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Query: EC:1.6.3.1 (NADPH oxidase)
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Cell adhesion to endothelial cells stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) is due to induction of surface receptors, such as vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1). The antioxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) specifically inhibits activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B). Since kappa B motifs are present in VCAM-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) promoters, we used PDTC to study the regulatory mechanisms of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 induction and subsequent monocyte adhesion in TNF-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). PDTC or N-acetylcysteine dose dependently reduced TNF-induced VCAM-1 but not ICAM-1 surface protein (also in human umbilical arterial endothelial cells) and mRNA expression (by 70% at 100 mumol/L PDTC) in HUVECs as assessed by flow cytometry and polymerase chain reaction. Gel-shift analysis in HUVECs demonstrated that PDTC prevented NF-kappa B mobilization by TNF, suggesting that only VCAM-1 induction was controlled by NF-kappa B. Since HUVECs released superoxide anions in response to TNF, and H2O2 induces VCAM-1, PDTC may act as a radical scavenger. Although ICAM-1 induction was unaffected, inhibitors of NADPH oxidase (apocynin) or cytochrome P-450 (SKF525a) suppressed VCAM-1 induction by TNF, revealing that several radical-generating systems are involved in its regulation. PDTC, apocynin, or SKF525a decreased adhesion of monocytic U937 cells to TNF-treated HUVECs (by 75% at 100 mumol/L PDTC). Inhibition by anti-VCAM-1 monoclonal antibody 1G11 indicated that U937 adhesion was VCAM-1 dependent and suppression by antioxidants was due to reduced VCAM-1 induction.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Antioxidants inhibit monocyte adhesion by suppressing nuclear factor-kappa B mobilization and induction of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in endothelial cells stimulated to generate radicals. 752 48

New selenium-containing compounds behave as GPx mimics and protect endothelial cells (HUVEC) from damage upon exposure to 55 microM linoleic acid hydroperoxide or to 200 microM hydrogen peroxide. The simultaneous presence of the GPx mimic and the hydroperoxyde is not necessary, since a pre-treatment of endothelial monolayers with 1 to 10 microM of such compounds, preserves their morphology, their cell density and their longer-term viability. The compounds which are most efficient in this model of oxidative stress also protect endothelial monolayers which have been incubated with an excess (10:1) of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and with 1 ng/ml of TNF-alpha, if such monolayers are pre- and co-treated (10 microM). They inhibit the adhesion of activated neutrophils which show-up as polymorphous and very dense particles, in the vicinity of which endothelial alterations can be seen. The inhibition of leucocyte adhesion and that of endothelial activation/alteration have been quantified by means of immunoassays of myeloperoxidase and von Willebrand factor (vWf). The lead-compound BXT-51072 is not a direct inhibitor of the NADPH oxidase of PMN. TNF-alpha alone induces the endothelial release of Interleukin-8 (Il-8) as well as the expression of P- and E-selectin. The extent and the kinetics of inhibition of such processes by compound BXT-51072 would explain several of the effects observed in the presence of PMN. The GPx mimics also inhibit the endothelial production of Il-8 which is induced by Interleukin-1 alpha. Finally, compound BXT-51072 inhibits the endothelial expression of the adhesion factor VCAM-1 which is more slowly induced by TNF-alpha. Such antioxidant catalysts therefore protect endothelial cells from the toxic effects of TNF-alpha through mechanisms which include a down-regulation of cytokines and cell-adhesion factors.
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PMID:[Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protection of vascular endothelial cells by new synthetic mimics of glutathione peroxidase]. 867 32

The present study was undertaken to investigate the hypothesis that multiple oxygen radical generating systems contribute to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha-stimulated transcriptional activation of the vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 in endothelial cells. Experimental evidence has implicated the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase and a phagocyte type NADPH-oxidase as a source of oxygen radicals in these cells. We show here that endothelial cells exhibit cytochrome P450 activity by measuring the O-dealkylation of the exogenous substrate 7-ethoxyresorufin, but components of the phagocyte-type NADPH oxidase could not be demonstrated in endothelial cells. In that latter respect it was surprising that the NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin completely prevented the accumulation of VCAM-1 mRNA. However, we found that apocynin also acts as an inhibitor of cytochrome P450 activity in endothelial cells. Therefore the inhibitory effect of apocynin on the induction of VCAM-1 may no longer be used to demonstrate a role for the NADPH oxidase in this process. Furthermore, different cytochrome P450 inhibitors Co2+, metyrapone, SKF525a decreased the endothelial VCAM-1 expression stimulated by TNFalpha. Also under hypoxic conditions the expression of VCAM-1 was reduced. On this basis we assume that the oxygen dependent step in the intracellular signalling cascade underlying the TNFalpha stimulated transcriptional activation of VCAM-1 resides in the activity of a cytochrome P450 dependent monooxygenase. The finding that the phospholipase A2 inhibitor bromophenacylbromide inhibited the expression of VCAM-1 may indicate that arachidonic acid serves as a substrate for the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase reaction, but further research is needed to elucidate the particular cytochrome P450 family member mediating the expression of VCAM-1.
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PMID:Evidence against the involvement of multiple radical generating sites in the expression of the vascular cell adhesion molecule-1. 964 91

Lymphocytes migrate from the blood across endothelial cells to reach foreign substances sequestered in peripheral lymphoid organs and inflammatory sites. To study intracellular signaling in endothelial cells during lymphocyte migration, we used murine endothelial cell lines that promote lymphocyte migration and constitutively express VCAM-1. The maximum rate of resting splenic lymphocyte migration across monolayers of the endothelial cells occurred at 0-24 h. This migration was inhibited by anti-VCAM-1 or anti-alpha4 integrin, suggesting that VCAM-1 adhesion was required for migration. To determine whether signals within the endothelial cells were required for migration, irreversible inhibitors of signal transduction molecules were used to pretreat the endothelial cell lines. Inhibitors of NADPH oxidase activity (diphenyleneiodonium and apocynin) blocked migration >65% without affecting adhesion. Because NADPH oxidase catalyzes the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), we examined whether ROS were required for migration. Scavengers of ROS inhibited migration without affecting adhesion. Furthermore, VCAM-1 ligand binding stimulated NADPH oxidase-dependent production of ROS by the endothelial cells lines and primary endothelial cell cultures. Finally, VCAM-1 ligand binding induced an apocynin-inhibitable actin restructuring in the endothelial cell lines at the location of the lymphocyte or anti-VCAM-1-coated bead, suggesting that an NADPH oxidase-dependent endothelial cell shape change was required for lymphocyte migration. In summary, VCAM-1 signaled the activation of endothelial cell NADPH oxidase, which was required for lymphocyte migration. This suggests that endothelial cells are not only a scaffold for lymphocyte adhesion, but play an active role in promoting lymphocyte migration.
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PMID:Lymphocyte migration through monolayers of endothelial cell lines involves VCAM-1 signaling via endothelial cell NADPH oxidase. 1084 14

Oxidation-reduction (redox) coupled mechanisms play an important role in the regulation of cell surface adhesion molecule expression. In endothelial cells membrane-bound NADH/NADPH oxidase is a significant source of intracellular superoxide (O(2)(-)) production. We explored the role of flavin containing proteins such as NADH/NADPH oxidase in the induction of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene expression in human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) and human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMECs). Treatment of HAECs by tumor necrosis factor- alpha (TNF- alpha, 100 U/ml) for 1 h induced a 31% increase in O(2)(-)production within 5 min as determined by lucigenin chemiluminescence analysis of whole cells (n=4, P<0.05). Pretreatment with the NADH/NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenylene iodonium (DPI, 40 microm) for 1 h inhibited O(2)(-)production. DPI also inhibited TNF and LPS-induced VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 cell surface expression and TNF- alpha, LPS, or IL-1 beta induced VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 mRNA accumulation. However, DPI did not inhibit TNF- alpha -induced activation of nuclear NF- kappa B-like binding activity in HAECs and HMECs. Furthermore, DPI did not inhibit TNF- alpha induced transactivation of NF- kappa B-driven VCAM-1 and HIV-LTR promoter gene constructs in transiently transfected HMECs. These data suggest that flavin binding proteins such as NADH/NADPH oxidase can regulate VCAM-1 gene expression independent of NF- kappa B. Furthermore, intracellular O(2)(-)generation is not necessary for NF- kappa B activation or for transactivation of NF- kappa B driven promoters.
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PMID:NF- kappa B independent suppression of endothelial vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 gene expression by inhibition of flavin binding proteins and superoxide production. 1090 Jan 76

In the porcine coronary artery, a cytochrome P450 (CYP) isozyme homologous to CYP 2C8/9 has been identified as an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) synthase. As some CYP enzymes are reported to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), we hypothesized that the coronary EDHF synthase may modulate vascular homeostasis by the simultaneous production of ROS and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids. In bradykinin-stimulated coronary arteries, antisense oligonucleotides against CYP 2C almost abolished EDHF-mediated responses but potentiated nitric oxide (NO)-mediated relaxation. The selective CYP 2C9 inhibitor sulfaphenazole and the superoxide anion (O(2-)) scavengers Tiron and nordihydroguaretic acid also induced a leftward shift in the NO-mediated concentration-relaxation curve to bradykinin. CYP activity and O(2-) production, determined in microsomes prepared from cells overexpressing CYP 2C9, were almost completely inhibited by sulfaphenazole. Sulfaphenazole did not alter the activity of either CYP 2C8, the leukocyte NADPH oxidase, or xanthine oxidase. ROS generation in coronary artery rings, visualized using either ethidium or dichlorofluorescein fluorescence, was detected under basal conditions. The endothelial signal was attenuated by CYP 2C antisense treatment as well as by sulfaphenazole. In isolated coronary endothelial cells, bradykinin elicited a sulfaphenazole-sensitive increase in ROS production. Although 11,12 epoxyeicosatrienoic acid attenuated the activity of nuclear factor-kappaB in cultured human endothelial cells, nuclear factor-kappaB activity was enhanced after the induction or overexpression of CYP 2C9, as was the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1. These results suggest that a CYP isozyme homologous to CYP 2C9 is a physiologically relevant generator of ROS in coronary endothelial cells and modulates both vascular tone and homeostasis.
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PMID:Endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor synthase (Cytochrome P450 2C9) is a functionally significant source of reactive oxygen species in coronary arteries. 1113 72

Engagement of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) by products of nonenzymatic glycation/oxidation triggers the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby altering gene expression. Because dissection of the precise events by which ROS are generated via RAGE is relevant to the pathogenesis of complications in AGE-related disorders, such as diabetes and renal failure, we tested the hypothesis that activation of NADPH oxidase contributed, at least in part, to enhancing oxidant stress via RAGE. Here we show that incubation of human endothelial cells with AGEs on the surface of diabetic red blood cells, or specific AGEs, (carboxymethyl)lysine (CML)-modified adducts, prompted intracellular generation of hydrogen peroxide, cell surface expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1, and generation of tissue factor in a manner suppressed by treatment with diphenyliodonium, but not by inhibitors of nitric oxide. Consistent with an important role for NADPH oxidase, although macrophages derived from wild-type mice expressed enhanced levels of tissue factor upon stimulation with AGE, macrophages derived from mice deficient in a central subunit of NADPH oxidase, gp91phox, failed to display enhanced tissue factor in the presence of AGE. These findings underscore a central role of NADPH oxidase in AGE-RAGE-mediated generation of ROS and provide a mechanism for altered gene expression in AGE-related disorders.
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PMID:Activation of NADPH oxidase by AGE links oxidant stress to altered gene expression via RAGE. 1128 50

microdant stress is involved in the events that accompany endothelial cell expression of adhesion molecules and leukocyte adherence in many disease states, including atherosclerosis. A recently discovered benzo(b)pyran-4-one derivative, S17834 (10 to 50 micromol/L), reduced tumor necrosis factor-stimulated vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM) mRNA accumulation and protein expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 and E-selectin were also inhibited by S17834, but platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 was not. Adherence of U937 monocytic cells to the endothelial cells as well as to plastic plates coated with soluble VCAM, intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1, P-selectin, and E-selectin was also decreased. Consistent with an antioxidant mechanism of action, S17834 (10 to 50 micromol/L) inhibited tumor necrosis factor-stimulated release of superoxide from endothelial cells measured by cytochrome c reduction. S17834 had no effect on superoxide produced by xanthine oxidase, indicating that rather than by acting as a scavenger of superoxide anion, the drug acts by inhibiting the production of free radicals. Indeed, S17834 inhibited NADPH oxidase activity of endothelial cell membranes. The ability to inhibit superoxide anion production appears to be key in the effect of S17834 on superoxide anion production and VCAM expression, because these actions were mimicked by adenovirus-mediated overexpression of superoxide dismutase. Furthermore, these actions may be relevant in vivo, because S17834 reduced aortic superoxide anion levels by 40% and aortic atherosclerotic lesions by 60% in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. These results indicate that S17834 inhibits adhesion molecule expression and adherence of leukocytes to endothelial cells as well as aortic atherogenesis and that perhaps these effects can be explained by its ability to inhibit endogenous superoxide anion production.
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PMID:S17834, a new inhibitor of cell adhesion and atherosclerosis that targets nadph oxidase. 1159 29

Eosinophils adhere to airway cholinergic nerves and influence nerve cell function by releasing granule proteins onto inhibitory neuronal M(2) muscarinic receptors. This study investigated the mechanism of eosinophil degranulation by cholinergic nerves. Eosinophils were cocultured with IMR32 cholinergic nerve cells, and eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) or leukotriene C(4) (LTC(4)) release was measured. Coculture of eosinophils with nerves significantly increased EPO and LTC(4) release compared with eosinophils alone. IMR32 cells, like parasympathetic nerves, express the adhesion molecules vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Inhibition of these adhesion molecules alone or in combination significantly inhibited eosinophil degranulation. IMR32 cells also significantly augmented the eosinophil degranulation produced by formyl-Met-Leu-Phe. Eosinophil adhesion to IMR32 cells resulted in an ICAM-1-mediated production of reactive oxygen species via a neuronal NADPH oxidase, inhibition of which significantly inhibited eosinophil degranulation. Additionally, eosinophil adhesion increased the release of ACh from IMR32 cells. These neuroinflammatory cell interactions may be relevant in a variety of inflammatory and neurological conditions.
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PMID:Adhesion-dependent interactions between eosinophils and cholinergic nerves. 1200 78

We have previously shown that cytokine stimulation of the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), but not that of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), is redox sensitive in endothelial cells. Here, we investigated the role of isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (ICMTase), which methylates isoprenylated CAAX (where C indicates cysteine; A, aliphatic amino acids; and X, almost any other amino acid) proteins, including Rac1, a component of superoxide-generating NAD(P)H oxidase, in the expression of VCAM-1. Pretreatment of endothelial cells with N-acetyl-S-farnesyl-L-cysteine (AFC) or N-acetyl-S-geranylgeranyl-L-cysteine (AGGC), specific inhibitors of ICMTase, inhibited the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) stimulation of mRNA expression of VCAM-1 but not that of ICAM-1. Endothelial cells expressed constitutively active ICMTase, as suggested by the presence of methylated Rac1 and the methylation of AFC by the cells. TNF-alpha stimulation of the cells significantly increased the methylation of AFC and Rac1 in endothelial cells. That ICMTase was a component of the redox-sensitive signaling pathway was also suggested by the AFC inhibition of the generation of reactive oxygen species by TNF-alpha. Interestingly, the dominant-negative isoform of Rac1 was not selective but inhibited the TNF-alpha stimulation of the mRNA expression of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1. Thus, ICMTase is a critical component of the redox-sensitive VCAM-1-selective signaling pathway, and it appears to activate a discrete inflammatory signaling pathway, at least in part, through the methylation of Rac1.
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PMID:Role of isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase in tumor necrosis factor-alpha stimulation of expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in endothelial cells. 1200 87


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