Christoph Sponholz

Publications (2)8.3 Total impact

• Article: Importance of endothelial nitric oxide synthase for the hypothermic protection of lungs against ischemia-reperfusion injury.

  Li Zhang, Sanjeev Kumar, Alexander Kaminski, Cornelius Kasch, Christoph Sponholz, Christof Stamm, Yury Ladilov, Gustav Steinhoff
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  ABSTRACT: The hypothesis that the protective effects of mild hypothermia against the pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury are mediated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase was tested. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase knock-out and wild-type mice were sham operated or underwent a 1-hour occlusion of the left pulmonary hilum, followed by 5 hours of reperfusion. Temperature in the left pleural cavity during ischemia was maintained at either 36 degrees C (normothermia) or 32 degrees C (hypothermia). Inflammatory response (myeloperoxidase activity), endothelial barrier function (extravasation of Evans blue-labeled albumin), and endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and phosphorylation were determined at the end of reperfusion. After normothermic ischemia both strains had a similar mortality (wild-type, 22.9%; knock-out, 15.4%), which was completely abolished by hypothermia. Endothelial barrier function was disturbed after normothermic ischemia in both wild-type and knock-out mice. Mild hypothermia significantly reduced pulmonary Evans blue extravasation in wild-type mice, but not in knock-out mice. Myeloperoxidase activity increased after normothermic ischemia to the same degree in both strains. This response was significantly attenuated by hypothermia in wild-type mice, but not in knock-out mice. In wild-type mice, endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and phosphorylation were higher after hypothermic ischemia than after normothermic ischemia. No effect of ischemia on expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase was found in wild-type or knock-out mice. Hypothermic protection against pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury is dependent on endothelial nitric oxide synthase and is associated with increased expression and phosphorylation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 06/2006; 131(5):969-74. · 3.41 Impact Factor
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  Article: Up-regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase inhibits pulmonary leukocyte migration following lung ischemia-reperfusion in mice.

  Alexander Kaminski, Christiane Backhaus Pohl, Christoph Sponholz, Nan Ma, Christof Stamm, Brigitte Vollmar, Gustav Steinhoff
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  ABSTRACT: Endogenous nitric oxide (NO) is known to modulate post-ischemic inflammatory response in various organs. However, the role of nitric oxide synthase isoforms (NOS) in mediating pulmonary post-ischemic inflammatory response is poorly understood. We therefore studied post-ischemic endothelial adhesion molecule expression and leukocyte migration in endothelial NOS knockout (eNOS-KO) mice subjected to pulmonary ischemia and reperfusion in vivo. Under anesthesia and mechanical ventilation, the left pulmonary hilum in wild-type (WT) and eNOS-KO mice was clamped for 1 hour, followed by reperfusion for up to 24 hours. In WT mice, we observed a selective up-regulation of both eNOS mRNA and protein in lung tissue, while inducible NOS (iNOS) and neuronal NOS (nNOS) remained unchanged. Survival in eNOS-KO mice was reduced due to severe pulmonary edema, underlining an increased susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Interstitial tissue infiltration by CD18- and CD11a-positive white blood cells as well as lung tissue water content peaked at 5 hours of reperfusion and were found significantly higher than in WT mice. Enhanced leukocyte-endothelial interaction was associated with pronounced up-regulation of vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) in eNOS-KO mice during post-ischemic reperfusion. We conclude that eNOS attenuates post-ischemic inflammatory injury to the lung most probably via inhibition of endothelial adhesion molecule expression.
  American Journal Of Pathology 07/2004; 164(6):2241-9. · 4.89 Impact Factor