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Hyperglycemia inhibits endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity by posttranslational modification at the Akt site.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2001
Du X L, Edelstein D, Dimmeler S, Ju Q, Sui C, Brownlee M
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is activated by phosphorylation of serine 1177 by the protein kinase Akt/PKB. Since hyperglycemia-induced mitochondrial superoxide overproduction increases O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modification and decreases O-linked phosphorylation of the transcription factor Sp1, the effect of hyperglycemia and the hexosamine pathway on eNOS was evaluated. In bovine aortic...
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