Homocysteine induces oxidative, stress by uncoupling of NO synthase activity through reduction of tetrahydrobiopterin

Topal G., Brunet A., Millanvoye E., Boucher J., Rendu F., Devynck M., ...Daha Fazla

FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, cilt.36, sa.12, ss.1532-1541, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.03.019
  • Dergi Adı: FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1532-1541
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: homocysteine, endothelial cells, nitric oxide, reactive nitrogen and oxygen species, endothelial NO synthase, tetrahydrobiopterin, free radicals, NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE, HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS, DEPENDENT VASODILATION, L-ARGININE, ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT, SUPEROXIDE GENERATION, DEFICIENT MICE, ASCORBIC-ACID, PEROXYNITRITE, DYSFUNCTION
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases that induces endothelial dysfunction. Here, we examine the participation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) in the homocysteine-induced alterations of NO/O(2)(-)balance in endothelial cells from human umbilical cord vein. When cells were treated for 24 h, homocysteine dose-dependently inhibited thrombin-activated NO release without altering eNOS phosphorylation and independently of the endogenous NOS inhibitor, asymmetric dimethylarginine. The inhibitory effect of homocysteine on NO release was associated with increased production of reactive nitrogen and oxygen species (RNS/ROS) independent of extracellular superoxide anion (O-2(-)) and was suppressed by the NOS inhibitor L-NAME. In unstimulated cells, L-NAME markedly decreased RNS/ROS formation and the ethidium red fluorescence induced by homocysteine. This eNOS-dependent O-2(-) synthesis was associated with reduced intracellular levels of both total biopterins (-45%) and tetrahydrobiopterin (-80%) and increased release of 7,8-dihydrobiopterin and biopterin in the extracellular medium (+40%). In addition, homocysteine suppressed the activating effect of sepiapterin on NO release, but not that of ascorbate. The results show that the oxidative stress and inhibition of NO release induced by homocysteine depend on eNOS uncoupling due to reduction of intracellular tetrahydrobiopterin availability. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.