2000
Quantification of eNOS mRNA in the canine cardiac vasculature by competitive PCR
Fulton D, Papapetropoulos A, Zhang X, Catravas J, Hintze T, Sessa W. Quantification of eNOS mRNA in the canine cardiac vasculature by competitive PCR. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2000, 278: h658-h665. PMID: 10666099, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.2.h658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsENOS mRNACoronary arteryCoronary microvesselsLeft ventricleENOS cDNAEndothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNANitric oxide synthase mRNAEndothelial cellsCanine aortic endothelial cellsRight coronary arteryENOS mRNA levelsEndothelial cell markersCompetitive PCRAortic endothelial cellsVon Willebrand factorVein endothelial cellsInducible NOSNeuronal NOSCanine vasculatureLarge arteriesCanine Left VentricleCell markersPathophysiological statesArteryCardiac vasculature
1998
Neuronal nitric oxide synthase is expressed in principal cell of collecting duct
Wang X, Lu M, Gao Y, Papapetropoulos A, Sessa W, Wang W. Neuronal nitric oxide synthase is expressed in principal cell of collecting duct. American Journal Of Physiology 1998, 275: f395-f399. PMID: 9729512, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.275.3.f395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal nitric oxide synthaseEndothelial nitric oxide synthasePresence of nNOSNitric oxide synthaseOxide synthasePrincipal cellsImmunocytochemical studyPresence of mRNART-PCR techniqueRat neuronal nitric oxide synthaseNegative immunostainingNNOS antibodyRat CCDRat kidneyImmunocytochemical methodsRT-PCRImmunoreactivityRatsDietCellsLight microscopyDuctSynthaseGene-specific primersKidneyHypotension and inflammatory cytokine gene expression triggered by factor Xa–nitric oxide signaling
Papapetropoulos A, Piccardoni P, Cirino G, Bucci M, Sorrentino R, Cicala C, Johnson K, Zachariou V, Sessa W, Altieri D. Hypotension and inflammatory cytokine gene expression triggered by factor Xa–nitric oxide signaling. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 4738-4742. PMID: 9539808, PMCID: PMC22560, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.8.4738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedCytokinesEndothelium, VascularFactor XaFibrinogenGene Expression RegulationHistamineHumansHypotensionInflammationInterleukin-6MaleNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxidePolymerase Chain ReactionRatsRats, WistarSplanchnic CirculationStereoisomerismTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaUmbilical VeinsConceptsEffector cell protease receptor-1Cytokine gene expressionFactor XaReceptor 1NO synthase inhibitor LNitric oxideInflammatory cytokine gene expressionActivation of coagulationNitroarginine methyl esterEndothelial cell releaseTissue factor pathway inhibitorAcute phase responseEndothelial cell ligandsThrombin inhibitor hirudinInterleukin-6 mRNAFactor pathway inhibitorDose-dependent mannerVascular endothelial cellsL-NAMED-NAMEGrowth factor peptidesInterleukin-6Dose-dependent reactionCell ligandsPathway inhibitor
1996
Elevated blood pressures in mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase
Shesely E, Maeda N, Kim H, Desai K, Krege J, Laubach V, Sherman P, Sessa W, Smithies O. Elevated blood pressures in mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 13176-13181. PMID: 8917564, PMCID: PMC24066, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.23.13176.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsBlood PressureCattleChimeraDNA PrimersEndothelium, VascularFemaleGenotypeHeterozygoteHypertensionIsoenzymesKidneyLipopolysaccharidesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNitric Oxide SynthasePolymerase Chain ReactionReninRNA, MessengerStem CellsTranscription, GeneticConceptsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseBlood pressureNitric oxide synthaseHeart rateENOS proteinOxide synthaseENOS mutant miceLipopolysaccharide-induced deathElevated blood pressureNormal blood pressurePlasma renin concentrationBlood pressure regulationLower body weightKidney renin mRNAAnti-eNOS antibodiesAppropriate genetic controlsENOS locusENOS genotypesRenin concentrationVascular toneFemale miceRenin mRNAENOS geneENOS mutationBody weightCharacterization of Bovine Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expressed inE. coli
Martasek P, Liu Q, Liu J, Roman L, Gross S, Sessa W, Masters B. Characterization of Bovine Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expressed inE. coli. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1996, 219: 359-365. PMID: 8604992, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE. coliBaculovirus expression systemBovine endothelial nitric oxide synthaseSDS/PAGEHEK-293 cellsChaperonin GroELHeterologous expressionRecombinant enzymeExpression systemExpression vectorActive enzymeFormation assaysEnzymatic activityColiEnzymeTissue sourcesEndothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthaseProteinSingle bandSynthaseNitric oxide synthaseAbsorbance maximumEndothelial nitric oxide synthase
1995
Functional Analysis of the Human Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Promoter SP1 AND GATA FACTORS ARE NECESSARY FOR BASAL TRANSCRIPTION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (∗)
Zhang R, Min W, Sessa W. Functional Analysis of the Human Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Promoter SP1 AND GATA FACTORS ARE NECESSARY FOR BASAL TRANSCRIPTION IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (∗). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1995, 270: 15320-15326. PMID: 7541039, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.25.15320.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid OxidoreductasesAnimalsAortaBase SequenceBinding SitesCattleDNA PrimersDNA-Binding ProteinsEndothelium, VascularGATA2 Transcription FactorGene ExpressionHumansLuciferasesMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNitric Oxide SynthasePolymerase Chain ReactionPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant ProteinsRestriction MappingSp1 Transcription FactorTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticTransfectionConceptsBovine aortic endothelial cellsPromoter activitySp1 sitesBasal transcriptionGATA siteFurther deletionNuclear extractsENOS promoter activityAntibody supershift analysisDNA-protein complexesLuciferase activityENOS promoterLuc constructGel shift analysisSp-1 sitesBasal promoter activityLuciferase reporter geneSynthase gene expressionSp1 mutantGATA factorsNuclear proteinsGATA-2Mutant constructsReporter geneGel shift