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FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 34, 期 10, 页码 1271-1282出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(03)00104-7
关键词
isoflavones; oxidized LDL; electronegative LDL; NADPH oxidase; nitric oxide synthase; nitric oxide; free radicals
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL50350] Funding Source: Medline
Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is reported to lower the incidence of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women. ERT also lowers the levels of oxidatively modified low-density lipoprotein (LDL). Because modified LDL can mediate the development of atherosclerosis by inflammatory processes, ERT may exert its LDL protective effect through enhanced antioxidant activity in vascular tissues. Plant sources of estrogenic compounds have been used as alternatives for ERT because they avoid a number of negative health effects produced by estrogen. In this study, the antioxidant properties of the soy isoflavone metabolite, equol (an estrogenic metabolite of daidzein) were studied. Equol has a greater antioxidant activity than the parent isoflavone compounds genistein and daidzein, found in high concentration in soy. Equol inhibits LDL oxidation in vitro and LDL. oxidative modification by J774 monocyte/macrophages to LDL-, an electronegative modified LDL found in human plasma. An antioxidant effect of equol was found to be mediated by inhibition of superoxide radical (O-2(is approximately equal to)) production and manifested through enhanced levels of free nitric oxide (NO) that prevents LDL modification. Thus, when NO levels were increased by donor agents, generators, or compounds that facilitate nitric oxide synthase activity, LDL- formation by J774 cells was strongly inhibited. Conversely, inhibition of NO production enhanced LDL- formation, and the combination of reduced NO and increased O-2(is approximately equal to) is approximately equal to production yielded maximum LDL- formation. Pretreatment of cells with equol inhibited production of O-2(is approximately equal to) by J774 cells apparently via the inactivation of the reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase complex. Decreased O-2(is approximately equal to) production resulted in increased free NO levels (but not total NO production) indicating that decreased reactions between O-2(is approximately equal to) and NO are an outcome of equol's antioxidant activity in cell culture. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc.
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