Superoxide Anions and Endothelial Cell Proliferation in Normoglycemia and Hyperglycemia

Michela Zanetti; Ralph M. Zwacka; John F. Engelhardt; Zvonimir S. Katusic; Timothy O’Brien

doi:10.1161/01.ATV.21.2.195

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Superoxide Anions and Endothelial Cell Proliferation in Normoglycemia and Hyperglycemia

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Superoxide Anions and Endothelial Cell Proliferation in Normoglycemia and Hyperglycemia

Michela Zanetti, Ralph M. Zwacka, John F. Engelhardt, Zvonimir S. Katusic and Timothy O’Brien

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, Vol.21(2), pp.195-200

02/2001

DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.21.2.195

PMID: 11156852

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Abstract —Oxygen free radicals are believed to play a key role in cellular proliferation, and increased concentrations of these molecules have been implicated in the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes mellitus. Our aim was to study the role of superoxide anions in endothelial cell proliferation under conditions of normoglycemia and hyperglycemia. Human aortic endothelial cells (HAECs) and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) exposed to adenoviral vectors encoding CuZnSOD (AdCuZnSOD), β-galactosidase (Adβgal), or diluent (control) were cultured in normal glucose (NG, 5.5 mmol/L) or high glucose (HG, 28 mmol/L) medium. Cell proliferation was compared by use of [ 3 H]thymidine incorporation and cell count in transduced and control cells in the setting of NG and HG. Transgene expression was detected in transduced cells by X-gal staining and by Western analysis and SOD activity assay in AdCuZnSOD-transduced cells. Superoxide production was significantly ( P <0.05) decreased in AdCuZnSOD-transduced cells cultured in both NG and HG medium. In NG, AdCuZnSOD-transduced endothelial cells had decreased proliferation compared with control cells. After 48 hours in HG, superoxide levels were increased and DNA synthesis was decreased ( P <0.05) in control and Adβgal-transduced but were not affected in AdCuZnSOD-transduced cells. In addition, after 7 days in HG, cell counts were reduced ( P <0.05) in control (73±2.5%) and Adβgal-transduced (75±3.4%) but not in AdCuZnSOD-transduced cells (89±3.4%). These results suggest that either a deficiency or an excess of superoxide anions inhibits endothelial cell proliferation, and the inhibitory effect of increased superoxide due to hyperglycemia can be reversed by CuZnSOD overexpression.

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Title: Subtitle: Superoxide Anions and Endothelial Cell Proliferation in Normoglycemia and Hyperglycemia
Creators: Michela Zanetti - Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Ralph M. Zwacka - University of Iowa
John F. Engelhardt - University of Iowa
Zvonimir S. Katusic - University of Iowa
Timothy O’Brien - From the Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn (M.Z., Z.S.K., T.O.), and the Departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, School of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa (R.M.Z., J.F.E.)
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, Vol.21(2), pp.195-200
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.21.2.195
PMID: 11156852
NLM abbreviation: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
ISSN: 1079-5642
eISSN: 1524-4636
Language: English
Date published: 02/2001
Academic Unit: Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Radiation Oncology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984284360002771

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