title: NADPH oxidase activation increases the sensitivity of intracellular Ca2+ stores to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate in human endothelial cells.
abstract: Many stimuli that activate the vascular NADPH oxidase generate reactive oxygen species and increase intracellular Ca(2+), but whether NADPH oxidase activation directly affects Ca(2+) signaling is unknown. NADPH stimulated the production of superoxide anion and H(2)O(2) in human aortic endothelial cells that was inhibited by the NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium and was significantly attenuated in cells transiently expressing a dominant negative allele of the small GTP-binding protein Rac1, which is required for oxidase activity. In permeabilized Mag-indo 1-loaded cells, NADPH and H(2)O(2) each decreased the threshold concentration of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)) required to release intracellularly stored Ca(2+) and shifted the InsP(3)-Ca(2+) release dose-response curve to the left. Concentrations of H(2)O(2) as low as 3 microm increased the sensitivity of intracellular Ca(2+) stores to InsP(3) and decreased the InsP(3) EC(50) from 423.2 +/- 54.9 to 276.9 +/- 14. 4 nm. The effect of NADPH on InsP(3)-stimulated Ca(2+) release was blocked by catalase and by diphenyleneiodonium and was not observed in cells lacking functional Rac1 protein. Thus, NADPH oxidase-derived H(2)O(2) increases the sensitivity of intracellular Ca(2+) stores to InsP(3) in human endothelial cells. Since Ca(2+)-dependent signaling pathways are critical to normal endothelial function, this effect may be of great importance in endothelial signal transduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zweier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irani
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ziegelstein
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009249:NADP / Q000494:pharmacology; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D009861:Onium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009861:Onium Compounds; D013481:Superoxides; D009249:NADP; C007517:diphenyleneiodonium; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D020830:rac1 GTP-Binding Protein; D002118:Calcium