Increased Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression Contributes to Myocardial Dysfunction and Higher Mortality After Myocardial Infarction in Mice
- 7 August 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (6), 700-704
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc3201.092284
Abstract
Background— Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is expressed in the myocardium after myocardial infarction (MI) and in heart failure. Its pathophysiological role in these conditions, however, is not clear. We hypothesized that increased NO production from iNOS expression causes myocardial dysfunction and results in higher mortality after MI. Methods and Results— MI was induced by left coronary artery ligation in iNOS−/−mutant and wild-type mice. Mortality was followed up for 30 days. MI resulted in a significant increase in mortality in both iNOS−/−and wild-type mice compared with sham operation (P−/−mice compared with the wild-type mice (P−/−mutant mice (P−/−compared with the wild-type mice (PConclusions— Increased NO production from iNOS expression contributes to myocardial dysfunction and mortality after MI in mice.Keywords
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