NADPH oxidase subunit NOXO1 is a target for emphysema treatment in COPD

Autor: Norbert Weissmann, Miklós Geiszt, Susan Scheibe, Mariola Bednorz, Christina A. Eichstaedt, Marija Gredic, Ekkehard Grünig, Simone Kraut, Niklas Müller, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Natascha Sommer, Nirmal Parajuli, Ralph T. Schermuly, Christine Veith, Werner Seeger, Friedrich Grimminger, Stefan Hadzic, Fenja Knoepp, Athanasios Fysikopoulos, Giulia K. Buchmann, Oleg Pak, Peter Dorfmüller, Flávia Rezende, Jochen Wilhelm, Peter Jaksch, Alexandra Pichl, Matthias Hecker, Katrin Schröder, Andreas Hecker, Srikanth Karnati, Winfried Padberg, Baktybek Kojonazarov, Cheng-Yu Wu, Stefan Gattenlöhner, Zeki I. Kanbagli, Ralf P. Brandes, Andreas Günther, Eveline Baumgart-Vogt, Ingrid Henneke, Claus Vogelmeier, Ilka Wittig, Walter Klepetko, Michael Seimetz, Katrin Hinderhofer
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature metabolism. 2(6)
ISSN: 2522-5812
Popis: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and death worldwide. Peroxynitrite, formed from nitric oxide, which is derived from inducible nitric oxide synthase, and superoxide, has been implicated in the development of emphysema, but the source of the superoxide was hitherto not characterized. Here, we identify the non-phagocytic NADPH oxidase organizer 1 (NOXO1) as the superoxide source and an essential driver of smoke-induced emphysema and pulmonary hypertension development in mice. NOXO1 is consistently upregulated in two models of lung emphysema, Cybb (also known as NADPH oxidase 2, Nox2)-knockout mice and wild-type mice with tobacco-smoke-induced emphysema, and in human COPD. Noxo1-knockout mice are protected against tobacco-smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension and emphysema. Quantification of superoxide, nitrotyrosine and multiple NOXO1-dependent signalling pathways confirm that peroxynitrite formation from nitric oxide and superoxide is a driver of lung emphysema. Our results suggest that NOXO1 may have potential as a therapeutic target in emphysema.
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