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Query: EC:1.6.3.1 (NADPH oxidase)
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Neutrophils from pregnant women display reduced neutrophil-mediated effector functions, such as reactive oxygen metabolite (ROM) release. Because the NADPH oxidase and NO synthase produce ROMs and NO, the availability of their substrate NADPH is a potential regulatory factor. NADPH is produced by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDase) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-PGDase), which are the first two steps of the hexose monophosphate shunt (HMS). Using immunofluorescence microscopy, we show that 6-PGDase, like G-6-PDase, undergoes retrograde transport to the microtubule-organizing centers in neutrophils from pregnant women. In contrast, 6-PGDase is found in an anterograde distribution in cells from nonpregnant women. However, lactate dehydrogenase distribution is unaffected by pregnancy. Cytochemical studies demonstrated that the distribution of 6-PGDase enzymatic activity is coincident with 6-PGDase Ag. The accumulation of 6-PGDase at the microtubule-organizing centers could be blocked by colchicine, suggesting that microtubules are important in this enzyme's intracellular distribution. In situ kinetic studies reveal that the rates of 6-gluconate turnover are indistinguishable in samples from nonpregnant and pregnant women, suggesting that the enzyme is functionally intact. Resonance energy transfer experiments showed that 6-PGDase and G-6-PDase are in close physical proximity within cells, suggesting the presence of supramolecular enzyme complexes. We suggest that the retrograde trafficking of HMS enzyme complexes during pregnancy influences the dynamics of NADPH production by separating HMS enzymes from glucose-6-phosphate generation at the plasma membrane and, in parallel, reducing ROM and NO production in comparison with fully activated neutrophils from nonpregnant women.
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PMID:6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase form a supramolecular complex in human neutrophils that undergoes retrograde trafficking during pregnancy. 1512 28

Because systems controlled by basal NAD(P)H oxidase activity appear to contribute to differences in responses of endothelium-removed bovine coronary (BCA) and pulmonary (BPA) arteries to hypoxia, we characterized the Nox oxidases activities present in these vascular segments and how cytosolic NAD(P)H redox systems could be controlling oxidase activity. BPA generated approximately 60-80% more lucigenin (5 microM) chemiluminescence detectable superoxide than BCA. Apocynin (10 microM), a NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor, and 6-aminonicotinamide (1 mM), a pentose phosphate inhibitor (PPP), both attenuated (approximately by 50-70%) superoxide detected in BPA and BCA. There was no significant difference in the expression of Nox2 or Nox4 mRNA or protein detected by Western blot analysis. NADPH and NADH increased superoxide in homogenates and isolated microsomal membrane fractions in a manner consistent with BPA and BCA having similar levels of oxidase activity. BPA had 4.2-fold higher levels of NADPH than BCA. The activity and protein levels of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the rate-limiting PPP enzyme generating cytosolic NADPH, were 1.5-fold higher in BPA than BCA. Thus BPA differ from BCA in that they have higher levels of G6PD activity, NADPH, and superoxide. Because both arteries have similar levels of Nox expression and activity, elevated levels of cytosolic NADPH may contribute to increased superoxide in BPA.
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PMID:Cytosolic NADPH may regulate differences in basal Nox oxidase-derived superoxide generation in bovine coronary and pulmonary arteries. 1534 89

Diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) and the structurally related compound diphenyliodonium (DIP) are widely used as inhibitors of flavoenzymes, particularly NADPH oxidase. Here we report further evidence that DPI and DIP are not specific flavin binders. A 3-h incubation of N11 glial cells with DPI significantly inhibited in a dose-dependent way both the pentose phosphate pathway and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. In parallel, we observed a dose-dependent increase of reactive oxygen species generation and lipoperoxidation and increased leakage of lactate dehydrogenase activity in the extracellular medium. The glutathione/glutathione disulfide ratio decreased, whereas the efflux of glutathione out of the cells increased. This suggests that DPI causes an augmented oxidative stress and exerts a cytotoxic effect in N11 cells. Indeed, the cells were protected from these events when loaded with glutathione. Similar results were observed using DIP instead of DPI and also in other cell types. We suggest that the DPI-elicited inhibition of the pentose phosphate pathway and tricarboxylic acid cycle may be mediated by the blockade of several NAD(P)-dependent enzymes, such as glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and lactate dehydrogenase. In light of these results, we think that some effects of DPI or DIP in in vitro and in vivo experimental models should be interpreted with caution.
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PMID:Diphenyleneiodonium inhibits the cell redox metabolism and induces oxidative stress. 1535 77

In the vasculature, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by both mitochondrial respiration and enzymatic sources serve as integral components of cellular signaling and homeostatic mechanisms. Because ROS are highly reactive biomolecules, the cellular redox milieu is carefully maintained by small-molecule antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes to prevent the deleterious consequences of ROS excess. When this redox balance is perturbed, because of either increased ROS production or decreased antioxidant capacity, oxidant stress is increased in the vessel wall and, if not offset, vascular dysfunction ensues. A number of heritable polymorphisms of pro-oxidant enzymes, including 5-lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase-2, nitric oxide synthase-3, and NAD(P)H oxidase, have been identified and found to modulate ROS production and, thereby, the risk of atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease in individuals with these genetic polymorphisms. Similarly, heritable deficiency of the antioxidant enzymes catalase, glutathione peroxidases, glutathione-S-transferases, heme oxygenase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase favors ROS accumulation, and has been associated with an increased risk of vascular disease. Individually, each of these polymorphisms imposes a state of uncompensated oxidant stress on the vasculature and collectively comprise the oxidative enzymopathies.
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PMID:Oxidative enzymopathies and vascular disease. 1579 Sep 28

The pathophysiological mechanism of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium (Salmonella typhimurium) induced gastroenteritis is controlled by interplay of various cell signaling events. Adherence of this organism through type-1 fimbriae is known to be a vital prerequisite for the establishment of infection. In the present investigation male albino Wistar rats were immunized with purified type-1 fimbriae and challenged intragastrically with S. typhimurium. Electrolyte transport and level of different second messengers were studied in four different groups of animals. Transepithelial fluxes of Na+ and Cl- revealed absorption in immunized-challenged group as observed in case of control and immunized group while secretion was observed in infected group. Ca2+ and 3-0-methyl-D-glucose fluxes did not show any change. Significant increase in the level of intracellular Ca2+, cAMP, membrane form of protein kinase C, prostaglandins, NADPH oxidase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, total oxygen free radicals, reactive nitrogen intermediates, citrulline and lipid peroxidation was found in the infected group. However, in the immunized-challenged group, the values of all the parameters were found to be same as that of control as well as immunized groups. Na+, K(+)-ATPase and calmodulin levels were found to be unaltered in all the groups of animals. Thus, the immunization with type-1 fimbriae has been found to be quite effective leading to the prevention of multiple physiologic derangements in isolated ileal cells suggesting the protective role of the fimbriae.
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PMID:The effect of type-1 fimbrial immunization on gut pathophysiological response in rats infected with Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium. 1601 47

The effect of phagocytosis on the H(2)O(2) production and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activities of leukocytes from various species was investigated. The intracellular distribution of MPO, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH) of resting and phagocytizing guinea pig polymorphonuclear leukocytes has also been studied. Phagocytizing cells produce more H(2)O(2) than the corresponding resting cells. This has been found to be true for human peripheral polymorphonuclear leukocytes, mouse peritoneal macrophage, and guinea pig and rat peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes. All of these cells, except rabbit alveolar macrophages, have significant MPO activity. Generally an increased activity is noted with phagocytizing cells. Homogenization and differential centrifugation of guinea pig peritoneal polymorphonuclear leukocytes indicate that the whole homogenate and its fractions from phagocytizing cells have significantly higher MPO and NADPH oxidase activities, when compared to the corresponding fractions from the resting cells. The 27,000 x g supernatant fluid from phagocytizing cells has 6-fold more MPO and 2.5-fold more NADPH oxidase activity than similar supernatant fractions from resting cells. The enzyme 6PGDH was unaffected by phagocytosis. The relationship of these stimulated activities to the intracellular bactericidal function of the phagocytes has been discussed.
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PMID:Function of h(2)o(2), myeloperoxidase, and hexose monophosphate shunt enzymes in phagocytizing cells from different species. 1655 39

In the failing heart, NADPH oxidase and uncoupled NO synthase utilize cytosolic NADPH to form superoxide. NADPH is supplied principally by the pentose phosphate pathway, whose rate-limiting enzyme is glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). Therefore, we hypothesized that cardiac G6PD activation drives part of the excessive superoxide production implicated in the pathogenesis of heart failure. Pacing-induced heart failure was performed in eight chronically instrumented dogs. Seven normal dogs served as control. End-stage failure occurred after 28 +/- 1 days of pacing, when left ventricular end-diastolic pressure reached 25 mm Hg. In left ventricular tissue homogenates, spontaneous superoxide generation measured by lucigenin (5 microM) chemiluminescence was markedly increased in heart failure (1338 +/- 419 vs. 419 +/- 102 AU/mg protein, P < 0.05), as were NADPH levels (15.4 +/- 1.5 vs. 7.5 +/- 1.5 micromol/gww, P < 0.05). Superoxide production was further stimulated by the addition of NADPH. The NADPH oxidase inhibitor gp91(ds-tat) (50 microM) and the NO synthase inhibitor L-NAME (1 mM) both significantly lowered superoxide generation in failing heart homogenates by 80% and 76%, respectively. G6PD was upregulated and its activity higher in heart failure compared to control (0.61 +/- 0.10 vs. 0.24 +/- 0.03 nmol/min/mg protein, P < 0.05), while superoxide production decreased to normal levels in the presence of the G6PD inhibitor 6-aminonicotinamide. We conclude that the activation of myocardial G6PD is a novel mechanism that enhances NADPH availability and fuels superoxide-generating enzymes in heart failure.
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PMID:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-derived NADPH fuels superoxide production in the failing heart. 1682 94

In adipocytes, oxidative stress and chronic inflammation are closely associated with metabolic disorders, including insulin resistance, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these metabolic disorders have not been thoroughly elucidated. In this report, we demonstrate that overexpression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) in adipocytes stimulates oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, thus affecting the neighboring macrophages. Adipogenic G6PD overexpression promotes the expression of pro-oxidative enzymes, including inducible nitric oxide synthase and NADPH oxidase, and the activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signaling, which eventually leads to the dysregulation of adipocytokines and inflammatory signals. Furthermore, secretory factors from G6PD-overexpressing adipocytes stimulate macrophages to express more proinflammatory cytokines and to be recruited to the adipocytes; this would cause chronic inflammatory conditions in the adipose tissue of obesity. These effects of G6PD overexpression in adipocytes were abolished by pretreatment with NF-kappaB inhibitors or antioxidant drugs. Thus, we propose that a high level of G6PD in adipocytes may mediate the onset of metabolic disorders in obesity by increasing the oxidative stress and inflammatory signals.
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PMID:Increase in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in adipocytes stimulates oxidative stress and inflammatory signals. 1706 29

In the present study, we investigated the role of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) in regulating the levels of reduced form of glutathione (GSH) to the tolerance of calli from two reed ecotypes, Phragmites communis Trin. dune reed (DR) and swamp reed (SR), in a long-term salt stress. G6PDH activity was higher in SR callus than that of DR callus under 50-150 mM NaCl treatments. In contrast, at higher NaCl concentrations (300-600 mM), G6PDH activity was lower in SR callus. A similar profile was observed in GSH contents, glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities in both salt-stressed calli. After G6PDH activity and expression were reduced in glycerol treatments, GSH contents and GR and GPX activity decreased strongly in both calli. Simultaneously, NaCl-induced hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) accumulation was also abolished. Exogenous application of H2O2 increased G6PDH, GR, and GPX activities and GSH contents in the control conditions and glycerol treatment. Diphenylene iodonium (DPI), a plasma membrane (PM) NADPH oxidase inhibitor, which counteracted NaCl-induced H(2)O(2) accumulation, decreased these enzymes activities and GSH contents. Furthermore, exogenous application of H2O2 abolished the N-acetyl-L: -cysteine (NAC)-induced decrease in G6PDH activity, and DPI suppressed the effect of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) on induction of G6PDH activity. Western-blot analyses showed that G6PDH expression was stimulated by NaCl and H2O2, and blocked by DPI in DR callus. Taken together, G6PDH activity involved in GSH maintenance and H2O2 accumulation under salt stress. And H2O2 regulated G6PDH, GR, and GPX activities to maintain GSH levels. In the process, G6PDH plays a central role.
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PMID:Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase plays a central role in modulating reduced glutathione levels in reed callus under salt stress. 1795 57

Lipoic acid (LA) and its reduced product dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA) are potent antioxidants with capacity to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) and recycle endogenous antioxidants. LA may increase cellular glutathione (GSH), an antioxidant lacking in the lung's epithelial lining fluid in lung disorders such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Neutrophils (PMN) are key innate responders and are pivotal in clearing bacterial infection, therefore it is crucial to understand the impact LA may have on their function. Circulating neutrophils were isolated from healthy volunteers and pretreated with LA or diluent. Cells were subsequently activated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, 100 ng/ml) to induce ROS production. SOD-inhibitable reduction of acetylated cytochrome c demonstrated the PMA-dependent respiratory burst was suppressed by LA. Oxygen consumption also was diminished when PMA-stimulated cells were pretreated with LA. PMN respiratory burst was partially restored by addition of NADPH but not other pyridine nucleotides. LA did not inhibit glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity of PMN. These data together suggest that the reduction of LA to DHLA using cellular NADPH may limit the capacity of the PMN NADPH oxidase to produce superoxide. Further studies will be required to determine if LA can diminish excessive superoxide produced by PMN and/or alveolar macrophages in IPF or relevant disease models in vivo.
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PMID:Lipoic acid suppression of neutrophil respiratory burst: effect of NADPH. 1815 60


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