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INFLAMMATION, CYTOKINES, AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION

Ascorbate inhibits iNOS expression and preserves vasoconstrictor responsiveness in skeletal muscle of septic mice

¹Lawson Health Research Institute, and Departments of ²Physiology and Pharmacology and ³Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1

Submitted 11 September 2002 ; accepted in final form 6 March 2003

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in blood vessels contributes to the vascular hyporeactivity characteristic of sepsis. Our previous work demonstrated in vitro that ascorbate inhibits iNOS expression in lipopolysaccharide- and interferon--stimulated skeletal muscle endothelial cells (ECs) through an antioxidant mechanism. The present study evaluated in vivo the hypothesis that administration of ascorbate decreases oxidative stress, prevents endothelial iNOS expression, and improves vascular reactivity in septic skeletal muscle. Sepsis was induced in C57BL/6 mice by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Plasma nitrite and nitrate (NOx) levels were elevated by 6 h after CLP. Prior ascorbate bolus injection (200 mg/kg body wt iv) blocked the elevation of plasma NOx and abolished the expression of iNOS protein and activity in the septic skeletal muscle. We also demonstrated that iNOS mRNA determined by RT-PCR was induced in the microvascular ECs of the muscle at 3 h after CLP. This induction was attenuated by prior ascorbate administration. Ascorbate inhibition of iNOS expression was associated with decreased oxidant levels in the septic muscle. Moreover, ascorbate administration restored partially the baseline arterial pressure and preserved completely the microvascular constriction and arterial pressure responses to norepinephrine in CLP mice. These results suggest that early administration of ascorbate may be a valuable adjunct treatment of sepsis.

oxidative stress; cecal ligation and puncture; arterial pressure; inducible nitric oxide synthase

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