Vascular effects following homozygous disruption of p47(phox) : An essential component of NADPH oxidase.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2000
Keywords
Aorta, Apolipoproteins-E, Atherosclerosis, Blood-Pressure, Blood-Vessels, Enzyme-Inhibitors, Homozygote, In-Vitro, Mice, Mice-Inbred-C57BL, Mice-Knockout, Nitric-Oxide-Synthase, NADPH-Oxidase, NG-Nitroarginine-Methyl-Ester, Phosphoproteins, Superoxides
First Page
1234
Last Page
1236
JAX Source
Circulation 2000 Mar; 101(11):1234-6.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that the vessel wall contains an oxidase similar, if not identical, to phagocytic NADPH oxidase. We tested the contribution of this specific oxidase to the progression of atherosclerosis and the regulation of blood pressure. METHODS ABD RESULTS: An examination of aortic rings from wild-type mice and mice with homozygous targeted disruptions in p47(phox) revealed that p47(phox) knockout mice had a reduction in vascular superoxide production. However, analyses of apoE -/- p47(phox)+/+ and apoE -/- p47(phox) -/- strains of mice demonstrated no significant differences in atherosclerotic lesion sizes. Similarly, analyses of wild-type and p47(phox) knockout mice revealed no differences in either basal blood pressure or the rise in blood pressure seen after the pharmacological inhibition of nitric oxide synthase. CONCLUSIONS: NADPH oxidase contributes to basal vascular superoxide production. However, the absence of a functional oxidase does not significantly affect the progression of atherosclerosis in the standard mouse apoE -/- model, nor does it significantly influence basal blood pressure.
Recommended Citation
Hsich E,
Segal BH,
Pagano PJ,
Rey FE,
Paigen B,
Deleonardis J,
Hoyt RF,
Holland SM,
Finkel T.
Vascular effects following homozygous disruption of p47(phox) : An essential component of NADPH oxidase. Circulation 2000 Mar; 101(11):1234-6.