitrite. Inhibition of endogenous NO production by N-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMA) also increased M-CSF expression in control and TNF alpha-stimulated cells. Nuclear run-on assays and transfection studies using M-CSF promoter constructs linked to chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene indicated that NO repressed M-CSF gene transcription through nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B). Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that activation of NF-kappa B by L-NMA, ox-LDL, and TNF alpha was attenuated by GSNO and SNP, but not by glutathione or cGMP analogues. Since the induction of M-CSF expression depends upon NF-kappa B activation, the ability of NO to inhibit NF-kappa B activation and M-CSF expression may contribute to some of NO's antiatherogenic properties. FAU - Peng, H B AU - Peng HB AD - Cardiovascular Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. FAU - Rajavashisth, T B AU - Rajavashisth TB FAU - Libby, P AU - Libby P FAU - Liao, J K AU - Liao JK LA - eng GR - HL02508/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL34636/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Lipoproteins, LDL) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Nitroso Compounds) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 57564-91-7 (S-Nitrosoglutathione) RN - 81627-83-0 (Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) SB - IM MH - Base Sequence MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*metabolism MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - Glutathione/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Lipoproteins, LDL/pharmacology MH - Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/*genetics MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/*physiology MH - Nitroso Compounds/pharmacology MH - S-Nitrosoglutathione MH - Transcription, Genetic/drug effects MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology EDAT- 1995/07/14 00:00 MHDA- 1995/07/14 00:01 CRDT- 1995/07/14 00:00 PHST- 1995/07/14 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1995/07/14 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1995/07/14 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(17)46947-X [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.270.28.17050 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1995 Jul 14;270(28):17050-5. doi: 10.1074/jbc.270.28.17050.