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Publication : Endothelin-1 Overexpression Exaggerates Diabetes-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction by Altering Oxidative Stress.

First Author  Idris-Khodja N Year  2016
Journal  Am J Hypertens Volume  29
Issue  11 Pages  1245-1251
PubMed ID  27465439 Mgi Jnum  J:302177
Mgi Id  MGI:6507830 Doi  10.1093/ajh/hpw078
Citation  Idris-Khodja N, et al. (2016) Endothelin-1 Overexpression Exaggerates Diabetes-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction by Altering Oxidative Stress. Am J Hypertens 29(11):1245-1251
abstractText  BACKGROUND: Increased endothelin (ET)-1 expression causes endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Plasma ET-1 is increased in patients with diabetes mellitus. Since endothelial dysfunction often precedes vascular complications in diabetes, we hypothesized that overexpression of ET-1 in the endothelium would exaggerate diabetes-induced endothelial dysfunction. METHODS: Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin treatment (55mg/kg/day, i.p.) for 5 days in 6-week-old male wild type (WT) mice and in mice overexpressing human ET-1 restricted to the endothelium (eET-1). Mice were studied 14 weeks later. Small mesenteric artery (MA) endothelial function and vascular remodeling by pressurized myography, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by dihydroethidium staining and mRNA expression by reverse transcription/quantitative PCR were determined. RESULTS: Endothelium-dependent vasodilatory responses to acetylcholine of MA were reduced 24% by diabetes in WT ( P < 0.05), and further decreased by 12% in eET-1 ( P < 0.05). Diabetes decreased MA media/lumen in WT and eET-1 ( P < 0.05), whereas ET-1 overexpression increased MA media/lumen similarly in diabetic and nondiabetic WT mice ( P < 0.05). Vascular ROS production was increased 2-fold by diabetes in WT ( P < 0.05) and further augmented 1.7-fold in eET-1 ( P < 0.05). Diabetes reduced endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS, Nos3 ) expression in eET-1 by 31% ( P < 0.05) but not in WT. Induction of diabetes caused a 52% ( P < 0.05) increase in superoxide dismutase 1 ( Sod1 ) and a 32% ( P < 0.05) increase in Sod2 expression in WT but not in eET-1. CONCLUSIONS: Increased expression of ET-1 exaggerates diabetes-induced endothelial dysfunction. This may be caused by decrease in eNOS expression, increase in vascular oxidative stress, and decrease in antioxidant capacity.
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