The validity of the concept that cellular NADPH utilization in the cytoplasm can, by quantitative cytochemical procedures, be classified into two pathways (Pathway I, in which NADPH is oxidized via the microsomal electron-transport system, and Pathway II, in which NADPH supplies reducing equivalents for biosynthetic processes) was tested. The amount of NADPH, generated by glucose 6-phosphate de...

adult liver microsomal preparations; neonatal liver microsomal preparations were also active. Kidney microsomal preparations were about 12 % as active, but microsomal suspensions from other tissues had less than 5 % of the adult liver microsomal activity (Table 1). In experiments involving mixing liver and brain microsomal preparations, or supernatants, there was no evidence for an inhibitory e...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Oxidative stress [i.e. increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS)] has been suggested as a pathomechanism of different diseases, although the disease-relevant sources of ROS remain to be identified. One of these sources may be NADPH oxidases. However, due to increasing concerns about the specificity of the compounds commonly used as NADPH oxidase inhibitors, data o...

We investigated the changes in NADPH-diaphorase staining that occur in the lateral geniculate nucleus of cats following rearing with monocular lid suture. This staining allows visualization of the synthesizing enzyme of nitric oxide, a neuromodulator associated with plasticity. In the lateral geniculate nucleus of normally reared cats, NADPH-diaphorase exclusively labels the axons and terminals...

NADPH oxidase (NOX) is a multicomponent enzyme complex that generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to a wide range of stimuli. ROS is involved as key secondary messengers in numerous signaling pathways, and NADPH oxidases complex has been increasingly recognized as key elements of intracellular signaling of hepatic fibrogenesis. In the liver, NADPH oxidase is functionally expressed...

The NADPH-diaphorase (NADPH-d) histochemical technique is commonly used to localize the nitric oxide (NO)-producing enzyme NO synthase (NOS) in neural tissues. In the olfactory tissues of vertebrates, however, NADPH-d staining can be present without the detection of NOS by other methods. We used pharmacological controls to determine whether NADPH-d staining was indicative of NOS in olfactory ti...

Eukaryotic metabolism is organised in complex networks of enzyme catalysed reactions which are distributed over different organelles. To quantify the compartmentalised reactions, quantitative measurements of relevant physiological variables in different compartments are needed, especially of cofactors. NADP(H) are critical components in cellular redox metabolism. Currently, available metabolite...

NADPH oxidase is a crucial enzyme in mediating antimicrobial host defense and in regulating inflammation. Patients with chronic granulomatous disease, an inherited disorder of NADPH oxidase in which phagocytes are defective in generation of reactive oxidant intermediates (ROIs), suffer from life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. The mechanisms by which NADPH oxidase mediate host defe...

The beta-subunit of the voltage-sensitive K(+) (K(v)) channels belongs to the aldo-keto reductase superfamily, and the crystal structure of K(v)beta2 shows NADP bound in its active site. Here we report that K(v)beta2 displays a high affinity for NADPH (K(d) = 0.1 micrometer) and NADP(+) (K(d) = 0.3 micrometer), as determined by fluorometric titrations of the recombinant protein. The K(v)beta2 a...

The enzyme NADPH oxidase is regulated by phospholipase D in intact neutrophils and is activated by phosphatidic acid (PA) plus diacylglycerol (DG) in cell-free systems. We showed previously that cell-free NADPH oxidase activation by these lipids involves both protein kinase-dependent and -independent pathways. Here we demonstrate that only the protein kinase-independent pathway is operative in ...