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Query: EC:1.6.99.6 (NADPH oxidase)
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Phagocytes of the innate immune system, such as monocytes/macrophages, represent a first line of defense against invading microorganisms. Psychological stress is often thought to suppress the functioning of these cells, in part due to the immunosuppressive activity of stress-induced glucocorticoid hormones. However, exposure to the stressor social disruption (SDR) has been shown to increase cytokine production by monocytes/macrophages and to reduce their sensitivity to corticosterone. Thus, it was hypothesized that splenic monocytes/macrophages from socially stressed mice would be primed to be more physiologically active than cells from nonstressed controls. Flow cytometry was used to demonstrate that exposure to SDR significantly increased the expression of Toll-like receptors (TLR) 2 and 4 on the surface of splenic macrophages. In a follow-up experiment, exposure to SDR also increased the ability of these macrophages to kill Escherichia coli ex vivo and in vivo. However, SDR failed to increase the bactericidal activity of splenic macrophages from C3H/HeJ mice, which lack functional TLR4. In mice with functional TLR4, the stress-induced increase in bactericidal activity was associated with a significant increase in macrophage gene expression for inducible nitric oxide synthase and subunits of the NADPH oxidase complex, which are responsible for generating reactive nitrogen and oxygen intermediates, respectively. This stress-induced increase in gene expression was not evident in the TLR4-deficient mice. These data indicate that SDR increases TLR expression, which in turn enhances the bactericidal activity of splenic macrophages, in part by increasing pathways responsible for reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediate production.
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PMID:Repeated social defeat increases the bactericidal activity of splenic macrophages through a Toll-like receptor-dependent pathway. 1759 26

The p47phox- and Rac 1-dependent NADPH oxidase activation, ROS production, and MAPK signaling pathways play critical roles in endotoxin-enhanced TLR4 expression and TLR4 mRNA stabilization in VSMCs. These evidences provide for the direct involvement of VSMCs in endotoxin-mediated inflammatory activation, which may contribute to the progression of cardiovascular disorders, although targeting TLR4 will prove to be a successful approach for the treatment of these devastating diseases remains to be determined.
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PMID:A novel mechanism involved in TLR4 expression during inflammation. 1769 80

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) is required for recognition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacteria and induction of the innate immune response to them. Nevertheless, the involvement of some crucial pathways in TLR4 signalling is poorly understood. Here, we report that LPS-induced TLR4 signalling triggers cross talk of HIF-1alpha and ASK1 in THP-1 human myeloid monocytic leukaemia cells. Both pathways are activated via redox-dependent mechanism associated with tyrosine kinase/phospholipase C-1gamma-mediated activation of protein kinase C alpha/beta, which are known to activate NADPH oxidase and the production of reactive oxygen species that activate both HIF-1alpha and ASK1. ASK1 contributes to the stabilisation of HIF-1alpha, most likely via activation of p38 MAP kinase.
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PMID:LPS-induced Toll-like receptor 4 signalling triggers cross-talk of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) and HIF-1alpha protein. 1815 67

A prominent feature of various inflamed and diseased tissue is the presence of low oxygen tension (hypoxia). Effector cells of the innate immune system must maintain their viability and physiologic functions in a hypoxic microenvironment. Monocytes circulating in the bloodstream differentiate into macrophages. During this process, cells acquire the ability to exert effects at hypoxic sites of inflammation. The transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) mediates adaptive responses to reduced oxygen availability. In this study, we demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces HIF-1 activation by enhancing both HIF-1alpha protein expression through a translation-dependent pathway and HIF-1alpha transcriptional activity in THP-1 human myeloid cells that have undergone macrophage differentiation but not in undifferentiated monocytic THP-1 cells. LPS-induced HIF-1 activation was blocked by treatment with antioxidant (N-acetylcysteine or thioredoxin-1), NADPH oxidase inhibitor (diphenyleneiodonium), indicating that reactive oxygen species generated in response to LPS are essential in this process. LPS-mediated activation of HIF-1 was independent of NF-kappaB activity. LPS-induced ROS generation and HIF-1 activation required the expression of Toll-like receptor 4 or myeloid differentiation factor (MyD) 88, thus providing a molecular basis for the selective activation of HIF-1 in differentiated THP-1 cells.
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PMID:LPS induces hypoxia-inducible factor 1 activation in macrophage-differentiated cells in a reactive oxygen species-dependent manner. 1819 3

Cigarette smoke (CS) induces recruitment of inflammatory cells in the lungs leading to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are involved in lung inflammation and injury. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase is a multimeric system that is responsible for ROS production in mammalian cells. We hypothesized that NADPH oxidase-derived ROS play an important role in lung inflammation and injury and that targeted ablation of components of NADPH oxidase (p47(phox) and gp91(phox)) would protect lungs against the detrimental effects of CS. To test this hypothesis, we exposed p47(phox-/-) and gp91(phox-/-) mice to CS and examined inflammatory response and injury in the lung. Surprisingly, although CS-induced ROS production was decreased in the lungs of p47(phox-/-) and gp91(phox-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice, the inflammatory response was significantly increased and was accompanied by development of distal airspace enlargement and alveolar destruction. This pathological abnormality was associated with enhanced activation of the TLR4-nuclear factor-kappaB pathway in response to CS exposure in p47(phox-/-) and gp91(phox-/-) mice. This phenomenon was confirmed by in vitro studies in which treatment of peritoneal macrophages with a nuclear factor-kappaB inhibitor reversed the CS-induced release of proinflammatory mediators. Thus, these data suggest that genetic ablation of components of NADPH oxidase enhances susceptibility to the proinflammatory effects of CS leading to airspace enlargement and alveolar damage.
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PMID:Genetic ablation of NADPH oxidase enhances susceptibility to cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation and emphysema in mice. 1840 97

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in the regulation of NF-kappaB activation, which plays an important role in inflammation and cell survival. However, the molecular mechanisms of ROS in NF-kappaB activation remain poorly defined. We found that the non-provitamin A carotenoid, lutein, decreased intracellular H(2)O(2) accumulation by scavenging superoxide and H(2)O(2) and the NF-kappaB-regulated inflammatory genes, iNOS, TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and cyclooxygenase-2, in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages. Lutein inhibited LPS-induced NF-kappaB activation, which highly correlated with its inhibitory effect on LPS-induced IkappaB kinase (IKK) activation, IkappaB degradation, nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB, and binding of NF-kappaB to the kappaB motif of the iNOS promoter. This compound inhibited LPS- and H(2)O(2)-induced increases in phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activity, PTEN inactivation, NF-kappaB-inducing kinase (NIK), and Akt phosphorylation, which are all upstream of IKK activation, but did not affect the interaction between Toll-like receptor 4 and MyD88 and the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases. The NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin and gp91(phox) deletion reduced the LPS-induced NF-kappaB signaling pathway as lutein did. Moreover, lutein treatment and gp91(phox) deletion decreased the expressional levels of the inflammatory genes in vivo and protected mice from LPS-induced lethality. Our data suggest that H(2)O(2) modulates IKK-dependent NF-kappaB activation by promoting the redox-sensitive activation of the PI3K/PTEN/Akt and NIK/IKK pathways. These findings further provide new insights into the pathophysiological role of intracellular H(2)O(2) in the NF-kappaB signal pathway and inflammatory process.
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PMID:The non-provitamin A carotenoid, lutein, inhibits NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression through redox-based regulation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/PTEN/Akt and NF-kappaB-inducing kinase pathways: role of H(2)O(2) in NF-kappaB activation. 1862 44

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation is associated with inflammation and vasculature dysfunction. We investigated the potential role of the NADPH oxidase on vascular Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and carotid neointimal formation in high-fat (HF) diet-induced obesity (DIO) model. Using mice DIO and common carotid artery flow cessation-induced lesion formation models, we examined vascular TLR2 and TLR4 expression and neointimal formation in NADPH oxidase subunit p47(phox)-deficient (p47(phox-/-)) mice. Feeding C57BL/6J mice an HF diet for 22 weeks resulted in significant increases in p47(phox), TLR2 and TLR4 expression in vascular tissues compared with mice fed a low-fat (LF) diet. Minimal changes in TLR2 and TLR4 expression was detected in p47(phox-/-) DIO mice. Furthermore, flow cessation-induced angiogenic and inflammatory response and neointimal formation were significantly attenuated in p47(phox-/-) DIO mice compared with wild-type DIO mice. In addition, exposure of endothelial cells to leptin led to ROS formation; this was accompanied by upregulation of TLR2, TLR4 expression and its downstream signaling. Leptin also increased endothelial cell migration and proliferation. Pharmacological inhibition of NADPH oxidase or genetic deletion of p47(phox) significantly diminished these alterations. Obesity increases neointimal formation via a mechanism involving p47(phox)-TLRs signaling, suggesting that the NADPH oxidase may represent a potential novel therapeutic target for the treatment of obesity-associated vascular inflammation and dysfunction.
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PMID:Critical role of the NADPH oxidase subunit p47phox on vascular TLR expression and neointimal lesion formation in high-fat diet-induced obesity. 1877 79

We investigated the effect of desmethylanhydroicaritin (DMAI), a major compound of the Chinese herbal medicine Epimedium, on inflammatory gene expression and the NF-kappaB signaling pathway. We found that DMAI suppressed the expression of NF-kappaB-responsive genes, such as inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2, interleukin-1beta, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages and endotoxemic mice as well as protected mice against LPS-induced lethality. DMAI inhibited NF-kappaB activation through the inhibition of IkappaB kinase (IKK) activation, IkappaB phosphorylation and degradation, and NF-kappaB nuclear translocation in LPS-stimulated macrophages. This compound inhibited in vitro and in vivo LPS-induced phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activation, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) oxidation, and Akt phosphorylation, which are upstream modulators of IKK activation. Moreover, treatment with DMAI was not observed to affect the interaction between the Toll-like receptor 4, MyD88, and TRAF6 as well as mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. DMAI also suppressed intracellular H(2)O(2) accumulation, hydroxyl radical production, and glutathione oxidation without affecting superoxide generation and accumulation by NADPH oxidase. Moreover, DMAI inhibited redox-sensitive activation of the PI3K/PTEN/Akt pathway and NF-kappaB activation in macrophages treated with H(2)O(2). These results indicate that DMAI negatively regulates canonical NF-kappaB-regulated inflammatory gene expression by functioning as an inhibitor of the NF-kappaB pathway through the suppression of redox-based PI3K activation and PTEN inactivation and therefore can be considered as a potential drug for inflammatory diseases.
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PMID:Desmethylanhydroicaritin inhibits NF-kappaB-regulated inflammatory gene expression by modulating the redox-sensitive PI3K/PTEN/Akt pathway. 1902 2

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive motor neuron disease, in which activated microglia overexpressing ALS-linked SOD1 mutants (mSOD1) are known to contribute to neuronal death. However, it is unclear how mSOD1 expression affects micoglial activation and subsequently damages neurons. In this study, we created mSOD1-overexpressing BV-2 microglial cell lines. Following TLR2, but not TLR4 stimulation, we observed that overexpression of human SOD1 G93A, L8Q, or G10V mutant, as compared with the wild-type SOD1 or a mock control, significantly enhanced microglial secretion of a neurotoxic cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), which was dependent on the NADPH-oxidase-mediated increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In further experiments, we demonstrated that mSOD1 expression regulated TNF-alpha secretion at a post-transcriptional level and involved ROS-sensitive TNF-alpha-converting enzymes, e.g. ADAM10 and -17, which shed TNF-alpha from its membrane-anchored precursor. Together with a recent report that the function of SOD1, as a self-regulating redox sensor in NADPH oxidase-dependent ROS production, is lost due to its genetic mutations, we conclude that mSOD1 expression in ALS facilitates microglial neurotoxic inflammatory responses via TLR2, which is mediated by an uncontrolled ROS generation. The link, between mSOD1, innate immunity and NADPH oxidase, offers new opportunities in ALS therapies.
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PMID:Expression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked SOD1 mutant increases the neurotoxic potential of microglia via TLR2. 1909 52

The NADPH oxidase (NOX), an oligomeric enzyme, plays a key role in polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN)-mediated host defense by producing cytotoxic superoxide anion (O(2)( )). Whereas in vitro and biochemical studies have examined the assembly and activation of this important host immune defense system, few studies have examined the function of NOX in human patients with primary immunodeficiency other than chronic granulomatous disease. We studied the activation of NOX in PMN from patients with two distinct immunodeficiencies, IL-1R-associated kinase (IRAK)4 deficiency and NF-kappaB essential modulator (NEMO or IkappaB kinase gamma) deficiency. We observed impaired O(2)( ) generation by LPS-treated and fMLP-activated IRAK4-deficient PMN that correlated with decreased phosphorylation of p47(phox) and subnormal translocation of p47(phox), p67(phox), Rac2, and gp91(phox)/Nox2 to the membranes indicating that TLR4 signaling to the NOX activation pathway requires IRAK4. NEMO-deficient PMN generated significantly less O(2)( ) in response to LPS-primed fMLP and translocated less p67(phox) than normal PMN, although p47(phox) and Rac2 translocation were normal. Generally, responses of NEMO-deficient cells were intermediate between IRAK4-deficient cells and normal cells. Decreased LPS- and fMLP-induced phosphorylation of p38 MAPK in both IRAK4- and NEMO-deficient PMN implicates additional signal transduction pathways in regulating PMN activation by LPS and fMLP. Decreased activation of NOX may contribute to the increased risk of infection seen in patients with IRAK4 and NEMO deficiency.
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PMID:Impaired priming and activation of the neutrophil NADPH oxidase in patients with IRAK4 or NEMO deficiency. 1972 66


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