Ratio of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin to 7,8-dihydrobiopterin in endothelial cells determines glucose-elicited changes in NO vs. superoxide production by eNOS

American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Mark J CrabtreeSteven S Gross

Abstract

5,6,7,8-Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)) is an essential cofactor of nitric oxide synthases (NOSs). Oxidation of BH(4), in the setting of diabetes and other chronic vasoinflammatory conditions, can cause cofactor insufficiency and uncoupling of endothelial NOS (eNOS), manifest by a switch from nitric oxide (NO) to superoxide production. Here we tested the hypothesis that eNOS uncoupling is not simply a consequence of BH(4) insufficiency, but rather results from a diminished ratio of BH(4) vs. its catalytically incompetent oxidation product, 7,8-dihydrobiopterin (BH(2)). In support of this hypothesis, [(3)H]BH(4) binding studies revealed that BH(4) and BH(2) bind eNOS with equal affinity (K(d) approximately 80 nM) and BH(2) can rapidly and efficiently replace BH(4) in preformed eNOS-BH(4) complexes. Whereas the total biopterin pool of murine endothelial cells (ECs) was unaffected by 48-h exposure to diabetic glucose levels (30 mM), BH(2) levels increased from undetectable to 40% of total biopterin. This BH(2) accumulation was associated with diminished calcium ionophore-evoked NO activity and accelerated superoxide production. Since superoxide production was suppressed by NOS inhibitor treatment, eNOS was implicated as a principal su...Continue Reading

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