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. 2006 Feb;26(2):333-9.
doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000196651.64776.51. Epub 2005 Nov 17.

Coronary artery superoxide production and nox isoform expression in human coronary artery disease

Tomasz J Guzik  1 , Jerzy Sadowski, Bartlomiej Guzik, Andrew Jopek, Boguslaw Kapelak, Piotr Przybylowski, Karol Wierzbicki, Ryszard Korbut, David G Harrison, Keith M Channon
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Coronary artery superoxide production and nox isoform expression in human coronary artery disease

Tomasz J Guzik et al. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Background: Oxidative stress plays important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD). We aimed to determine the sources and selected molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress in CAD.

Methods and results: We examined basal and NAD(P)H oxidase-mediated superoxide (O2*-) production using lucigenin chemiluminescence, ferricytochrome c and dihydroethidium fluorescence in human coronary arteries from 19 CAD and 17 non-CAD patients undergoing heart transplantation. NAD(P)H oxidase subunits and xanthine oxidase expression were measured. Superoxide production was greater in coronary arteries from patients with CAD, even in vessels without overt atherosclerotic plaques, and was doubled within branching points of coronary arteries. Studies using pharmacological inhibitors and specific substrates showed that NAD(P)H oxidases (60%) and xanthine oxidase (25%) are primary sources of O2*- in CAD. Losartan significantly inhibited superoxide production in coronary arteries. NAD(P)H oxidase activity and protein levels of the NADPH oxidase subunits p22phox, p67phox, and p47phox were significantly increased in CAD, as were mRNA levels for p22phox and nox2, and no NAD(P)H oxidase subunit mRNA levels correlated with NAD(P)H oxidase activity in vessels from individual patients. Activity and protein expression of xanthine oxidase were increased in CAD, whereas xanthine dehydrogenase levels were not changed.

Conclusions: Increased expression and activity of NAD(P)H oxidase subunits and xanthine oxidase, in part mediated through angiotensin II and PKC-dependent pathways, are important mechanisms underlying increased oxidative stress in human coronary artery disease.

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