title: Oxidative stress in angiogenesis and vascular disease.
abstract: Despite the damaging effect on tissues at a high concentration, it has been gradually established that oxidative stress plays a positive role during angiogenesis. In adults, physiological or pathological angiogenesis is initiated by tissue demands for oxygen and nutrients, resulting in a hypoxia/reoxygenation cycle, which, in turn promotes the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ROS can be generated either endogenously, through mitochondrial electron transport chain reactions and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase, or exogenously, resulting from exposure to environmental agents, such as ultraviolet or ionizing radiation. In many conditions, ROS promotes angiogenesis, either directly or via the generation of active oxidation products, including peroxidized lipids. The latter lipid metabolites are generated in excess during atherosclerosis, thereby linking atherogenic processes and pathological angiogenesis. Although the main mechanism of oxidative stress-induced angiogenesis involves hypoxia-inducible factor/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling, recent studies have identified several pathways that are VEGF-independent. This review aims to provide a summary of the past and present views on the role of oxidative stress as a mediator and modulator of angiogenesis, and to highlight newly identified mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cardiology, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Young-Woong
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tatiana V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Byzova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A