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  • Title: Nitric oxide production depends on preceding tetrahydrobiopterin synthesis by endothelial cells: selective suppression of induced nitric oxide production by sepiapterin reductase inhibitors.
    Author: Schoedon G, Blau N, Schneemann M, Flury G, Schaffner A.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1994 Mar 15; 199(2):504-10. PubMed ID: 7510954.
    Abstract:
    Using murine vascular endothelial cells expressing both constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthases (cNOS and iNOS), we explored the feasibility of suppressing cytokine-induced nitric oxide (NO) production without affecting constitutive NO production by inhibition of the tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) biosynthesis. We show in this study that in endothelial cells cytokine/endotoxin-activated BH4 synthesis precedes the induction of NO generation. Using the sepiapterin reductase inhibitors phenprocoumon or dicumarol as BH4 synthesis inhibitors, we achieved a pronounced and selective suppression of induced NO production in cytokine-activated endothelial cells. Addition of exogenous BH4, but not sepiapterin, restored NO production in the presence of the inhibitors. Despite profound inhibition of the BH4 biosynthesis, constitutive NO synthesis was not affected, thereby demonstrating the selectivity and specificity of the inhibitors. Suppression of enhanced NO production by sepiapterin reductase inhibitors such as cumaroles could provide pharmacologic means for therapeutic interventions in NO-mediated pathophysiologic events.
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