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Query: UNIPROT:P47989 (xanthine oxidase)
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Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced luminol chemiluminescence in rat Kupffer cells was doubled by the addition of L-arginine and significantly (up to 70%) inhibited by NG-nitro-L-arginine and NG-monomethyl-L-arginine, competitive inhibitors of L-arginine-dependent nitric oxide (NO) formation. The release of superoxide anion (O2-) by NADPH oxidase was neither affected by L-arginine nor by the inhibitors. Only very slight luminol chemiluminescence was detectable in lipopolysaccharide-pretreated Kupffer cells, a condition in which significant amounts of NO were formed but no O2-. In a cell-free system, significant luminol chemiluminescence only occurred when both authentic NO and the O2-/H2O2- generating system xanthine/xanthine oxidase were present. The results indicate that luminol chemiluminescence in phorbol-ester-activated Kupffer cells largely depends on L-arginine metabolism by NO synthase, requiring the concurrent formation of NO and O2-/H2O2.
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PMID:Contribution of nitric oxide synthase to luminol-dependent chemiluminescence generated by phorbol-ester-activated Kupffer cells. 171 62

Although superoxide anion is known to inactivate nitric oxide (NO) once formed, its effect on NO synthesis is unclear. In this study, xanthine oxidase-hypoxanthine, a superoxide anion generating system, inhibited bovine cerebellum NO synthase activity as measured by the conversion of L-[3H]arginine to L-[3H]citrulline. This inhibition by xanthine oxidase was concentration-dependent. Superoxide dismutase-catalase and allopurinol, an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase, attenuated in part the inhibition of NO synthase activity by xanthine oxidase. Xanthine oxidase also produced a decrease in the partial pressure of oxygen in the assay mixture. The inhibition of NO synthase activity by xanthine oxidase was reversed completely when oxygen was passed continuously through the reaction mixture. This study suggests that a decrease in oxygen concentration caused by superoxide generation may inhibit NO synthesis.
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PMID:Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase by a superoxide generating system. 750 25

Oxidised low-density lipoprotein (LDL) produced by the action of arterial cells, including macrophages, has been implicated in atherosclerosis. We have investigated the effect of inhibitors of various cellular free-radical generating enzymes on macrophage-mediated LDL oxidation. Xanthine oxidase and nitric oxide synthase are not responsible for LDL modification by resident mouse peritoneal macrophages. Eicosatetraynoic acid, a lipoxygenase inhibitor, produced a dose-dependent irreversible inhibition of macrophage modification of LDL, but at concentrations rather close to those toxic to the cells. Diphenyl and diphenylene iodonium, NADPH oxidase and mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors, inhibited macrophage oxidation of LDL, at concentrations that were not obviously toxic. This suggests that NADPH oxidase, or some other flavin nucleotide-dependent process, may be involved in LDL oxidation by macrophages. Wortmannin and thiopropionic acid dilauryl ester did not inhibit LDL oxidation, suggesting that inhibition of NADPH oxidase may not be the means by which the iodonium compounds inhibit LDL oxidation. Macrophages from C3H/HeJ mice, which lack receptors for lipopolysaccharide, modified LDL normally, suggesting that the inadvertent priming of resident macrophages by traces of lipopolysaccharide bound to LDL was not involved in LDL oxidation.
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PMID:The effect of inhibitors of free radical generating-enzymes on low-density lipoprotein oxidation by macrophages. 751 Jan 29

Enhanced formation of nitric oxide (NO) by both the constitutive and the inducible isoforms of NO synthase (NOS) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of a variety of diseases, including circulatory shock. Non-isoform-selective inhibition of NO formation, however, may lead to side effects by inhibiting the constitutive isoform of NOS and, thus, the various physiological actions of NO. S-Methylisothiourea sulfate (SMT) is at least 10- to 30-fold more potent as an inhibitor of inducible NOS (iNOS) in immunostimulated cultured macrophages (EC50, 6 microM) and vascular smooth muscle cells (EC50, 2 microM) than NG-methyl-L-arginine (MeArg) or any other NOS inhibitor yet known. The effect of SMT on iNOS activity can be reversed by excess L-arginine in a concentration-dependent manner. SMT (up to 1 mM) does not inhibit the activity of xanthine oxidase, diaphorase, lactate dehydrogenase, monoamine oxidase, catalase, cytochrome P450, or superoxide dismutase. SMT is equipotent with MeArg in inhibiting the endothelial, constitutive isoform of NOS in vitro and causes increases in blood pressure similar to those produced by MeArg in normal rats. SMT, however, dose-dependently reverses (0.01-3 mg/kg) the hypotension and the vascular hyporeactivity to vasoconstrictor agents caused by endotoxin [bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), 10 mg/kg, i.v.] in anesthetized rats. Moreover, therapeutic administration of SMT (5 mg/kg, i.p., given 2 hr after LPS, 10 mg/kg, i.p.) attenuates the rises in plasma alanine and aspartate aminotransferases, bilirubin, and creatinine and also prevents hypocalcaemia when measured 6 hr after administration of LPS. SMT (1 mg/kg, i.p.) improves 24-hr survival of mice treated with a high dose of LPS (60 mg/kg, i.p.). Thus, SMT is a potent and selective inhibitor of iNOS and exerts beneficial effects in rodent models of septic shock. SMT, therefore, may have considerable value in the therapy of circulatory shock of various etiologies and other pathophysiological conditions associated with induction of iNOS.
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PMID:Beneficial effects and improved survival in rodent models of septic shock with S-methylisothiourea sulfate, a potent and selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase. 752 23

The dynamics and mechanisms of extracellular release of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) from bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (EC) subjected to anoxia, hypoxia, and hypoxia followed by reoxygenation were examined using various inhibitors of enzymatic systems in intact cells and by direct measurement of H2O2 production from isolated EC plasma membranes. Extracellular H2O2 was measured with a fluorometric assay. EC exposed to hypoxia (3% O2) and anoxia (0% O2) released less H2O2 (29.6 +/- 1.3% and 4.2 +/- 0.7%, respectively) compared with EC exposed to normoxia (20% O2). The extracellular release of H2O2 from EC previously exposed to hypoxia for 24 h increased immediately after reoxygenation (20% O2) to 272 +/- 48%, as compared with EC exposed continuously to normoxia (100% release). Inhibition of xanthine oxidase (XO) by allopurinol did not reduce the release of H2O2 from cells exposed to normoxia or hypoxia followed by reoxygenation. Furthermore, inhibitors of cyclooxygenase (indomethacin), phospholipase A2 (quinacrine and chlorpromazine), nitric oxide synthase (L-arginine analogs), the mitochondrial electron transport chain (rotenone and cyanide), and cytochrome P-450 (methoxypsoralen) had no or minimal effect on this release. On the other hand, inhibitors of protein kinase C (calphostin and staurosporine) and NADPH oxidase (diphenyliodonium) reduced the release of H2O2 from EC in a dose-dependent manner in both exposure groups. In separate experiments, plasma membranes isolated from EC were found to produce H2O2 in the presence of NADH or NADPH as electron donors. This was inhibited by diphenyliodonium but not by allopurinol.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Release of hydrogen peroxide in response to hypoxia-reoxygenation: role of an NAD(P)H oxidase-like enzyme in endothelial cell plasma membrane. 752 30

Regulation of induced nitric oxide synthase in rat hepatocyte primary cultures was explored. Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) induction by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) is synergized by interferon-gamma, and both NOS activity and gene expression are maximal by 10 h and maintained through 24 h. Glutathione depletion by diethylmaleate, which conjugates reduced glutathione, 1,3-bis(chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU), a glutathione reductase inhibitor, or buthionine sulfoxamine, a glutathione synthesis inhibitor, abolishes or reduces NOS induction in TNF alpha-treated hepatocytes, whereas N-acetylcysteine has little effect. Thus, reduced glutathione is critical to NOS mRNA induction and activity in TNF alpha-treated hepatocytes. NOS induction in TNF alpha-treated cells is reduced by rotenone, a mitochondrial complex 1 inhibitor. Concurrent treatment with TNF alpha and the antioxidant, Trolox, or the iron-chelating agent, desferrioxamine, also reduces NOS activity. Dithiothreitol, a thiol antioxidant, reduced TNF alpha induction of NOS. Trolox and BCNU, combined, blocked TNF alpha stimulation of NOS greater than either agent alone. These results suggest that TNF alpha increases mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI), which contributes to NOS induction. Hepatocytes exposed to extracellular ROI generation through a xanthine/xanthine oxidase superoxide-generating system expressed increased NOS activity and mRNA levels. NOS induction by superoxide also requires reduced glutathione since diethylmaleate blocks induction by xanthine/xanthine oxidase while N-acetylcysteine elevates NOS expression. Thus, the generation of ROI by cytokines or other physiological processes stimulates the induction of NOS and this process is regulated by cellular levels of reduced glutathione.
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PMID:Regulation of hepatic nitric oxide synthase by reactive oxygen intermediates and glutathione. 753 84

The direct neurotoxic action of the beta-amyloid protein, the major constituent of senile plaques, may represent the underlying cause of neuronal degeneration observed in Alzheimer's disease. The apoptotic-mediated neuronal death induced by beta-amyloid appears to reside in its ability to form Ca(2+)-permeable pores in neuronal membranes resulting in an excessive influx of Ca2+ and the induction of neurotoxic cascades. It is possible that during beta-amyloid exposure a Ca(2+)-mediated increase in free radical generation may exceed the defensive capacity of cells and thus lead to cell death. Consequently, in the present study we have investigated the effect of a panoply of antioxidants and inhibitors of free radical formation on the development of beta-amyloid neurotoxicity. Acute exposure of rat hippocampal neurons to "aged" beta-amyloid25-35 peptide (5-50 microM) induced a slow, concentration-dependent apoptotic neurotoxicity (25-85%) during a 6 day exposure. Co-incubation of cultures with beta-amyloid25-35 peptide (25 microM) and inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase and/or xanthine oxidase (NG-monomethyl-L-arginine [1 mM), N omega-nitro-L-arginine [1 mM], oxypurinol [100 microM], allopurinol [100 microM]), important mediators of nitric oxide, superoxide, and hydroxyl radical formation, did not attenuate beta-amyloid neurotoxicity. Similarly, a reduction in free radical generation by selective inhibition of phospholipase-A2 cyclooxygenase, and lipoxygenase activities with quinacrine (0.5 microM), indomethacin (50 microM), and nor-dihydroguaiaretic acid (0.5 microM), respectively, did not reduce the proclivity of beta-amyloid to induce cell death. Exposure of cultures to catalase (25 U/ml) and/or superoxide dismutase (10 U/ml) as well as the free radical scavengers vitamin E (100 microM), vitamin C (100 microM), glutathione (100 microM), L-cysteine (100 microM), N-acetyl-cysteine (100 microM), deferoxamine (5 microM), or haemoglobin (35 micrograms/ml) failed to attenuate the neurotoxic action of beta-amyloid. On the other hand, pre-treatment of cultures with subtoxic concentrations of beta-amyloid peptide significantly increased the vulnerability of neurons to H2O2 exposure and suggest that beta-amyloid peptide renders neurons more sensitive to free radical attack. However, a potential beta-amyloid-mediated increase in free radical formation is not a proximate cause of the neurotoxic mechanism of beta-amyloid in vitro.
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PMID:Inhibitors of free radical formation fail to attenuate direct beta-amyloid25-35 peptide-mediated neurotoxicity in rat hippocampal cultures. 753 47

Rebamipide (2-(4-chlorobenzoylamino)-3-[2-(1H)-quinolinon-4-yl] propionic acid), a novel antiulcer agent, has been reported to prevent various acute experimental gastric mucosal lesions and to accelerate the healing of chronic gastric ulcers. We investigated the effect of rebamipide on rat gastric mucosa damaged by exposure to 30 min of ischemia and 60 min of reperfusion (I/R) with continuous intragastric instillation of 0.1 N HCl (1 ml/100 g body weight) into the stomach. Rebamipide, at 30 and 100 mg/kg, i.p., reduced the mucosal damage score from 2.28 (I/R vehicle group) to 1.54 and 1.07, respectively. Pretreatment with rebamipide significantly reduced the activity of myeloperoxidase (an index of neutrophil infiltration) and preserved the activities of superoxide dismutase and nitric oxide synthase in the gastric mucosa with inhibition of malondialdehyde production. Thus, a negative correlation between the activities of nitric oxide synthase and myeloperoxidase (y = 4.35-9.45x, r = .67, P < .01) was observed. In an in vitro study, rebamipide inhibited N-formyl-met-leu-phe-induced chemotaxis of neutrophils and production of superoxide anion from opsonized zymosan-stimulated neutrophils. However, it did not affect the production of superoxide anion either by the xanthine-xanthine oxidase reaction or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-stimulated neutrophils. Based on these results, it is suggested that rebamipide exerts a protective effect on the I/R-induced gastric mucosal damage through inhibition of mobilization and activation of neutrophils in association with an attenuation of the decreases in both superoxide dismutase and nitric oxide synthase activities, thereby preventing the gastric microcirculation from deterioration.
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PMID:Preventive effect of rebamipide on gastric lesions induced by ischemia-reperfusion in the rat. 756 69

The cytotoxic effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was examined on bovine aortic endothelial cell proliferation in vitro. These LPS-induced cytotoxicity (IC50 = 20 ng/ml) was not inhibitable by substances regulating the formation of nitric oxide (NO). e.g. by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), an inhibitor of NO synthesis, and by the glucocorticoid dexamethasone, an inhibitor of the induction of NO synthase. Also other substances which inhibit the generation or action of oxygen radicals, as glutathion and the xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol did not prevent the cytotoxic effect of LPS. Only tyrphostin B46, an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase, attenuated the toxic LPS effect, suggesting that the LPS-induced cytotoxicity in bovine aortic endothelial cell cultures is mediated by a specific tyrosine kinase, and not by NO or oxygen radicals.
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PMID:Investigations into the mechanism of toxicity of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in bovine aortic endothelial cells. 756 18

Cellular signalling by the inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) has been suggested to involve generation of low levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Certain antioxidants and metal chelators can inhibit cytotoxicity and gene expression in response to TNF alpha in numerous cell types. However, neither the source nor function of TNF alpha-induced oxidant generation is known. Using specific inhibitors, we ruled out involvement of several oxidant-generating enzymes [cyclo-oxygenase (indomethacin), cytochrome P-450 (metyrapone), nitric oxide synthase (NG-methyl-L-arginine), NADPH oxidase (iodonium diphenyl), xanthine oxidase (allopurinol), ribonucleotide reductase (hydroxyurea)] in TNF alpha-mediated apoptosis of the murine fibrosarcoma line, L929. We also demonstrated no role for mitochondrial-derived radicals/respiratory chain in the lytic pathway using specific inhibitors/uncouplers (rotenone, KCN, carboxin, fluoroacetate, antimycin, malonate, carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone) and chloramphenicol-derived respiration-deficient cells. Significant ROS (H2O2, O2-.) generation was not observed in response to TNF alpha in L929 cells using four separate assays. Also, prevention of intracellular H2O2 removal by inhibition of catalase did not potentiate TNF alpha-mediated cell death. These data suggest that neither H2O2 nor O2-. plays a direct role in TNF alpha cytotoxicity. Finally, we suggest a central role for lipoxygenase in TNF alpha-mediated lysis. Three inhibitors of this radical-generating signalling pathway, including an arachidonate analogue (5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid), could protect cells against TNF alpha. The inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid is also a radical scavenger, but it could not protect cells from ROS toxicity at concentrations that effectively prevented TNF alpha killing. Therefore protection by nordihydroguaiaretic acid cannot be due to scavenging of cytotoxic H2O or O2-.. The lipoxygenase product, (12S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, was also significantly protective. As this analogue can act as a substrate for certain lipoxygenases, this effect may be due to prevention of generation of physiological products.
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PMID:Involvement of oxidants and oxidant-generating enzyme(s) in tumour-necrosis-factor-alpha-mediated apoptosis: role for lipoxygenase pathway but not mitochondrial respiratory chain. 764 35


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