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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
It has been suggested that oxidative stress may play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Hyperglycemia may cause increased production of free radicals, and evidence supports a prominent role for these reactive molecules as mediators of endothelial cell dysfunction in diabetes. It has been demonstrated that active oxygen species induce antioxidant enzyme expression in some tissues, and this phenomenon is considered proof of an existing oxygen-dependent toxicity. In this study, human endothelial cells from umbilical vein, immortalized human endothelial cells, and immortalized human endothelial cells transfected to express high glutathione peroxidase levels were grown in normal and high-glucose conditions. High glucose delayed replication after 7 and 14 days of culture of human endothelial cells, both from umbilical vein and immortalized, while transfected cells were not affected. The activity and the mRNA expression of the antioxidant enzymes CuZn-superoxide-dismutase, Mn-superoxide-dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase were evaluated after 2, 7, and 14 days of culture. High glucose at days 7 and 14 induced an overexpression of CuZn-superoxide-dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase in both human endothelial cells from umbilical vein and immortalized human endothelial cells, while in transfected cells it did not. This study demonstrates that high glucose induces an increase in antioxidant enzyme levels in human endothelial cells, suggesting that elevated glucose levels may produce an oxidative stress in the cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-1797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Catalase, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Glutathione Peroxidase, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Hyperglycemia, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Lactates, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Pyruvates, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:8603769-Umbilical Veins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
High glucose induces antioxidant enzymes in human endothelial cells in culture. Evidence linking hyperglycemia and oxidative stress.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical and Experimental Pathology and Medicine, University of Udine, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't