氧化合成酶在性结肠炎和克罗恩病中的活性
N K Boughton-Smith1, S M Evans, C J Hawkey
1Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|August 7, 1993
概括
结肠粘膜中氧化 (NO) 合成酶活性升高与性结肠炎有关,但与克罗恩病无关. 这一发现表明NO在活跃的性结肠炎炎症和潜在的运动性问题中的作用.
科学领域:
- 胃肠病学 胃肠病学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 炎症刺激可以诱导氧化 (NO) 合成酶,导致过度的NO生产.
- 过度的NO有助于血管透性变化和组织损伤.
- 在炎症性肠道疾病中NO合成酶的活性尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 测量和比较患有性结肠炎和克罗恩病患者的结肠和肌肉中的NO合成酶活动与对照.
- 研究NO合成酶诱导在性结肠炎和克罗恩病病理生理学的潜在作用.
主要方法:
- 在结肠粘膜和肌肉组织中测量了NO合成酶活动.
- 从对照患者,性结肠炎患者和克罗恩病患者获得样本.
- 进行了统计分析,以比较各组之间的酶活性.
主要成果:
- 与对照组相比,性结肠炎患者的结肠粘膜中NO合成酶活性大约高出8倍 (p < 0.001).
- 与对照组相比,在性结肠炎患者的结肠肌肉或克罗恩病患者的任何组织中没有观察到NO合成酶活性的显著差异.
- 克罗恩病患者的粘膜NO合成酶活性与对照值没有差异.
结论:
- 结肠内NO合成酶在粘膜中的诱导与粘膜血管扩张和活性性结肠炎特征的血管透性增加有关.
- 增加的NO合成酶活性也可能导致与性结肠炎相关的有毒扩张中观察到的运动能力受损.
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