CARDIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL - MEDIATION BY HUMAN VASCULAR ALCOHOL-DEHYDROGENASE

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作者
BELLO, AT
BORA, NS
LANGE, LG
BORA, PS
机构
[1] CV THERAPEUT,MT VIEW,CA 94043
[2] WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT OPHTHALMOL & VISUAL SCI,ST LOUIS,MO 63110
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10.1006/bbrc.1994.2404
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Numerous studies have shown that moderate drinking protects against coronary disease, but no mechanism for this effect has been established In the present study we show that the B1 isoenzyme of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) Is expressed in human blood vessels. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) employing total human aortic cDNA as a template detected a 0.6 kb band, the nucleotide sequence of which is an identical match to the low Km (50 mu M) B-1 ADH isoenzyme nucleotide sequence. Immunoblot of vascular homogenates shows a 40 KDa band, i.e., the size of the B-1 ADH subunit, and immunohistichemical studies of vessel sections demonstrate high density staining with anti-human ADH (Class I) but not control sera. These studies identify within blood vessels the existence of a metabolic pathway sensitive to low substrate concentrations and capable of producing a reductive (NADH) environment that could antagonize lipoprotein oxidation and hence could account for a protective effect of ethanol on atherosclerosis. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:1858 / 1864
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