A novel pathway of NADPH oxidase/vascular peroxidase 1 in mediating oxidative injury following ischemia-reperfusion

Basic Res Cardiol. 2012 May;107(3):266. doi: 10.1007/s00395-012-0266-4. Epub 2012 Apr 3.

Abstract

Vascular peroxidase 1 (VPO1) can utilize reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated from NADPH oxidase (NOX) to catalyze peroxidative reactions. This study was performed to identify a novel pathway of NOX/VPO1 in mediating the oxidative injury following myocardial ischemia reperfusion (IR). In a rat model of myocardial IR, the infarct size, serum creatine kinase (CK) activity, apoptosis, NOX activity, NOX2 and VPO1 expression were measured. In a cell (rat heart-derived H9c2 cells) model of hypoxia/reoxygenation (HR), the apoptosis, NOX activity, NOX2 and VPO1 expression, and H(2)O(2) and HOCl levels were examined. In vivo, IR caused 54.8 ± 1.7 % infarct size in myocardium accompanied by elevated activities of CK, caspase-3 and NOX, up-regulated VPO1 expression and high numbers of myocardial apoptotic cells; these effects were attenuated by pretreatment with the inhibitor of NOX. In vitro, inhibition of NOX or silencing of NOX2 or VPO1 expression significantly suppressed HR-induced cellular apoptosis concomitantly with decreased HOCl production. Inhibition of NOX or silencing of NOX2 led to a decrease in H(2)O(2) production accompanied by a decrease in VPO1 expression and HOCl production. However, silencing of VPO1 expression did not affect NOX2 expression and H(2)O(2) production. H(2)O(2)-induced VPO1 expression was partially reversed by JNK or p38 MAPK inhibitor. Our results demonstrate a novel pathway of NOX2/VPO1 in myocardium, where VPO1 coordinates with NOX2 and amplifies the role of NOX-derived ROS in oxidative injury following IR.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Cell Line
  • Creatine Kinase / blood
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Hemeproteins / genetics
  • Hemeproteins / metabolism*
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / metabolism
  • Hypochlorous Acid / metabolism
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Male
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / genetics
  • Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Myocardial Infarction / enzymology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / genetics
  • Myocardial Infarction / pathology
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / enzymology*
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / genetics
  • Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / pathology
  • Myocardium / enzymology*
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • NADPH Oxidase 2
  • NADPH Oxidase 4
  • NADPH Oxidases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • NADPH Oxidases / genetics
  • NADPH Oxidases / metabolism*
  • Oxidative Stress* / drug effects
  • Peroxidases / genetics
  • Peroxidases / metabolism*
  • RNA Interference
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Signal Transduction* / drug effects
  • Transfection
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Hemeproteins
  • Membrane Glycoproteins
  • Hypochlorous Acid
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • vascular peroxidase, rat
  • Peroxidases
  • Cybb protein, rat
  • NADPH Oxidase 2
  • NADPH Oxidase 4
  • NADPH Oxidases
  • Nox4 protein, rat
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Casp3 protein, rat
  • Caspase 3