Gene expression of two kinds of constitutive nitric oxide synthase in injured spinal cord tissue
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Published on: October 7, 2014
Chenglong Liu1, Anmin Jin, Chusong Zhou
1Department of Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China. lclong@mail.china.com
Objective:
To investigate the gene expression of two kinds of constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS): neuronal NOS (nNOS) and endothelial NOS (eNOS) in injured spinal cord tissue.
Methods:
Thirty-six adult Sprague-Dawley rats were divided randomly into six groups: the normal group and the injury groups (2, 6, 12, 24, 48 h after injury, respectively). A compression injury model of the spinal cord wa s ma de and gene expression of nNOS and eNOS were examined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Results:
The gene expression of nNOS and eNOS was detected in the normal group and they were up-regulated quickly after injury, reaching the maximum at 6 h. There was no difference between gene expression of nNOS and eNO S in the normal group, but in each injury group the gene expression of eNOS was much higher than that of nNOS.
Conclusions:
Expression of constitutive NOS (cNOS) in spinal co rd tissue was up-regulated after injury mainly in the early stage. cNOS as a wh ole offers protection in spinal cord injury, but different cNOS may play different roles.
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