Endothelial cell redox regulation of ischemic angiogenesis

Richard A. Cohen, Colin E. Murdoch, Yosuke Watanabe, Victoria M. Bolotina, Alicia M. Evangelista, Dagmar Haeussler, Melissa D. Smith, Yu Mei, XiaoYong Tong, Jingyan Han, Jessica B. Behring, Markus M. Bachschmid, Reiko Matsui

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Abstract

The endothelium produces and responds to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), providing important redox regulation to the cardiovascular system in physiology and disease. In no other situation are RONS more critical than in the response to tissue ischemia. Here, tissue healing requires growth factor-mediated angiogenesis that is in part dependent on low levels of RONS, which paradoxically must overcome the damaging effects of high levels of RONS generated as a result of ischemia. While generation of endothelial cell RONS in hypoxia/reoxygenation is acknowledged, the mechanism for their role in angiogenesis is still poorly understood. During ischemia, the major low molecular weight thiol glutathione (GSH) reacts with RONS and protein cysteines, producing GSH-protein adducts. Recent data indicate that GSH adducts on certain proteins are essential to growth factor responses in endothelial cells. Genetic deletion of the enzyme glutaredoxin-1, which selectively removes GSH protein adducts, improves, while its overexpression impairs, revascularization of the ischemic hindlimb of mice. Ischemia-induced GSH adducts on specific cysteine residues of several proteins, including p65 NFkB and the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase-2 (SERCA2), appear to promote ischemic angiogenesis. Identifying the specific proteins in the redox response to ischemia has provided therapeutic opportunities to improve clinical outcomes of ischemia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)458–464
JournalJournal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Volume67
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016

Bibliographical note

This is a non-final version of an article published in final form inCohen, R. A., Murdoch, C. E., Watanabe, Y., Bolotina, V. M., Evangelista, A. M., Haeussler, D., ... Matsui, R. (2016). Endothelial cell redox regulation of ischemic angiogenesis. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, In press.

Keywords

  • angiogenesis
  • redox
  • endothelium
  • glutathione
  • glutaredoxin-1
  • ischemia

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