Chemical generation of nitric oxide in the mouth from the enterosalivary circulation of dietary nitrate - PubMed (original) (raw)
Chemical generation of nitric oxide in the mouth from the enterosalivary circulation of dietary nitrate
C Duncan et al. Nat Med. 1995 Jun.
Abstract
High concentrations of nitrite present in saliva (derived from dietary nitrate) may, upon acidification, generate nitrogen oxides in the stomach in sufficient amounts to provide protection from swallowed pathogens. We now show that, in the rat, reduction of nitrate to nitrite is confined to a specialized area on the posterior surface of the tongue, which is heavily colonized by bacteria, and that nitrate reduction is absent in germ-free rats. We also show that in humans increased salivary nitrite production resulting from nitrate intake enhances oral nitric oxide production. We propose that the salivary generation of nitrite is accomplished by a symbiotic relationship involving nitrate-reducing bacteria on the tongue surface, which is designed to provide host defence against microbial pathogens in the mouth and lower gut. These results provide further evidence for beneficial effects of dietary nitrate.
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- Nitric oxide in mucosal immunity.
Green SJ. Green SJ. Nat Med. 1995 Jun;1(6):515-7. doi: 10.1038/nm0695-515. Nat Med. 1995. PMID: 7585111 No abstract available.
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