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- Title
Constitutive expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in healthy rat urothelium?
- Authors
Arnsrud Godtman, Rebecka; Hallsberg, Lena; Löf-Öhlin, Zarah; Peeker, Ralph; Delbro, Dick
- Abstract
Contrasting findings have been reported regarding a possible constitutive expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in a normal mammalian bladder. The current study was designed to further investigate such putative iNOS expression. The experiments were conducted with paraffin-embedded archival material from the urinary bladder of 6 normal, male Sprague–Dawley rats. In addition, two normal female mice (C57BL/6) were sacrificed and the urinary bladders were harvested. The occurrence of iNOS mRNA was examined by the RNAScope in situ hybridization method. Protein expression of iNOS and 3-nitrotyrosine (the latter used as an indicator of oxidative stress) was investigated by immunohistochemistry. No expression of iNOS mRNA was observed in the bladder tissue. iNOS protein and 3-nitrotyrosine were strongly expressed in the urothelium. iNOS was also expressed perinuclearly in the detrusor. Although the RNAScope methodology could not demonstrate mRNA for iNOS in the normal urinary bladder, the results by immunohistochemistry strongly suggest the occurrence of iNOS in particular, in the urothelium. Positive reactivity for 3-nitrotyrosine may indicate ongoing oxidative stress of the urothelium. The finding of perinuclear iNOS immunoreactivity could suggest an intracrine signaling function by iNOS to the nucleus.
- Subjects
NITRIC-oxide synthases; UROTHELIUM; BLADDER; SPRAGUE Dawley rats; GENE expression
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Urology, 2021, Vol 55, Issue 6, p493
- ISSN
2168-1805
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/21681805.2021.1948097