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Departments of 1Pharmacology and 2Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595; 3The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021; and 4Department of Biomedical Science, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy 25124
Submitted 15 December 2003 ; accepted in final form 29 June 2004
Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 represents a key defense mechanism against oxidative injury. Hyperglycemia produces oxidative stress and various perturbations of cell physiology. The effect of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes on aortic HO activity, heme content, the number of circulating endothelial cells, and urinary 8-epi-isoprostane PGF2
(8-Epi) levels in control rats and rats overexpressing or underexpressing HO-1 was measured. HO activity was decreased in hyperglycemic rats. Hyperglycemia increased urinary 8-Epi, and this increase was augmented in rats underexpressing HO-1 and diminished in rats overexpressing HO-1. The number of detached endothelial cells and O2 formation increased in diabetic rats and in hyperglycemic animals underexpressing HO-1 and decreased in diabetic animals overexpressing HO-1 compared with controls. These data demonstrate that HO-1 gene transfer in hyperglycemic rats brings about a reduction in O2 production and a decrease in endothelial cell sloughing. Upregulation of HO-1 decreases oxidant production and endothelial cell damage and shedding and may attenuate vascular complications in diabetes.
gene transfer; circulating endothelial cells; superoxide; oxidative stress
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