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Serum from lupus patients may disrupt enzyme responsible for producing nitric oxide, reveals study

According to the findings published in the Journal of Lupus Science & Medicine, patients suffering from lupus are nine times more likely to develop cardiovascular problems as compared to those without this health condition.

By: ANI   | | Published: March 26, 2019 7:51 pm
Tags: Cardiovascular diseases  Nitric oxide  
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Younger women with lupus are 50 times as likely to develop cardiovascular problems. ©Shutterstock

A new research has shown that the enzyme responsible for nitric oxide production stops working properly when exposed to serum from lupus patients. The research findings were published in an article in the Journal of Lupus Science & Medicine. Patients with lupus, an inflammatory disease in which the body’s immune system attacks its own tissues, are on average seven to nine times more likely to develop heart disease than the general population. Younger women with lupus are 50 times as likely to develop the disease as young women without the disease. Also Read - Excessive sweating, earlobe crease and other signs of an impending heart attack

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The endothelium, the single layer of cells lining blood vessel walls, is thought to protect against heart disease. It does so in part by producing nitric oxide. The article provides proof of the concept that the enzyme could be a therapeutic target for heart disease in lupus. Restoring the enzyme’s function could also help protect lupus patients against kidney disease. The findings suggest that restoring the protective function of endothelial cells could be a strategy for treating heart disease more broadly. “Our study demonstrates that therapies directed towards restoring the function of the enzyme that makes nitric oxide might be effective in restoring the function of the endothelium,” explained Jim C. Oates, M.D., senior author on the article. Also Read - Arthritis drugs may reduce risk of developing heart disease

“So it’s a proof of concept that allows us to move forward in studying the enzyme, nitric oxide synthase, or restoring its function as a target for vascular disease in lupus,” added Oates. “This is the first step in a long process of trying to identify therapeutics that might be useful for preventing this accelerated phenotype of cardiovascular disease in lupus patients,” said Joy Buie, Ph.D., MSCR, a postdoctoral fellow at MUSC and the first author of the article.

For the study, the team collected serum samples from a cohort of African American patients, specifically Gullah patients, with lupus who have been followed since 2003. The South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute at MUSC helped the research team collect study samples from control volunteers, process study samples from both study patients and control volunteers, and securely store collected data. The MUSC team showed that exposing endothelial cells to serum from patients with lupus caused the enzyme that produced nitric oxide to quit working properly. That enzyme is known as endothelial nitric oxide synthase.Instead of producing the protective nitric oxide, it began producing superoxide, which promoted damaging inflammation. In essence, the enzyme lost its power to protect against heart disease and instead promoted conditions that could lead to it.

A co-factor needed for the proper function of the enzyme had been rendered unusable by exposure of the endothelial cells to the serum of lupus patients. Administering L-sepiapterin to the cells restored the enzyme’s ability to produce nitric oxide by providing a new and more reliable source of that co-factor. “If you try to give the co-factor itself, it’s rapidly oxidised by the same process that leads to the dysfunction of the enzyme,” explained Oates. “So giving L-sepiapterin, a precursor to the co-factor, makes it less susceptible to that rapid breakdown.”L-sepiapterin is not currently approved for administration in humans. However, it is under investigation for the treatment of a number of diseases, including diabetic gastroparesis. Before it can be administered to patients, both in animal models and in clinical trials, it will be necessary to confirm its efficacy and safety profile. Many people focus on controlling cholesterol to protect against the heart diseases,” explained Buie.

“Our study focuses the attention on making endothelial cells happy and functional. It identifies therapeutic targets on endothelial cells as being important.”

That’s not to say that controlling cholesterol and other lifestyle changes aren’t important. They too can affect how well the endothelium protects against heart disease.

“Lifestyle modifications can affect the endothelium. The Western diet, characterised by highly processed foods that are high in saturated and trans-fat and low in good oils like omega-3 fatty acids, contributes to heart disease in everybody, not just lupus patients,” explains Oates. “So changing to a healthy diet and becoming more active goes a long way.”

But these findings suggest that pharmaceutically restoring endothelial function deserves further study as an additional therapeutic approach for patients with lupus and others at high risk of heart disease.

Published : March 26, 2019 7:51 pm
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