Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 1116-1122Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)00789-X
Keywords
oxidative stress; NADPH oxidase; thrombin; superoxide anion; free radicals
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [K08 HL003669-04, K08 HL003669-03, K08 HL003669-05] Funding Source: Medline
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An NADPH oxidase is thought to be a main source of vascular superoxide (O-2(-)) production. The functional role of this oxidase, however, and the contribution of the different subunits of the enzyme to cellular signaling are still incompletely understood. We determined the role of the p47phox subunit of the oxidase in O-2(-) generation and signaling in aortic rings and cultured smooth muscle cells (SMC) from wild-type (WT) and p47phox-deficient (p47phox -/-) mice. Basal O-2(-) levels in aortae of p47phox -/- mice were lower than those in WT aortae. Infusion of [val(5)]-angiotensin 11 increased O-2(-) levels in aortae from WT more than in aortae from p47phox -/- mice. O-2(-) generation was similar in quiescent SMC from WT and p47phox -/- mice, However, exposure to thrombin selectively increased O-2(-) generation in VSMC from WT, but not from p47phox -/- mice. Thrombin-activated redox-mediated signal transduction and gene expression was attenuated in VSMC from p47phox -/- compared to cells from WT mice as determined by p39 MAP kinase activation and VEGF gene expression. We conclude that p47phox is important for vascular ROS production and redox-modulated signaling and gene expression in VSMC. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc.
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