NO synthesis by endothelial cells plays an important role in normal function of the cardiovascular system. This work was designed to evaluate the role of variations in properties of extracellular DNA in the regulation of NO synthesis. We studied the effect of four DNA samples with various base sequences (50 ng/ml) on functional activity of endothelial cells HUVEC during 24-h culturing. Human DNA fragments with high content of CG repeats increased intracellular content of NO and its metabolites (nitrites and nitrates) and accelerated oxidation of nitrites to nitrates. Changes in the content of NO metabolites after 24-h culturing was shown to depend on the expression of gene for inducible, but not for endothelial NO synthase. Increased expression of inducible NO synthase positively correlated with an increase in the content of mRNA for the adapter protein MyD88, but did not depend on TLR9 gene expression that encodes protein receptor for CG-DNA recognition. The intracellular concentration of MyD88 mRNA did not depend on the content of TLR9 mRNA. The existence of a variety of DNA-binding receptors apart from TLR9 receptor on the surface of endothelial cells was hypothesized. Activation of these receptors by extracellular DNA fragments stimulates expression of the adapter protein MyD88.
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