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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Cells, Cultured, Comet Assay, Cricetinae, Cytokines, DNA Damage, Enzyme Induction, Enzyme Inhibitors, Epithelial Cells, Female, Gallbladder, Inflammation Mediators, Mesocricetus, Nitric Oxide, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, RNA, Messenger, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Up-Regulation, omega-N-Methylarginine.
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Do inflammatory cytokines promote inducible nitric oxide synthase-mediated DNA damage in hamster gallbladder epithelial cells? Context: To investigate the link between chronic biliary inflammation and carcinogenesis using hamster gallbladder epithelial cells. Gallbladder epithelial cells were isolated from hamsters and cultured with a mixture of inflammatory cytokines including interleukin-1beta, interferon-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression, nitric oxide (NO) generation, and DNA damage were evaluated. NO generation was increased significantly following cytokine stimulation, and suppressed by an iNOS inhibitor. iNOS mRNA expression was demonstrated in the gallbladder epithelial cells during exposure to inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, NO-dependent DNA damage, estimated by the comet assay, was significantly increased by cytokines, and decreased to control levels by an iNOS inhibitor.
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Cytokine stimulation induced iNOS expression and NO generation in normal hamster gallbladder epithelial cells, which was sufficient to cause DNA damage. These results indicate that NO-mediated genotoxicity induced by inflammatory cytokines through activation of iNOS may be involved in the process of biliary carcinogenesis in response to chronic inflammation of the biliary tree. Final Decision: yes