Exposure of humans to cadmium (Cd) either from environmental contamination or from cigarette smoke, often induces lung emphysema and cancers. Lysyl oxidase (LOX), a copper-dependent enzyme essential for crosslinking of the extracellular matrix, displays antagonistic effects on emphysema and cancer pathogenesis. Our previous studies showed down-regulation of LOX in Cd-resistant (CdR) rat fetal l...

Objective(s):Lectin-like low density lipoprotein receptor (LOX-1) has pivot role in vascular complications, which is upregulated in numerous pathological conditions. Since exercise has beneficial effects in prevention of hyperlipidemic complications, present study examined protective effects of aerobic exercise through reduction of LOX-1 expression in heart during dyslipidemia. Materials and M...

We have identified transcripts of two lipoxygenase (LOXs) from 3-day-germinated etiolated cotyledons. One encodes a soluble and the other encodes a plastid LOX. They are 2520 bp and 2676 bp in size, respectively. Antibodies raised against the C-terminal 500 amino acids of the plastid LOX recognize a 90 kDa LOX in 5-day-old etiolated and green cotyledons. In mature leaves a LOX of 95 kDa is dete...

Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are nonheme iron-containing enzymes that catalyze dioxygenation of free or esterified polyenoic fatty acids to the corresponding hydroperoxides.1 Although LOXs in plants have been known for almost a century, the first mammalian LOXs were not discovered until the mid 1970s.2 In 1984 a 15-LOX activity was described in human atherosclerotic lesions,3 and since then the number ...

The lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor LOX-1 mediates endothelial cell (EC) uptake of experimentally prepared copper-oxidized LDL (oxLDL). To confirm the atherogenic role of this receptor cloned against copper-oxLDL, we examined whether it mediates EC uptake of L5, an electronegative LDL abundant in dyslipidemic but not normolipidemic human plasma. Hypercholesterolemic (LDL-cholesterol, >160 mg/...

We identified previously an up-regulation in lysyl oxidase (LOX) expression,an extracellular matrix remodeling enzyme, in a highly invasive/metastatic human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-231, compared with MCF-7, a poorly invasive/nonmetastatic breast cancer cell line. In this study, we demonstrate that the mRNA expression of LOX and other LOX family members [lysyl oxidase-like (LOXL), LOXL2,...

A specific lectinlike endothelial receptor for oxidized low density lipoprotein (LOX-1), distinct from the scavenger receptor in monocytes/macrophages, has been identified and cloned. In this study, we examined the regulation of LOX-1 by oxidized low density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) and determined the role of LOX-1 in ox-LDL–induced apoptosis of cultured human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCA...

We hypothesized that the reciprocal association between adiponectin and lectin-like oxidized LDL (ox-LDL) receptor (LOX)-1 contributes to the regulation of aortic endothelial dysfunction in atherosclerosis. To test this hypothesis, endothelium-dependent (ACh) and endothelium-independent (sodium nitroprusside) vasorelaxation of isolated aortic rings from control mice, apolipoprotein E (ApoE) kno...

Several studies have suggested that high dietary fat intake, particularly essential fatty acids, is associated with pancreatic cancer development and growth. Our previous studies have demonstrated that blockade of either the 5-lipoxygenase (LOX) or 12-LOX pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism inhibited pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and induced apoptosis. This study investigated the unde...