Role of nitric oxide in murine conventional outflow physiology
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Journal Article
Abstract
Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the main risk factor for glaucoma. Exogenous nitric oxide (NO) decreases IOP by increasing outflow facility, but whether endogenous NO production contributes to the physiological regulation of outflow facility is unclear. Outflow facility was measured by pressure-controlled perfusion in ex vivo eyes from C57BL/6 wild-type (WT) or transgenic mice expressing human endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP) superimposed on the endogenously expressed murine eNOS (eNOS-GFPtg). In WT mice, exogenous NO delivered by 100 μM S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) increased outflow facility by 62 ± 28% (SD) relative to control eyes perfused with the inactive SNAP analog N-acetyl-d-penicillamine (NAP; n = 5, P = 0.016). In contrast, in eyes from eNOS-GFPtg mice, SNAP had no effect on outflow facility relative to NAP (−9 ± 4%, P = 0.40). In WT mice, the nonselective NOS inhibitor NG-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME, 10 μM) decreased outflow facility by 36 ± 13% (n = 5 each, P = 0.012), but 100 μM l-NAME had no detectable effect on outflow facility (−16 ± 5%, P = 0.22). An eNOS-selective inhibitor (cavtratin, 50 μM) decreased outflow facility by 19 ± 12% in WT (P = 0.011) and 39 ± 25% in eNOS-GFPtg (P = 0.014) mice. In the conventional outflow pathway of eNOS-GFPtg mice, eNOS-GFP expression was localized to endothelial cells lining Schlemm's canal and the downstream vessels, with no apparent expression in the trabecular meshwork. These results suggest that endogenous NO production by eNOS within endothelial cells of Schlemm's canal or downstream vessels contributes to the physiological regulation of aqueous humor outflow facility in mice, representing a viable strategy to more successfully lower IOP in glaucoma.
Date Issued
2015-08-15
Date Acceptance
2015-05-30
Citation
American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 2015, 309 (4), pp.C205-C214
ISSN
0363-6143
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Start Page
C205
End Page
C214
Journal / Book Title
American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology
Volume
309
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2015 the American Physiological Society.
Sponsor
National Institutes of Health
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Grant Number
203-1774
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cell Biology
Physiology
nitric oxide
aqueous humor outflow
glaucoma
intraocular pressure
mouse model
HUMAN TRABECULAR MESHWORK
SOLUBLE GUANYLATE-CYCLASE
ARGININE METHYL-ESTER
SCHLEMMS CANAL CELLS
OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
INTRAOCULAR-PRESSURE
CILIARY MUSCLE
IN-VIVO
AQUEOUS OUTFLOW
ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
Animals
Aqueous Humor
Female
Glaucoma
Humans
Intraocular Pressure
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Transgenic
Nitric Oxide
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
0601 Biochemistry And Cell Biology
0606 Physiology
1116 Medical Physiology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-08-15