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Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Submitted 25 September 2003 ; accepted in final form 15 March 2004
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) impairs vascular function, in part by generation of reactive oxygen species. One goal of this study was to determine whether gene transfer of extracellular SOD (ECSOD) improves vascular responsiveness in LPS-treated rats. A second goal was to determine whether effects of ECSOD are dependent on the heparin-binding domain of the enzyme, which facilitates binding of ECSOD to the outside of cells. Adenoviruses containing ECSOD (AdECSOD), ECSOD with deletion of its heparin-binding domain (AdECSOD-HBD), or a control virus (AdLacZ) were injected intravenously into rats. Three days later, vehicle or LPS (10 mg/kg ip) was injected. After 24 h, vascular reactivity was examined in aortic rings in vitro. Maximum relaxation to acetylcholine was 95 ± 1% (means ± SE) after AdlacZ plus vehicle and 77 ± 3% after AdlacZ plus LPS (P < 0.05). Responses to calcium ionophore A-23187 and submaximal concentrations of nitroprusside also were impaired by LPS. Gene transfer of ECSOD, but not AdECSOD-HBD, improved (P < 0.05) relaxation to acetylcholine and A-23187 after LPS. Maximum relaxation to acetylcholine was 88 ± 3% after LPS plus AdECSOD. Superoxide was increased in aorta after LPS, and the levels were reduced after AdECSOD but not AdECSOD-HBD. LPS-induced adhesion of leukocytes to aortic endothelium was reduced by AdECSOD but not by AdECSOD-HBD. We conclude that after gene transfer in vivo, binding of ECSOD to arteries effectively decreases the numbers of adherent leukocytes and levels of superoxide and improves impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation produced by LPS.
acetylcholine; adenovirus; rats; hydroethidine
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