Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.

<h4>Background</h4>There is evidence from various models of hypoxic-ischemic injury (HII) that nitric oxide (NO) is protective. We hypothesized that either inhaled NO (iNO) or nitrite would alleviate brain injury in neonatal HII via modulation of mitochondrial function.<h4>Methods&...

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Main Authors: Peter Jung, Euntaik Ha, Meijuan Zhang, Carolyn Fall, Mindy Hwang, Emily Taylor, Samuel Stetkevich, Aditi Bhanot, Christopher G Wilson, Johnny D Figueroa, Andre Obenaus, Shannon Bragg, Beatriz Tone, Saburi Eliamani, Barbara Holshouser, Arlin B Blood, Taiming Liu
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
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author Peter Jung
Euntaik Ha
Meijuan Zhang
Carolyn Fall
Mindy Hwang
Emily Taylor
Samuel Stetkevich
Aditi Bhanot
Christopher G Wilson
Johnny D Figueroa
Andre Obenaus
Shannon Bragg
Beatriz Tone
Saburi Eliamani
Barbara Holshouser
Arlin B Blood
Taiming Liu
author_facet Peter Jung
Euntaik Ha
Meijuan Zhang
Carolyn Fall
Mindy Hwang
Emily Taylor
Samuel Stetkevich
Aditi Bhanot
Christopher G Wilson
Johnny D Figueroa
Andre Obenaus
Shannon Bragg
Beatriz Tone
Saburi Eliamani
Barbara Holshouser
Arlin B Blood
Taiming Liu
author_sort Peter Jung
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description <h4>Background</h4>There is evidence from various models of hypoxic-ischemic injury (HII) that nitric oxide (NO) is protective. We hypothesized that either inhaled NO (iNO) or nitrite would alleviate brain injury in neonatal HII via modulation of mitochondrial function.<h4>Methods</h4>We tested the effects of iNO and nitrite on the Rice-Vannucci model of HII in 7-day-old rats. Brain mitochondria were isolated for flow cytometry, aconitase activity, electron paramagnetic resonance, and Seahorse assays.<h4>Results</h4>Pretreatment of pups with iNO decreased survival in the Rice-Vannucci model of HII, while iNO administered post-insult did not. MRI analysis demonstrated that pre-HII iNO at 40 ppm and post-HII iNO at 20 ppm decreased the brain lesion sizes from 6.3±1.3% to 1.0±0.4% and 1.8±0.8%, respectively. Intraperitoneal nitrite at 0.165 μg/g improved neurobehavioral performance but was harmful at higher doses and had no effect on brain infarct size. NO reacted with complex IV at the heme a3 site, decreased the oxidative stress of mitochondria challenged with anoxia and reoxygenation, and suppressed mitochondrial oxygen respiration.<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study suggests that iNO administered following neonatal HII may be neuroprotective, possibly via its modulation of mitochondrial function.
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spelling doaj-art-15e8e2de73e6447fa8159ade077c977b2025-01-21T05:31:28ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01175e026828210.1371/journal.pone.0268282Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.Peter JungEuntaik HaMeijuan ZhangCarolyn FallMindy HwangEmily TaylorSamuel StetkevichAditi BhanotChristopher G WilsonJohnny D FigueroaAndre ObenausShannon BraggBeatriz ToneSaburi EliamaniBarbara HolshouserArlin B BloodTaiming Liu<h4>Background</h4>There is evidence from various models of hypoxic-ischemic injury (HII) that nitric oxide (NO) is protective. We hypothesized that either inhaled NO (iNO) or nitrite would alleviate brain injury in neonatal HII via modulation of mitochondrial function.<h4>Methods</h4>We tested the effects of iNO and nitrite on the Rice-Vannucci model of HII in 7-day-old rats. Brain mitochondria were isolated for flow cytometry, aconitase activity, electron paramagnetic resonance, and Seahorse assays.<h4>Results</h4>Pretreatment of pups with iNO decreased survival in the Rice-Vannucci model of HII, while iNO administered post-insult did not. MRI analysis demonstrated that pre-HII iNO at 40 ppm and post-HII iNO at 20 ppm decreased the brain lesion sizes from 6.3±1.3% to 1.0±0.4% and 1.8±0.8%, respectively. Intraperitoneal nitrite at 0.165 μg/g improved neurobehavioral performance but was harmful at higher doses and had no effect on brain infarct size. NO reacted with complex IV at the heme a3 site, decreased the oxidative stress of mitochondria challenged with anoxia and reoxygenation, and suppressed mitochondrial oxygen respiration.<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study suggests that iNO administered following neonatal HII may be neuroprotective, possibly via its modulation of mitochondrial function.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268282&type=printable
spellingShingle Peter Jung
Euntaik Ha
Meijuan Zhang
Carolyn Fall
Mindy Hwang
Emily Taylor
Samuel Stetkevich
Aditi Bhanot
Christopher G Wilson
Johnny D Figueroa
Andre Obenaus
Shannon Bragg
Beatriz Tone
Saburi Eliamani
Barbara Holshouser
Arlin B Blood
Taiming Liu
Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.
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title Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.
title_full Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.
title_fullStr Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.
title_full_unstemmed Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.
title_short Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury.
title_sort neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a neonatal rat model of hypoxic ischemic injury
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268282&type=printable
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