| Hydrogen sulfide and oxygen sensing in the cardiovascular system. | |
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PMID: 19803742 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Vertebrate cardiorespiratory homeostasis is inextricably dependent upon specialized cells that provide feedback on oxygen status in the tissues, blood, and on occasion, environment. These "oxygen sensing" cells include chemoreceptors and oxygen-sensitive chromaffin cells that initiate cardiorespiratory reflexes, vascular smooth muscle cells that adjust perfusion to metabolism or ventilation, and other cells that condition themselves in response to episodic hypoxia. Identification of how these cells sense oxygen and transduce this into the appropriate physiological response has enormous clinical applicability, but despite intense research there is no consensus regarding the initial hypoxia-effector coupling mechanism. This review examines an alternative mechanism of oxygen sensing using oxidation of endogenously produced hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) as the O(2)-sensitive couple. Support for this hypothesis includes the similarity of effects of hypoxia and H(2)S on a variety of tissues, augmentation of hypoxic responses by precursors of H(2)S production and their inhibition by inhibitors of H(2)S synthesis, and the rapid consumption of H(2)S by O(2) in the range of intracellular/mitochondrial Po(2). These studies also indicate that, under normoxic conditions, it is doubtful that free H(2)S has longer than a transient existence in tissue or extracellular fluid. |
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Authors:
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Kenneth R Olson; Nathan L Whitfield |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Antioxidants & redox signaling Volume: 12 ISSN: 1557-7716 ISO Abbreviation: Antioxid. Redox Signal. Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-04-13 Completed Date: 2010-06-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888899 Medline TA: Antioxid Redox Signal Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1219-34 Citation Subset: IM |
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Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend Center, South Bend, Indiana 46617, USA. olson.1@nd.edu |
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Air Pollutants
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metabolism Animals Blood Vessels / metabolism Cardiovascular System / metabolism* Carotid Body / cytology, metabolism Cell Hypoxia / physiology Chemoreceptor Cells / cytology, metabolism* Chromaffin Cells / metabolism Homeostasis / physiology* Humans Hydrogen Sulfide / metabolism* Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial Oxidation-Reduction Oxygen / metabolism* Signal Transduction / physiology |
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0/Air Pollutants; 7782-44-7/Oxygen; 7783-06-4/Hydrogen Sulfide |
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