Oxidative stress suppresses endothelin-1 secretion and mRNA expression in endothelial cells, suggesting a compensatory mechanism to inhibit vasoconstriction.
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Should not yet influence clinical oxidative stress management; leaves open compensatory ET-1 regulation in human disease.
To address endothelial function on vascular walls exposed to oxidative stress, we investigated the effect of oxidative stress on the secretion of endothelin-1 (ET-1) from cultured bovine carotid artery endothelial cells (BAECs). Concentrations of ET-1 in the media were measured by a specific radioimmunoassay and ET-1 mRNA expression was estimated by Northern blot analysis. Treatment of BAECs with 0.5-2.0 mM H2O2 for 3 h suppressed both ET-1 secretion and ET-1 mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner compared to control. Attenuation of ET-1 mRNA expression by H2O2 was revealed to take place at the transcriptional level. The addition of NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME) 10 microns, a specific nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, had no effect on H2O2-induced suppression of ET-1 mRNA expression. Suppression of ET secretion under oxidative stress observed in the present study is proposed to be a compensatory mechanism of endothelial cells to inhibit vasoconstriction and proliferation during oxidative stress.
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Saito et al. (1998) studied this question.
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