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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
The anti-atherogenic properties of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) have been well established in several circulatory beds. Increasing evidence suggests that statins may help attenuate ischemia-reperfusion injury, a beneficial effect that may be related to the antioxidant capabilities of statins; however, this remains controversial. We performed this study to determine whether the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor cerivastatin can prevent oxidative stress-induced injury in cultured human aortic endothelial cells (HAEC). The HAEC were subjected to oxidative stress in the absence and presence of increasing concentrations of cerivastatin (50 nM-1,000 nM). Oxidative stress was induced by increasing concentrations of hydrogen peroxide or endogenous superoxide anions generated by the inhibition of superoxide dismutase using diethylthiocarbamate (10 mM). Cell viability and mitochondrial activity were measured by mitochondria-dependent 3-(4,5-dimethyl thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) conversion. Cell morphology was also examined using light microscopy. Exposing HAEC to cerivastatin for 24 hours had no effect on cell viability using both cell morphology and MTT conversion: the HAEC incubated in 100 nM cerivastatin had 90% +/- 2.2% viability of the control. As expected, hydrogen peroxide produced a concentration-dependent decrease in cell viability. Varying concentrations of cerivastatin pretreatment for < or = 18 hours showed no protection of HAEC against hydrogen peroxide-induced injury. As a positive control, the prototype antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine was cytoprotective even with the highest hydrogen peroxide concentration. Neither cerivastatin nor N-acetyl-L-cysteine protected HAEC against diethylthiocarbamate-induced oxidative injury at any concentration. In this study, cerivastatin did not protect cultured HAEC against oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide or diethylthiocarbamate.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0730-2347
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Cerivastatin does not prevent oxidative injury of human aortic endothelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex UB9 6JH, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro