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Role of oxidative stress in the dysfunction of the placental endothelial nitric oxide synthase in preeclampsia

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REDOX BIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101861

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Preeclampsia; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Reactive oxygen species; Oxidative stress; Lipid peroxidation; S-glutathionylation

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  1. INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale)
  2. University Paul Sabatier Toulouse
  3. Fonds de recherche du Quebec -Sante (FRQ-S)
  4. INSERM

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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy disease exclusive to humans, characterized by gestational hypertension, proteinuria, oxidative stress, and imbalance between NO and ROS production, possibly due to placental abnormalities and oxidative stress.
Preeclampsia (PE) is a multifactorial pregnancy disease, characterized by new-onset gestational hypertension with (or without) proteinuria or end-organ failure, exclusively observed in humans. It is a leading cause of maternal morbidity affecting 3-7% of pregnant women worldwide. PE pathophysiology could result from abnormal placentation due to a defective trophoblastic invasion and an impaired remodeling of uterine spiral arteries, leading to a poor adaptation of utero-placental circulation. This would be associated with hypoxia/reoxygenation phenomena, oxygen gradient fluctuations, altered antioxidant capacity, oxidative stress, and reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. This results in part from the reaction of NO with the radical anion superoxide (O-2(center dot-)), which produces peroxynitrite ONOO-, a powerful pro-oxidant and inflammatory agent. Another mechanism is the progressive inhibition of the placental endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) by oxidative stress, which results in eNOS uncoupling via several events such as a depletion of the eNOS substrate Larginine due to increased arginase activity, an oxidation of the eNOS cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), or eNOS post-translational modifications (for instance by S-glutathionylation). The uncoupling of eNOS triggers a switch of its activity from a NO-producing enzyme to a NADPH oxidase-like system generating O-2(center dot-), thereby potentiating ROS production and oxidative stress. Moreover, in PE placentas, eNOS could be post-translationally modified by lipid peroxidation-derived aldehydes such as 4-oxononenal (ONE) a highly bioreactive agent, able to inhibit eNOS activity and NO production. This review summarizes the dysfunction of placental eNOS evoked by oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation products, and the potential consequences on PE pathogenesis.

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