title: Genetic deletion of p66(Shc) adaptor protein prevents hyperglycemia-induced endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress.
abstract: Increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and loss of endothelial NO bioavailability are key features of vascular disease in diabetes mellitus. The p66(Shc) adaptor protein controls cellular responses to oxidative stress. Mice lacking p66(Shc) (p66(Shc-/-)) have increased resistance to ROS and prolonged life span. The present work was designed to investigate hyperglycemia-associated changes in endothelial function in a model of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus p66(Shc-/-) mouse. p66(Shc-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice were injected with citrate buffer (control) or made diabetic by an i.p. injection of 200 mg of streptozotocin per kg of body weight. Streptozotocin-treated p66(Shc-/-) and WT mice showed a similar increase in blood glucose. However, significant differences arose with respect to endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress. WT diabetic mice displayed marked impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxations, increased peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) generation, nitrotyrosine expression, and lipid peroxidation as measured in the aortic tissue. In contrast, p66(Shc-/-) diabetic mice did not develop these high-glucose-mediated abnormalities. Furthermore, protein expression of the antioxidant enzyme heme oxygenase 1 and endothelial NO synthase were up-regulated in p66(Shc-/-) but not in WT mice. We report that p66(Shc-/-) mice are resistant to hyperglycemia-induced, ROS-dependent endothelial dysfunction. These data suggest that p66(Shc) adaptor protein is part of a signal transduction pathway relevant to hyperglycemia vascular damage and, hence, may represent a novel therapeutic target against diabetic vascular complications.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Giovanni G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Camici
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schiavoni
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Francia
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bachschmid
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martin-Padura
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hersberger
authors.forename: Felix C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Piergiuseppe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelicci
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anversa
authors.forename: Thomas F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Lüscher
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cosentino
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000172:deficiency*; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction; D049449:Luminescence; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D000071425:Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing, Transforming Protein 1; D013311:Streptozocin; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D014666:Vasomotor System / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D055765:Shc Signaling Adaptor Proteins; C528034:Shc1 protein, mouse; D000071425:Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing, Transforming Protein 1; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid; D013311:Streptozocin; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1