Nitric oxide mediates mucin secretion in endotoxin-induced otitis media with effusion.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 116(3): 308-16, 1997 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-9121782
ABSTRACT
The mechanisms that regulate mucin release in chronic otitis media with effusion, a leading cause of hearing loss in children, remain largely unknown. We developed an animal model using Sprague-Dawley rats to determine the factors responsible for mucin production in chronic otitis media with effusion. N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a competitive inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, was used to investigate the role of nitric oxide in mucin secretion by the middle ear epithelium. All rats underwent eustachian tube obstruction. In the first set of rats, the middle ear was then injected transtympanically with 35 microl of either 300 mOsm Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate buffer (control group) or 1 mg/ml lipopolysaccharide in Krebs-Ringer (experimental group 1). In a second set of rats, the middle ear space was injected with lipopolysaccharide and then infused at a continuous rate for 7 days with either Krebs-Ringer (experimental group 2) or 1 mmol/L L-NAME in Krebs-Ringer (experimental group 3) through an osmotic infusion pump. After 7 days the volume of effusion and the quantity of mucin collected were significantly greater in lipopolysaccharide-exposed ears than in controls. In addition, antimucin immunostaining demonstrated mucous cell hyperplasia in response to lipopolysaccharide. The lipopolysaccharide-induced production of mucin and mucous cell hyperplasia was inhibited in ears treated with lipopolysaccharide and L-NAME. These results suggest that nitric oxide is a mediator in the pathway of mucin secretion in chronic otitis media with effusion.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Otite Média com Derrame
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Mucinas
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Óxido Nítrico
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos