PMID: 9435622Jan 22, 1998Paper

Ceruloplasmin impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation of rabbit aorta

The American Journal of Physiology
M Cappelli-BigazziL Calabrese

Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of ceruloplasmin, the copper-containing blue oxidase of vertebrate plasma, on the relaxation of rabbit aortic rings after endothelial release of nitric oxide (NO). Ceruloplasmin at physiological, i.e., micromolar, concentrations inhibited relaxation of rabbit aorta induced by endothelium-dependent agonists like acetylcholine or ADP, whereas it was ineffective toward vasodilation due to direct stimulation of smooth muscle cells by nitroglycerin. The effect was reversible and specific for native, fully metalated ceruloplasmin, since relaxation was not impaired by the heat-treated or metal-depleted derivatives. A trapping mechanism, involving a direct interaction of NO or other NO-containing species (like nitrosothiols and iron-dinitrosyls) with the copper sites and/or with the free thiol of ceruloplasmin, could be safely excluded on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical analyses of the protein exposed to authentic NO, nitrosothiols, or iron-dinitrosyls. The data presented in this paper constitute the first evidence of impairment of the endothelium-dependent vasodilatation by a plasma protein and may shed some light on the still uncertain physiological role of ceruloplasmin.

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