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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 8, Issue 10, Pages 1377-1385Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2008.05.004
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Nox4; Nox2; NADPH oxidase; hydrogen peroxide; human coronary artery endothelial cells; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
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- Japan Health Foundation [KHB1012]
- Mitsubishi Pharma Research Foundation
- Mitsukoshi Health and Welfare Foundation
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, which potentiates reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, is crucial for the development of coronary arteritis and aneurysm in Kawasaki disease. We hypothesized that vascular NADPH oxidase (Nox) enzymes participate in the TNF-alpha-triggered endothelial damage through elevating ROS generation. Thus, we herein examine the expression of Nox enzymes in human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC) and the effects of TNF-alpha on Nox-mediated ROS generation. We show that HCAEC in culture spontaneously generate H2O2 at basal level (0.53 nmol/min/mg protein). In searching for Nox components responsible for the H2O2 generation, two distinct isoforms of Nox4 are found expressed in HCAEC: the prototype Nox4A and the shorter Nox4B, respectively in the postnuctear supernatant and the nuclear fractions. Other expressed Nox family components are: as mRNAs, Nox4C, Nox4D, Nox1, p51(nox), and Racs; as mRNAs and proteins, Nox2, p22(phox), p47(phox), and p67(phox). The H2O2-generating activity increases up to three-fold upon inclusion of TNF-alpha in culture, concomitantly with augmented expressions of Nox4A, p22(phox), p47(phox) and p67(phox) proteins. Together, these results suggest that Nox2 and Nox4A enzymes are induced by TNF-alpha endowing HCAEC with enhanced ROS-generating activity, which may play a rote in the initial endothelial dysfunction through oxidative stress. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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