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NAD(P)H oxidase-stimulating activity of serum from type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy mediates enhanced endothelial expression of E-selectin.Yun MR, Im DS, Lee JS, Son SM, Sung SM, Bae SS, Kim CD Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, MRC for Ischemic Tissue Regeneration and Medical Research Institute, South Korea. Endothelial expression of E-selectin is enhanced in diabetic patients with retinopathy, however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine if endothelial expression of E-selectin is stimulated with serum from type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy, and whether this process is related to NAD(P)H oxidase-derived oxidative stress. Serum was obtained from type 2 diabetic patients with (T2DR) or without (T2DM) retinopathy, and age-matched non-diabetic healthy person (Control). Serum was added to in vitro-grown human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC), after which E-selectin expression, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and NAD(P)H oxidase activity were measured. Serum from T2DR induced a significantly higher expression of E-selectin than serum from T2DM and control in association with an enhanced production of ROS in HCAEC. T2DR serum enhanced E-selectin expression in a ROS-dependent manner since this process was significantly attenuated not only by tiron (1 mM), a superoxide scavenger, but also by DPI (10 micromol/L) and apocynin (100 micromol/L), inhibitors of NAD(P)H oxidase. Furthermore, the activity of NADH oxidase was markedly increased by T2DR serum, and this was accompanied by the enhanced membrane translocation of p47phox, a cytosolic subunit of NAD(P)H oxidase. These findings suggest that serum from T2DR induced up-regulation of E-selectin expression in HCAEC, and this process might be dependent on activation of endothelial NADH oxidase via an enhanced membrane translocation of p47phox. Published 21 April 2006 in Life Sci, 78(22): 2608-14.
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