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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 275, Issue 34, Pages 26423-26427Publisher
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DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M000767200
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as signaling molecules in the cardiovascular system, regulating cellular proliferation and migration. However, an excess of ROS can damage cells and alter endothelial cell function. We hypothesized that endogenous mechanisms protect the vasculature from excess levels of ROS. We now shaw that superoxide can inhibit endothelin-converting enzyme activity (ECE) and decrease endothelin-l synthesis. Superoxide inhibits ECE but hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide do not. Superoxide inhibits ECE by ejecting zinc from the enzyme, and the addition of exogenous zinc restores enzymatic activity. Superoxide may inhibit other zinc metalloproteinases by a similar mechanism and may thus play an important role in regulating the biology of blood vessels.
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