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(Hypertension. 1999;33:1243-1249.)
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Role of Increased Production of Superoxide Anions by NAD(P)H Oxidase and Xanthine Oxidase in Prolonged Endotoxemia

Presented in part at the 70th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Orlando, Fla, November 9–12, 1997, and published in abstract form (Circulation. 1997;96[pt 2]:I-287).

Ralf P. Brandes; Guido Koddenberg; Wilfried Gwinner; Do-yei Kim; Hans-Joachim Kruse; Rudi Busse; Andreas Mügge

From Kardiologie (G.K., A.M.) und Nephrologie (W.G.), Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover; Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie, Klinikum der J.W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main (R.P.B., D.-y.K, R.B.); und Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany (H.-J.K.).

Correspondence to Ralf P. Brandes, MD, Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie, Klinikum der J.W. Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60596 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. E-mail R.Brandes{at}em.uni-frankfurt.de

Abstract—Superoxide anions (O2-) are supposedly involved in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction. We investigated whether the enhanced formation of O2- is involved in the attenuation of endothelium-dependent relaxation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Rats were injected with LPS (10 mg/kg IP), the aorta was removed after 12 or 30 hours, and generation of O2-, H2O2, and ONOO- was measured using chemiluminescence assays. Protein tyrosine nitration and expression of xanthine oxidase (XO), NAD(P)H oxidase, and manganese superoxide dismutase were determined by Western or Northern blotting, and endothelium-dependent relaxation in aortic rings was studied. LPS treatment increased vascular O2- (from 35±2 cpm/ring at baseline to 166±21 cpm/ring at 12 hours and 225±16 cpm/ring at 30 hours) and H2O2 formation, which was partially sensitive to the NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium at both time points studied and to the XO inhibitor oxypurinol only 30 hours after LPS treatment. Expression of XO and NAD(P)H oxidase (p22phox, p67phox, and gp91phox) were increased by LPS in a time-dependent manner, as were protein tyrosine nitration and ONOO- formation. LPS also induced expression of the oxidative stress–sensitive protein manganese superoxide dismutase. Endothelium-dependent relaxation was impaired after LPS treatment and could not be restored by inhibition of inducible NO synthase. Inhibition of O2- with superoxide dismutase, oxypurinol, tiron, or the superoxide dismutase mimetic Mn(III)tetrakis(4-benzoic acid)porphyrin chloride did not restore but further deteriorated the relaxation of LPS-treated rings. In summary, treatment of rats with LPS enhances vascular expression of XO and NAD(P)H oxidase and increases formation of O2- and ONOO-. Because removal of O2- compromised rather than restored endothelium-dependent relaxation, a direct role of O2- in the induction of endothelial dysfunction is unlikely. Other mechanisms, such as prolonged protein tyrosine nitration by peroxynitrite (which is formed from NO and O2-) or downregulation of the NO effector pathway, are more likely to be involved.


Key Words: superoxide dismutase • endothelium • lipopolysaccharides • nitric oxide • xanthine oxidase • NAD(P)H oxidase




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