title: Pomegranate juice reduces oxidized low-density lipoprotein downregulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in human coronary endothelial cells.
abstract: We examined the hypothesis that pomegranate juice (PJ) can revert the potent downregulation of the expression of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (NOSIII) induced by oxidized low-density liporotein (oxLDL) in human coronary endothelial cells. Western blot and Northern blot analyses showed a significant decrease of NOSIII expression after a 24-h treatment with oxLDL. Accordingly, we observed a significant dose-dependent reduction in nitric oxide bioactivity represented by both basal and bradykinin-stimulated cellular cGMP accumulation. These phenomena were corrected significantly by the concomitant treatment with PJ. Our data suggest that PJ can exert beneficial effects on the evolution of clinical vascular complications, coronary heart disease, and atherogenesis in humans by enhancing the NOSIII bioactivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Pathology and Excellence Research Center on Cardiovascular Disease, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Filomena
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Nigris
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams-Ignarro
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Botti
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sica
authors.forename: Louis J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Ignarro
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Napoli
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015536:Down-Regulation; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000378:metabolism*; D029561:Lythraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C496314:NOS3 protein, human; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III