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Sonkar VK, Eustes AS, Ahmed A, Jensen M, Solanki MV, Swamy J, Kumar R, Fidler TP, Houtman JC, Allen BG, Spitz DR, Abel ED, Dayal S. Endogenous SOD2 (Superoxide Dismutase) Regulates Platelet-Dependent Thrombin Generation and Thrombosis During Aging. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2023; 43:79-91. [PMID: 36325902 PMCID: PMC9780178 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.121.317735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to platelet hyperactivation during aging. Several oxidative pathways and antioxidant enzymes have been implicated; however, their mechanistic contributions during aging remain elusive. We hypothesized that mitochondria are an important source of platelet ROS and that mitochondrial SOD2 (superoxide dismutase) protects against mitochondrial ROS-driven platelet activation and thrombosis during aging. METHODS We studied littermates of platelet-specific SOD2-knockout (SOD2fl/flPf4Cre, pSOD2-KO) and control (SOD2fl/fl) mice at young (4-5 months) or old (18-20 months) ages. We examined agonist-induced platelet activation, platelet-dependent thrombin generation potential, and susceptibility to in vivo thrombosis. RESULTS Platelet αIIbβ3 activation, aggregation, and adhesion were increased to similar extents in aged mice of both genotypes compared with young mice. In contrast, the age-dependent increases in mitochondrial and total cellular ROS, calcium elevation, and phosphatidylserine exposure were augmented in platelets from pSOD2-KO mice compared with control mice. Aged pSOD2-KO mice showed increased platelet-dependent thrombin generation compared with aged control mice. In vivo, aged pSOD2-KO mice exhibited enhanced susceptibility to carotid artery and pulmonary thrombosis compared to aged control mice. Adoptive transfer of platelets from aged pSOD2-KO but not aged control mice increased thrombotic susceptibility in aged host mice, suggesting a prothrombotic effect of platelet pSOD2 deficiency. Treatment with avasopasem manganese (GC4419), a SOD mimetic, decreased platelet mitochondrial pro-oxidants, cellular ROS levels, and inhibited procoagulant platelet formation and arterial thrombosis in aged mice. CONCLUSIONS Platelet mitochondrial ROS contributes to age-related thrombosis and endogenous SOD2 protects from platelet-dependent thrombin generation and thrombosis during aging.
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- Vijay K Sonkar
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, Radiation Oncology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Current address David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, Iowa
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Coenzyme Q10 Attenuates Human Platelet Aggregation Induced by SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein via Reducing Oxidative Stress In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012345. [PMID: 36293203 PMCID: PMC9604356 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Platelet hyperreactivity and oxidative stress are the important causes of thrombotic disorders in patients with COVID-19. Oxidative stress, induced by the excessive generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), could increase platelet function and the risk of thrombus formation. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), exhibits strong antioxidative activity and anti-platelet effect. However, the effects and mechanisms of CoQ10 on attenuating platelet aggregation induced by spike protein have never been studied. This study aims to investigate whether the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein potentiates human platelet function via ROS signaling and the protective effect of CoQ10 in vitro. Using a series of platelet function assays, we found that spike protein potentiated platelet aggregation and oxidative stress, such as ROS level, mitochondrial membrane potential depolarization, and lipid damage level (MDA and 8-iso-PGF2α) in vitro. Furthermore, CoQ10 attenuated platelet aggregation induced by spike protein. As an anti-platelet mechanism, we showed that CoQ10 significantly decreased the excess production of ROS induced by spike protein. Our findings show that the protective effect of CoQ10 on spike protein-potentiated platelet aggregation is probably associated with its strong antioxidative ability.
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ROS in Platelet Biology: Functional Aspects and Methodological Insights. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21144866. [PMID: 32660144 PMCID: PMC7402354 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21144866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondria play a pivotal role in regulating platelet functions. Platelet activation determines a drastic change in redox balance and in platelet metabolism. Indeed, several signaling pathways have been demonstrated to induce ROS production by NAPDH oxidase (NOX) and mitochondria, upon platelet activation. Platelet-derived ROS, in turn, boost further ROS production and consequent platelet activation, adhesion and recruitment in an auto-amplifying loop. This vicious circle results in a platelet procoagulant phenotype and apoptosis, both accounting for the high thrombotic risk in oxidative stress-related diseases. This review sought to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying ROS production upon platelet activation and the effects of an altered redox balance on platelet function, focusing on the main advances that have been made in platelet redox biology. Furthermore, given the increasing interest in this field, we also describe the up-to-date methods for detecting platelets, ROS and the platelet bioenergetic profile, which have been proposed as potential disease biomarkers.
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Pereska Z, Chaparoska D, Bekarovski N, Jurukov I, Simonovska N, Babulovska A. Pulmonary thrombosis in acute organophosphate poisoning-Case report and literature overview of prothrombotic preconditioning in organophosphate toxicity. Toxicol Rep 2019; 6:550-555. [PMID: 31285996 PMCID: PMC6587046 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Revised: 06/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Acute OP poisoning complicated with pulmonary thrombosis during the first week of poisoning. Antidote treatment included atropine, whereas diazepam was administered in the first 48 h. There was no administration of oximes due to unavailability. Prolonged hypoxemia in acute OP intoxication indicates exclusion of thrombotic pulmonary event.
Objective Acute organophosphate (OP) poisonings are presented with acetylcholine-receptor overstimulation. There have been a few case reports of thrombotic complications in acute OP poisonings, as well as prolonged thrombosis preconditions in patients who survived this type of intoxications. The paper presents a case with pulmonary thrombosis (PT) that develops in the subacute phase of intentional acute OP poisoning, treated only with atropine, as well as a literature overview of OP-induced prothrombotic toxicity. Case report A middle aged woman was brought to the hospital after ingestion of unknown insecticide with suicidal intentions. She had a history of HTA (arterial hypertension), hyperlipidemia and untreated depression. The clinical features of poisoning were miosis, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Soon after admission, she developed difficulties in breathing with decrease of serum pseudocholinesterase (2590...1769...1644...800 U/l), bibasal pulmonary crackles, drop of SpO2 to 84%. Antidote treatment included carbo medicinalis, atropine, and diazepam, without use of oximes. The seventh day pseudocholinesterase, the levels started to rise but the patient’s hyposaturation (SpO2 86-88%) persisted. Chest ultrasound detected hypoechoic subpleural lesion to the right. Haemostatic tests showed increased D-Dimmer (2312 ng/ml) with hypercoagulability. The CT pulmonary angiography confirmed PT and after the administration of low molecular heparin, her clinical condition improved. Conclusion Acute organophosphate poisoning treated with atropine showed a potential for inducing prothrombotic coagulation abnormalities, presented with PT. This life-threatening complication may additionally contribute to prolonged morbidity and mortality in OP poisonings, especially in patients with medical history of comorbidites.
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- Zanina Pereska
- University Clinic of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Clinical Campus Mother Theresa, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- University Clinic of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Clinical Campus Mother Theresa, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- University Clinic of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Clinical Campus Mother Theresa, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- University Clinic of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Clinical Campus Mother Theresa, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- University Clinic of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Clinical Campus Mother Theresa, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- University Clinic of Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Clinical Campus Mother Theresa, Vodnjanska 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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Ferrante M, Fiore M, Conti GO, Fiore V, Grasso A, Copat C, Signorelli SS. Transition and heavy metals compared to oxidative parameter balance in patients with deep vein thrombosis: A case-control study. Mol Med Rep 2017; 15:3438-3444. [DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Kvietys PR, Granger DN. Role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in the vascular responses to inflammation. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 52:556-592. [PMID: 22154653 PMCID: PMC3348846 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Inflammation is a complex and potentially life-threatening condition that involves the participation of a variety of chemical mediators, signaling pathways, and cell types. The microcirculation, which is critical for the initiation and perpetuation of an inflammatory response, exhibits several characteristic functional and structural changes in response to inflammation. These include vasomotor dysfunction (impaired vessel dilation and constriction), the adhesion and transendothelial migration of leukocytes, endothelial barrier dysfunction (increased vascular permeability), blood vessel proliferation (angiogenesis), and enhanced thrombus formation. These diverse responses of the microvasculature largely reflect the endothelial cell dysfunction that accompanies inflammation and the central role of these cells in modulating processes as varied as blood flow regulation, angiogenesis, and thrombogenesis. The importance of endothelial cells in inflammation-induced vascular dysfunction is also predicated on the ability of these cells to produce and respond to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. Inflammation seems to upset the balance between nitric oxide and superoxide within (and surrounding) endothelial cells, which is necessary for normal vessel function. This review is focused on defining the molecular targets in the vessel wall that interact with reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide to produce the characteristic functional and structural changes that occur in response to inflammation. This analysis of the literature is consistent with the view that reactive oxygen and nitrogen species contribute significantly to the diverse vascular responses in inflammation and supports efforts that are directed at targeting these highly reactive species to maintain normal vascular health in pathological conditions that are associated with acute or chronic inflammation.
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- Peter R Kvietys
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA.
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Structure–Activity Studies and the Design of Synthetic Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) Mimetics as Therapeutics. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s0898-8838(06)59007-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fontana F, Bernardi P, Lanfranchi G, Conti E, Spampinato S, Di Toro R, Bonafè F, Coccheri S. Endothelin-1 response to mental stress in early ischemic lesions of the extremities due to systemic sclerosis. Peptides 2005; 26:2487-90. [PMID: 16029910 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Revised: 06/01/2005] [Accepted: 06/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We studied circulating levels of endothelin-1, catecholamines and nitric oxide after a mental arithmetic test in 14 patients with early ischemic lesions of the extremities due to systemic sclerosis and slightly impaired peripheral vascular flow. The test induced an increase (P<0.01) in blood pressure, heart rate, endothelin-1 and catecholamine levels, whereas it did not change the low basal levels of nitric oxide. In healthy subjects (n=20) the test significantly (P<0.01) decreased endothelin-1 without affecting nitric oxide. The low basal levels of nitric oxide and the high plasma concentration of endothelin-1 after psychological stress cannot be explained by an impaired release from the limited ischemic lesions alone. This suggests a diffuse microvascular derangement that aggravates the course of peripheral microvascular ischemic lesions.
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- Fiorella Fontana
- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Cardioangiologia, Epatologia, Ospedale S. Orsola, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
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Cui X, Parent C, Macarthur H, Ochs SD, Gerstenberg E, Solomon S, Fitz Y, Danner RL, Banks SM, Natanson C, Salvemini D, Eichacker PQ. Severity of sepsis alters the effects of superoxide anion inhibition in a rat sepsis model. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 97:1349-57. [PMID: 15169752 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01161.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous analysis showed that selective inhibitors of five different host inflammatory mediators administered for sepsis, although beneficial with severe sepsis and high-control mortality rates, were ineffective or harmful with less severe sepsis. We hypothesized that severity of sepsis would also influence inhibition of superoxide anion, another inflammatory mediator. To test this, 6-h infusions of M40401, a selective SOD mimetic, or placebo were given to antibiotic-treated rats ( n = 547) starting 3 h after challenge with differing doses of intravenous Escherichia coli designed to produce low- or high-control mortality rates. There was a positive and significant ( P = 0.0008) relationship between the efficacy of M40401 on survival rate and control mortality rates. M40401 increased or decreased the log (odds ratio of survival) (means ± SE), dependent on whether control mortality rates were greater or less than the median (66%) (+0.19 ± 0.12 vs. −0.25 ± 0.10, P = 0.01). In a subset of animals examined ( n = 152) at 9 h after E. coli challenge, M40401 increased (mean effect ± SE compared with control) mean arterial blood pressure (8 ± 5 mmHg) and decreased platelets (−37 ± 22 cells × 103/ml) with high-control mortality rates but had opposing effects on each parameter (−3 ± 3 mmHg and 28 ± 19 cells × 103/ml, respectively) with low rates ( P ≤ 0.05 for the differing effects of M40401 on each parameter with high- vs. low-control mortality rates). A metaregression analysis of published preclinical sepsis studies testing SOD preparations and SOD mimetics showed that most (16 of 18) had control mortality rates >66%. However, across experiments from published studies, these agents were less beneficial as control mortality rate decreased ( P = 0.03) in a relationship not altered ( P = not significant) by other variables associated with septic challenge or regimen of treatment and which was similar, compared with experiments with M40401 ( P = not significant). Thus, in these preclinical sepsis models, possibly related to divergent effects on vascular function, inhibition of superoxide anion improved survival with more severe sepsis and high-control mortality rates but was less effective or harmful with less severe sepsis. Extrapolated clinically, inhibition of superoxide anion may be most efficacious in septic patients with severe sepsis and a high risk of death.
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- Xizhong Cui
- Critical Care Medicine Dept., National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 7D43, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Nitric oxide (NO) is released by the endothelium preventing platelet adhesion to the vessel wall. When released by platelets, NO inhibits further recruitment of platelets to a growing thrombus. Modulation of endogenous NO release may be a mechanism by which the thrombotic response can be regulated as suggested by several clinical diseases associated with impaired bioactive NO. Diseases including atrial fibrillation and coronary atherothrombotic disease have been associated with impaired NO release or decrease in NO bioavailability.
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- J E Freedman
- The Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute and Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, W507, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Anfossi G, Russo I, Massucco P, Mattiello L, Trovati M. Platelet resistance to the antiaggregating effect of N-acetyl-L-cysteine in obese, insulin-resistant subjects. Thromb Res 2003; 110:39-46. [PMID: 12877907 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(03)00284-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We investigated whether the platelets from obese subjects are sensitive as those from controls to the antiaggregating effects of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC)-an antioxidant thiol that increases availability of endogenous nitric oxide (NO)-and of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and amifostine which act as scavengers of superoxide anion. MATERIALS AND METHODS In platelets from obese subjects (n=20, body mass index [BMI]=34.2+/-1.9 kg/m(2), homeostasis model assessment [HOMA] index=5.5+/-1.1) and controls (n=20, BMI=21.4+/-0.6 kg/m(2), HOMA index=1.4+/-0.2), we investigated the effects of NAC on aggregation and on 3',5'-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) synthesis and the interplay between NAC and the organic nitrates glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP). Similar experiments were carried out with SOD and amifostine. RESULTS We found that a 3-min platelet exposure to NAC decreased aggregation and increased cGMP in controls, but not in obese subjects. Only more prolonged incubations exerted a small effect also in obese subjects. GTN and SNP increased platelet cGMP in both groups, but their effect was much lower in obese subjects. NAC (3 mmol/l), SOD (150 U/ml), and amifostine (50 micromol/l) enhanced the increase of cGMP elicited by NO donors, but again, the effect was much lower in obese subjects. CONCLUSIONS Since antioxidants do not restore the effects of NO in platelets from obese subjects, we hypothesize that oxidative stress is not the unique cause of platelet resistance to NO in obesity and suggest that a resistance to the NO action at the guanylate cyclase level could play a role in this phenomenon, potentially involved in the increased atherothrombotic risk linked to obesity.
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- Giovanni Anfossi
- Diabetes Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, I-10043 Orbassano, Turin, Italy.
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Svensson AM, Sandler S, Jansson L. Role of superoxide anion in pancreatic islet blood flow regulation in anesthetized rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 459:59-64. [PMID: 12505534 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02788-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aim of the investigation was to study the influence of the superoxide anion on pancreatic islet blood flow in rats. For this purpose, blood flow measurements were conducted with a microsphere technique 10 min after intravenous administration of different doses of superoxide dismutase (5, 15, 50, 100 or 1000 kU/kg body weight). In separate experiments, diethyldithiodicarbamate, an inhibitor of endogenous superoxide dismutase, was given to nontreated control rats or to rats subjected to a bilateral abdominal vagotomy before the injection. Only the highest dose of superoxide dismutase increased both whole pancreatic and islet blood flow. A 50% augmentation of fractional islet blood flow was seen. Administration of diethyldithiocarbamate induced marked hyperglycemia, which was partly prevented by vagotomy. Diethyldithiocarbamate decreased the whole pancreatic blood flow, while islet blood flow was maintained in both control and vagotomized rats. Consequently, a pronounced increase in fractional islet blood flow was noted in both these groups. We conclude that administration of superoxide dismutase and its inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamate influences pancreatic blood perfusion. In particular, superoxide dismutase causes a general increase in the whole pancreatic and islet blood flow, and an augmented fractional islet blood flow, presumably by a decrease in the local concentration of O(2)(z.rad;-), leading to increased concentration of NO. Diethyldithiocarbamate, on the other hand, by increasing the levels of O(2)(z.rad;-), decreases the whole pancreatic blood flow, whereas islet blood flow remains unaffected.
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- Annika M Svensson
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedical Centre, P.O. Box 571, S-751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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Oyadomari S, Gotoh T, Aoyagi K, Araki E, Shichiri M, Mori M. Coinduction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and arginine recycling enzymes in aorta of diabetic rats. Nitric Oxide 2001; 5:252-60. [PMID: 11384198 DOI: 10.1006/niox.2001.0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Decreased availability of arginine and impaired production of NO (nitric oxide) have been implicated in the development of endothelial dysfunction. Citrulline formed by the NOS reaction is recycled to arginine by the citrulline-NO cycle, which is composed of NOS, argininosuccinate synthetase (AS), and argininosuccinate lyase. Therefore, we investigated the alterations of these enzymes in the aorta of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. eNOS and AS mRNAs were increased by three- to fourfold 1-2 weeks after STZ treatment and decreased at 4 weeks. AL mRNA was weakly induced. Induction of eNOS and AS proteins was also observed. Cationic amino acid transporter (CAT)-1 mRNA remained little changed, and CAT-2 mRNA was not detected. The plasma nitrogen oxide levels were increased 1-2 weeks after STZ treatment and decreased at 4 weeks. Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) mRNA in the aorta was also induced. TGF-beta1 induced eNOS and AS mRNAs in human umbilical vein endothelial cells but inhibited the proliferation of HUVEC. These results indicate that eNOS and AS are coinduced in the aorta in early stages of STZ-induced diabetic rats and that the induction is mediated by TGF-beta1. The results also suggest that TGF-beta1 works antiatherogenically at early stages of diabetes by increasing NO production, whereas prolonged elevation of TGF-beta1 functions atherogenically by inhibiting endothelial cell growth.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Transport Systems, Basic
- Animals
- Aorta/enzymology
- Arginine/metabolism
- Argininosuccinate Lyase/genetics
- Argininosuccinate Synthase/genetics
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/enzymology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/physiopathology
- Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects
- Endothelium, Vascular/enzymology
- Endothelium, Vascular/physiology
- Enzyme Induction
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/physiology
- Humans
- Insulin/blood
- Liver/enzymology
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/biosynthesis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/genetics
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/genetics
- Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology
- Umbilical Veins
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- S Oyadomari
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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Udipi K, Ornberg RL, Thurmond KB, Settle SL, Forster D, Riley D. Modification of inflammatory response to implanted biomedical materials in vivo by surface bound superoxide dismutase mimics. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 2000; 51:549-60. [PMID: 10880102 DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20000915)51:4<549::aid-jbm2>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The healing response to implanted biomedical materials involves varying degrees and stages of inflammation and healing which in some cases leads to device failure. In this article, we describe synthetic methods and in vivo results of a novel surface treatment for biomedical materials involving covalent conjugation of a low molecular weight superoxide dismutase mimic (SODm), which imparts anti-inflammatory character to the material. SODm investigated in this study are a new class of anti-inflammatory drugs consisting of a Mn(II) complex of a macrocyclic polyamine ring that catalyze the dismutation of superoxide at rates equivalent to that of native enzyme. The SODms were covalently linked to small disks of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, poly(etherurethane urea), and tantalum metal at two concentrations and implanted in a subcutaneous rat implant model for 3, 7, 14, and 28 days. Histological examination of the implant tissue performed at 3 and 28 days revealed striking anti-inflammatory effects on both acute and chronic inflammatory responses. At 3 days, the formation of a neutrophil-rich acute inflammatory infiltrate seen in control implants was inhibited for all three materials treated with SODm. At 28 days, foreign body giant cell formation (number of FBGCs per field) and fibrous capsule formation (mean thickness of implant capsule) were also significantly inhibited over untreated control implants. A mechanism based on our current understanding of superoxide as an inflammatory mediator at implanted biomedical materials is proposed.
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- K Udipi
- MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1910 Innerbelt Business Center Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63114, USA
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Channon KM, Qian H, George SE. Nitric oxide synthase in atherosclerosis and vascular injury: insights from experimental gene therapy. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20:1873-81. [PMID: 10938006 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.20.8.1873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Gene therapy aims to intervene in a disease process by transfer and expression of specific genes in a target tissue or organ. Cardiovascular gene therapy in humans remains in its infancy, but in the last decade, experimental gene transfer has emerged as a powerful biological tool to investigate the function of specific genes in vascular disease pathobiology. Nitric oxide synthases, the enzymes that produce nitric oxide, have received considerable attention as potential candidates for vascular gene therapy because nitric oxide has pleiotropic antiatherogenic actions in the vessel wall, and abnormalities in nitric oxide biology are apparent very early in the atherogenic process. In this article, we review the use of nitric oxide synthases in experimental vascular gene therapy and assess the utility of these approaches for investigating the role of nitric oxide in atherosclerosis and their potential for human gene therapy.
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- K M Channon
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (K.M.C.), University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England.
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Riley DP. Rational design of synthetic enzymes and their potential utility as human pharmaceuticals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1068-7459(00)80007-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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Novel Antithrombotic Strategies for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Thrombosis: A Critical Appraisal. J Thromb Thrombolysis 1999; 1:237-249. [PMID: 10608001 DOI: 10.1007/bf01060733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Large-scale clinical trials have demonstrated that treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina with antithrombotic agents significantly improves outcome. Despite the proven benefit of current therapies, there is a widespread perception that outcome could be enhanced further with novel antithrombotic agents. Enthusiasm for novel antithrombotic strategies has been stimulated by recent advances in the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for coronary artery thrombosis, which has led to the development of diverse inhibitors of platelet function and coagulation factors. In experimental models of coronary artery thrombosis, aspirin and heparin have been ineffective in preventing recurrent thrombosis after coronary thrombolysis and in preventing the progression of thrombosis in response to strong thrombogenic stimuli. In contrast, inhibitors of the platelet fibrinogen receptor, direct-acting thrombin inhibitors, and inhibitors of coagulation factors that promote elaboration of thrombin have been shown to be effective in attenuating arterial thrombosis in a variety of experimental preparations. Initial clinical trials with these agents have also documented efficacy in attenuating thrombotic events in patients treated with coronary thrombolysis and in those with unstable angina. However, optimal doses of novel antithrombotic agents, the degree to which combination antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapies are needed, and the risk/benefit ratio associated with specific novel antithrombotic drugs are still relatively undefined. With regard to the latter, it is possible that the large-scale clinical trials now in progress may show an increase in bleeding complications with novel anticoagulants compared with conventional therapy. Nonetheless, there are considerable data that suggest that treatment with aspirin and heparin is not completely effective in preventing the progression of thrombosis or its recurrence after interventions in high-risk subgroups of patients with coronary artery thrombosis and unstable coronary artery disease. Accordingly, continued investigation of a large variety of antithrombotic agents, both currently available and in development, should improve the treatment of high-risk patients with coronary disease if regimens with appropriate efficacy but without serious hemorrhagic effects can be designed.
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Riley DP. Functional mimics of superoxide dismutase enzymes as therapeutic agents. Chem Rev 1999; 99:2573-88. [PMID: 11749493 DOI: 10.1021/cr980432g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 346] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- D P Riley
- MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, 3655 Vista Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Mazzone A, Cusa C, Bucci L, Vezzoli M, Ghio S, Buggia I, Regazzi MB, Fossati G, Mazzucchelli I, Gritti D. The effects of iloprost infusion on microcirculation is independent of nitric oxide metabolites and endothelin-1 in chronic peripheral ischaemia. Eur J Clin Invest 1999; 29:1-5. [PMID: 10092981 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1999.00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endothelial vascular tone modulators are thought to be involved in aetiopathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SS) and of peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD). Iloprost, a prostacyclin (PGI2) analogue, induces clinical benefit in patients suffering from peripheral ischaemia. This study was performed to investigate the effect of this drug on endothelial function in vivo to elucidate the role of vascular tone modulators. METHODS Fourteen PAOD and 15 SS patients were treated for 24 and 10 days respectively. On the first day, before and after therapy, nitric oxide metabolites (NO2-/NO3-) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) plasma concentrations were detected; moreover, the endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in response to artificial ischaemia was evaluated by means of an echo-Doppler device. RESULTS The echo-Doppler evaluation showed that the percentage of arterial reactive dilatation was not modified by placebo or by iloprost, and that the increase in blood velocity flow lasted for a significant longer time after drug infusion (226.79 +/- 17.49 vs. 310.71 +/- 36.32 s; P > 0.04). NO2-/NO3- and ET-1 plasma concentration were higher in patients than in control subjects (P < 0.004). After 6 h of iloprost infusion, no significant modifications were detected. CONCLUSION This study provides evidence that iloprost enhances the microvascular functional capacity and clinical benefit for patients. The effects of the drug seem to be independently or not directly correlated with its interactions with vascular tone modulators such as NO2-/NO3- or ET-1.
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- A Mazzone
- Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, University of Pavia, IRCCS S. Matteo Hospital, Italy
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Myers PR, Tanner MA. Vascular endothelial cell regulation of extracellular matrix collagen: role of nitric oxide. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1998; 18:717-22. [PMID: 9598829 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.18.5.717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Endothelium-derived products have been implicated in the regulation of vascular wall structure through their effects on extracellular matrix metabolism. The purpose of this study was to further understand the paracrine mechanisms underlying endothelial cell regulation of extracellular matrix metabolism by testing the hypothesis that endothelium-derived nitric oxide decreases the concentration of soluble collagens derived from vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Porcine coronary endothelium and VSMCs were grown under a coculture configuration to assess the paracrine effects of nitric oxide produced by the endothelium on VSMC collagen types I and III. Endogenous endothelial cell nitric oxide production was blocked with N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. Collagen type I and type III were quantitatively measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. The endothelium elicited a time-dependent increase in the concentration of soluble VSMC-derived collagen type I; in contrast, collagen type III was decreased. After inhibition of nitric oxide production, there was a marked increase in both collagen types I and III concentration. These results demonstrated that endothelium-derived nitric oxide differentially alters collagen subtypes produced by VSMCs. The data support the hypothesis that nitric oxide functions via a paracrine mechanism to decrease VSMC collagen types I and III concentration, a finding consistent with an integral role for the endothelium in modulating extracellular matrix metabolism.
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- P R Myers
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Nashville, Tenn, USA
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Broeders MA, Tangelder GJ, Slaaf DW, Reneman RS, oude Egbrink MG. Endogenous nitric oxide protects against thromboembolism in venules but not in arterioles. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1998; 18:139-45. [PMID: 9445268 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.18.1.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Because nitric oxide (NO) inhibits aggregation and adhesion of blood platelets, NO may play a role in platelet-vessel wall interactions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the involvement of endogenous NO in thromboembolic processes, as induced by wall puncture, in rabbit mesenteric arterioles and venules (diameters 20 to 43 microm). In venules, inhibition of NO synthase by superfusion of the mesentery with N omega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA; 0.1 mmol/L) significantly increased the duration of embolization (from 50 seconds to 511 seconds) and the number of emboli produced (from 2 to 11 emboli per vessel), while the median period of time needed to produce an embolus was not influenced. On the contrary, in arterioles, L-NA had no significant effect on embolization (duration of embolization: 426 seconds in the control and 382 seconds in the L-NA group, with 20 and 12 emboli per vessel, respectively). Addition to the L-NA superfusate of L-arginine (L-ARG; 1 mmol/L), the active precursor for endogenous NO synthesis, resulted in a complete reversal of the L-NA effects in venules, while addition of the inactive D-arginine (D-ARG; 1 mmol/L) had no effect. Addition of L-ARG and D-ARG had no significant effect in arterioles. Addition to the L-NA superfusate of the exogenous NO donor sodium nitroprusside (0.1 micromol/L) also resulted in reversal of the L-NA effects in venules, while in arterioles, it slightly but significantly decreased embolization duration. The differences in effect of L-NA on embolization between arterioles and venules were not caused by differences in fluid dynamic conditions. It is concluded that the role of endogenous NO in inhibiting thromboembolic processes is more important in venules than in arterioles.
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- M A Broeders
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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Regnault C, Roch-Arveiller M, Florentin I, Giroud JP, Postaire E, Delaforge M. Kinetic evaluation of nitric oxide production in pleural exudate after induction of two inflammatory reactions in the rat. Inflammation 1996; 20:613-22. [PMID: 8979150 DOI: 10.1007/bf01488799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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NO generation in the course of two acute, non immune, inflammatory reactions (pleurisy induced by rat isologous serum and carrageenan) was assessed by means of nitrite measurement in pleural exudate from 0.5 to 24 h. NO release varied time-dependently, similarly for the two inflammatory reactions. A first, but transient, peak was reached in 30 min while a second peak, more sustained, began at the fourth hour and was maximum at the tenth. Kinetic evolution of NO release was consistent with activation, in a first step, of a constitutive NO synthase probably from endothelial origin (inhibited by 2-Methyl-2-Thiopseudourea sulfate but not by dexamethasone) and with activation, in a second wave, of inducible NOS from endothelial and exudative cells. NO release was potentiated by administration per os of L-Arginine and seems to be involved in the evolution of acute inflammatory reactions and oxygen metabolite production.
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- C Regnault
- CNRS URA 1534, Service de Pharmacologie, Hôpital Cochin, Paris
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