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FEBS LETTERS
Volume 551, Issue 1-3, Pages 99-103Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00876-7
Keywords
diethyldithiocarbamate; 6-anilino-5,8-quinolinedione; superoxide; xanthine oxidase; soluble guanylyl cyclase
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We sought to determine the effects of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibitor diethyldithiocarbamate (DETC) on vascular superoxide production. Rat aortic rings treated with DETC (10 mM) showed no change of superoxide generation (5 muM lucigenin). Likewise, DETC did not change the expression and activity of vascular soluble guanylyl cyclase, an enzyme known to be extremely sensitive to superoxide. In striking contrast, DETC completely inhibited the superoxide production induced by 6-anilino-5,8-quinolinedione (LY83583) and abolished the catalytic activity of xanthine oxidase (XO). Thus, DETC inhibits vascular superoxide production by blocking oxidoreductase enzymes such as XO and those reducing LY83583 in rat aorta. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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