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Opposing Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species and Cholesterol on Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Endothelial Cell Caveolae

Timothy E. Peterson, Veronica Poppa, Hiroto Ueba, Albert Wu, Chen Yan, Bradford C. Berk

From the Department of Medicine (T.E.P., V.P., H.U., A.W.), Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, and the Center for Cardiovascular Research (C.Y., B.C.B.), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. The current affiliation for T.E.P. is the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases and the Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Correspondence to Bradford C. Berk, MD, PhD, University of Rochester Medical Center, Center for Cardiovascular Research, 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 679, Rochester, NY 14642. E-mail bradford_berk{at}urmc.rochester.edu

Abstract—Synthesis of nitric oxide (NO) by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is critical for normal vascular homeostasis. eNOS function is rapidly regulated by agonists and blood flow and chronically by factors that regulate mRNA stability and gene transcription. Recently, localization of eNOS to specialized plasma membrane invaginations termed caveolae has been proposed to be required for maximal eNOS activity. Because caveolae are highly enriched in cholesterol, and hypercholesterolemia is associated with increased NO production, we first studied the effects of cholesterol loading on eNOS localization and NO production in cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs). Caveolae-enriched fractions were prepared by OptiPrep gradient density centrifugation. Treatment of BAECs with 30 µg/mL cholesterol for 24 hours stimulated significant increases in total eNOS protein expression (1.50-fold), eNOS associated with caveolae-enriched membranes (2.23-fold), and calcium ionophore-stimulated NO production (1.56-fold). Because reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to endothelial dysfunction in hypercholesterolemia, we next studied the effects of ROS on eNOS localization and caveolae number. Treatment of BAECs for 24 hours with 1 µmol/L LY83583, a superoxide-generating napthoquinolinedione, decreased caveolae number measured by electron microscopy and prevented the cholesterol-mediated increases in eNOS expression. In vitro exposure of caveolae-enriched membranes to ROS (xanthine plus xanthine oxidase) dissociated caveolin more readily than eNOS from the membranes. These results show that cholesterol treatment increases eNOS expression, whereas ROS treatment decreases eNOS expression and the association of eNOS with caveolin in caveolae-enriched membranes. Our data suggest that oxidative stress modulates endothelial function by regulating caveolae formation, eNOS expression, and eNOS-caveolin interactions.


Key Words: superoxide • caveolae • caveolin • eNOS • cholesterol




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