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Biochemical and Molecular Actions of Nutrients

Triacylglycerol-Mediated Oxidative Stress Inhibits Nitric Oxide Production in Rat Isolated Hepatocytes¹

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Rehovot 76100, Israel

²To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:Madar{at}agri.huji.ac.il.

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of triacylglycerol (TG) on nitric oxide (NO) production, expression of endothelial (e) and inducible (i) nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and variables related to oxidative stress in rat isolated hepatocytes. Hepatocytes were isolated and exposed to TG in the form of a lipid emulsion (0.01–0.1% LE). Exposure to LE dose dependently decreased nitrite levels. Nitrite levels were inhibited 67% and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were increased 250% at 0.1% LE. The decline in nitrite levels was accompanied by 37 and 67% reductions in iNOS and eNOS expressions, respectively. To evaluate whether the increased oxidative stress inhibited NOS synthesis, cells were treated for 48 h with rotenone (a mitochondrial complex 1 inhibitor) or buthionine sulfoximine (a glutathione synthesis inhibitor). Both compounds elevated ROS production, which was followed by inhibition of nitrite production. To determine whether there is an association between LE-mediated ROS production and the inhibition of NO synthesis by the LE, hepatocytes were treated with antioxidants. N-Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), ascorbate, and resveratrol attenuated the reduction of nitrite levels due to LE alone. NAC inhibited the reductions in eNOS and iNOS transcription and protein levels. Nuclear factor-B (NF-B), one of the transcription factors involved in eNOS and iNOS transcriptional regulation, was decreased 15% in the nucleus by LE treatment. These results suggest that TG reduces nitrite production by elevating intracellular ROS levels (prolonged oxidative stress), and the downregulation of NOS enzymes may occur at least in part via the NFB pathway.

KEY WORDS: • liver • triglyceride • reactive oxygen species • nitric oxide