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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 8, Pages 1429-1437Publisher
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DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1178
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oxygen-derived radicals; endothelin-1; preproendothelin-1 mRNA; promoter
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Modulation of the biosynthesis of the vasoconstrictor peptide endothelin-1 by oxygen-derived free radicals generated by xanthine oxidase or hydrogen peroxide was studied in cultured endothelial cells. Endothelin-1 metabolism was investigated at the level of endothelin-1 promoter, preproendothelin-1 mRNA and intracellular big endothelin-1. Endothelin-1 mRNA, as characterized by Northern blotting, was increased both time-and dose-dependently by xanthine oxidase to up to 500% above baseline. Analysis of endothelin-1 promoter activity using a construct containing 1329 bp of the endothelin-1 promoter revealed that promoter activity was increased up to eight-fold by incubation with xanthine oxidase. Specificity was ascertained by co-incubation with superoxide dismutase and catalase leading to inhibition of the effect of xanthine oxidase. A significant contribution of nitric oxide was ruled out, since NOS III-mRNA transcription remained unchanged and L-NAME did not significantly alter endothelin-l promoter activity. Synthesis of intracellular big endothelin-1 protein was increased dose-dependently by xanthine oxidase. Our results indicate that oxidative stress leads to increased endothelial synthesis of big endothelin-1, which is a previously unknown mechanism and may help to understand the detrimental association of increased oxidative stress and elevated endothelin-1 levels in pathophysiological conditions promoting atherosclerosis. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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