Review Article

ROS and RNS Signaling in Heart Disorders: Could Antioxidant Treatment Be Successful?

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(a) ROS Generation by NADPH oxidases in heart and cardiovascular diseases. Nox2 activation and ROS production in the stimulation of pressure overload LV hypertrophy and Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy [5, 6, 8, 11]. Induction of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and myocardial remodeling by transforming growth factor-beta- (TGF-β-) stimulated NADPH oxidase-dependent ROS production [13]. Stimulation of mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis, LV dysfunction, cardiac dysfunction, and cardiac adaptation to chronic stress by Nox4-dependent superoxide generation [1921]. Nox1-dependent extracellular superoxide in coronary arterial myocytes [22].

Nox2 ROS pressure overload LV hypertrophyLi et al. [6]
Nox2 ROS Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy Nakagami et al. [5]
Nox2 activation in LV myocardium after MI Doerries et al. [8]
Rac1-regulated Nox2 Ang II-Akt activation cardiomyocyte hypertrophy Hingtgen et al. [11]
TGF-β→ NADPH oxidase ROS atherosclerosis↑, hypertension↑ myocardial remodeling Buday et al. [13]
Nox4 ROS mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis, LV dysfunction in response to pressure overload Kuroda et al. [19]
Nox4 overexpression O2 •− cardiac dysfunction fibrosis, apoptosis Ago et al. [20]
Nox4 O2 •− cardiac adaptation to chronic stress Zhang et al. [21]
Nox1 extracellular O2•−↑ in coronary arterial myocytes Zhang et al. [22]

(b) Xanthine oxidase as ROS producer in heart and cardiovascular diseases. Suppression of extracellular (ecSOD) and impaired endothelium-mediated vasodilation (FDD) in heart failure by Ang II-XO-produced superoxide [32, 33]. XO activation in dilated cardiomyopathy [34]. Impaired coronary NO bioavailability in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) [35]. Expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), XO activation, and superoxide generation in myocardial I/R and coronary endothelial dysfunction [37]. Superoxide production by xanthine oxidoreductase and NADPH oxidase in hypertensive rats with diastolic heart failure [38]. Impairment of S-nitrosylation of the ryanodine receptor in spontaneously hypertensive heart failure rats by XO-generated superoxide [39].

AngII XO O2 •− ecSOD↓→ impaired FDD in heart failure Landmesser et al. [32, 33]
Dilated cardiomyopathy XO activity↑ Duncan et al. [34]
XO ROS NO in patients with CAD Baldus et al. [35]
I/R TNF-α→ XO activation O2 •− coronary endothelial dysfunction Zhang et al. [37]
XO + NADPH oxidase O2 •− diastolic heart failure Yamamoto et al. [38]
XO O2 •− S-nitrosolation↓→ cardiomyopathy, hypertensive heart Gonzalez et al. [39]

(c) Mitochondrial ROS production in heart and cardiovascular diseases. Complex I as ROS producer in the failing myocardium [41]. Enhancement of coronary endothelial dysfunction and decrease in coronary blood flow (CBF) in congestive heart failure (CHF) in dogs by mitochondrial superoxide [44]. Ventricular ROS production by NADPH oxidase and mitochondria in a rat model of the right-ventricular (RV) heart failure with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) [45]. TNF-α-induced impairment of Complex I in the left ventricle (LV) in rats by mitochondrial superoxide [46]. Suppression of Complex II in postischemic myocardium in the rats with coronary ligation by superoxide [48].

Complex I ROS failing myocardium Ide et al. [41]
Mitochondria (?)O2 •− coronary endothelial dysfunction in CHF in dogsChen et al. [44]
Complex II + NADPH oxidase ROS PAH RV heart failure Redout et al. [45]
TNF-α→ mitochondrial O2 •− Complex I activity, LV damage Mariappan et al. [46]
O2 •− Complex II activity in postischemic myocardium Chen et al. [48]

(d) ROS and RNS signaling in preconditioning. Activation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K), Akt, ERK (?), NOS, and ROS-dependent (mito)K(ATP) channels by acetylcholine and an opioid receptor [59]. Preconditioning effects of Ang II at cardiac I/R injury via mitochondrial ROS-initiated cascade of NADPH oxidase-JNK and p38 protein kinases [60]. Menadione-dependent superoxide initiation of ischemic preconditioning and reduction of myocardial infarction by potassium channels (mK(ATP)) and p38 MAPK [62]. Anoxic preconditioning through NO-cGMP-PKG-KATP cascade [64]. Activation of glucose transporter type 4 GLUT-4 translocation mediated by ROS-induced Akt/eNOS/Cav-3 enzymatic cascade [65]. Mechanism of ischemic preconditioning through NOS, guanylyl cyclase, PKG, and KATP channels with subsequent ROS generation and activation of phospholipase C, PKC, PI3-K, and ERK kinases [67].

Acetylcholine or opioid receptor EGF receptor↑, PI3-K ↑, Akt↑, ERK?, NOS↑ ROS-dependent opening of (mito)K(ATP)channels PRECONDITIONING Philipp et al. [59]
AngII ROS NADPH oxidase JNK p38 PRECONDITIONING Kimura et al. [60]
Menadione O2 •− mK(ATP) opening p38 PRECONDITIONING Yue et al. [62]
NO c-GMP PKG KATP ANOXIC PRECONDITIONING Van-Cuong et al. [64]
GLUT-4 ROS Akt eNOS caveolin-3 ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING Koneru et al. [65]
p-NOS NO guanylyl cyclase cGMP PKG KATP ROS phospholipase C PKC PI3-K ERK ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING

(e) ROS signaling in damaging enzymatic cascades in the heart. Expression of angiogenic growth factor and angiogenesis in I/R myocardium stimulated by NADPH oxidase-induced ROS [69]. Endothelium-dependent vascular endothelial growth factor regulation of coronary vascular tone by ROS/NADPH oxidase/PI3-K/Akt/eNOS cascade [70]. Reduction of oxidative damage in the heart with myocardial infarction by inhibition of PKCδ or activation of PKCε [71]. Activation of NADPH oxidase and superoxide overproduction through p38 kinase and MAPKAPK-2 kinase in the heart failure [72]. Stimulation of ROS-dependent activation of p38 and JNKs kinases in the isolated perfused amphibian heart by hyperthermia [73]. ROS formation, myofibrillar protein oxidation, and p38 kinase activation in failing rabbit heart [74]. Improvement of congestive heart failure (CHF) through thioredoxin (Trx) upregulation, inhibition of NADPH oxidase and ASK-1/JNK/p38-mediated apoptosis by 17β-Estradiol (E2) treatment [75]. Inhibition by crocetin of ROS-dependent MAPK/(MEK/ERK1/2) pathway and stimulation of hypertrophy in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts [76]. Activation of JNK and p38 kinases and the induction of p53 and PUMA (p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis) stimulated by MCP-1-induced protein (MCPIP) [77]. Protection of cardiomyocytes by IKK-NF-κB signaling cascade due to a decrease in oxidative stress and JNK activation [78]. Recombinant TNF- (rTNF-) induced superoxide production in cardiomyocytes and cardiofibroblasts, concomitant with expression of matrix metalloproteinases MMPs [79]. ROS-induced expression of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) in cardiac myocytes and the development of congestive heart failure (CHF) [80]. ROS production by NADPH oxidase and the activation of CaMKII (calmodulin kinase II) after depolarizations (EADs) and cardiac arrhythmias [81].

NADPH oxidase ROS Akt ERK1/2 angiogenesis in I/R myocardium Chen et al. [69]
NADPH oxidase ROS PI3-K Akt eNOS VEGF regulation of coronary vascular tone Feng et al. [70]
293769.tab.2 Monti et al. [71]
Heart failure P38↑ MAPKAPK-2 NADPH oxidase O2 •− ↑ + NO Widder et al. [72]
Hyperthermia ROS p38↑ and JNKs ↑ in heartGaitanaki et al. [73]
P38 ROS LV stimulation in failing rabbit heart Heusch et al. [74]
E2 Trx↑ NADPH oxidase↓→ ASK-1/c-Jun/p38↓→ apoptosis↓→ CHF recovery Satoh et al. [75]
Crocetin ROS/MEK/ERK1/2 ↓→ cardiac hypertrophy Cai et al. [76]
293769.tab.1Younce and Kolattukudy [77]
IKK-NF-κB ROS ↓→ JNK↓→ pressure overload Hikoso et al. [78]
rTNF PI3K O2 •− MMP↑ Awad et al. [79]
ROS PDE5↑ CHF stimulation Lu et al. [80]
EAD, arrhythmias Ang II NADPH oxidase ROS CaMKII ↑ Zhao et al. [81]

(f) ROS signaling in gene/enzymatic processes in heart. Suppression of age-dependent cardiac hypertrophy, apoptosis, cardiac dysfunction, and expression of senescence markers by Sirt1 upregulation in response to low/moderate oxidative stress. In contrast enhancement by a high level of Sirt1 of these damaging disorders [82]. Sirt3 suppression of cardiac hypertrophic response through Foxo-dependent MnSOD and catalase and the suppression of ERK and PI3K/Akt activation [83]. p66Shc participation in an α 1-adrenergtic receptor (α 1-AR) pathway together with PKCε and PKCδ and the induction of Akt-FOXO3a phosphorylation in cardiomyocytes [84]. FoxO1 and FoxO3 nuclear localization and target gene activation by oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes [85].

293769.tab.3 Alcendor et al. [82]
Sirt3 MnSOD↑, catalase ↑ ROS ↓→ PI3K/Akt/ERK↓→ Cardiac hypertrophy Sundaresan et al. [83]
P66Shc PKCε and PKCδ→ Akt-FOXO3a phosphorylation hypertrophy Guo et al. [84]
AMPK FOX1 + FOX3 MnSOD↑ + catalase↑ survival Sengupta et al. [85]