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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 293: C584-C596, 2007. First published April 11, 2007; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00600.2006
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CELLULAR METABOLISM

Adverse effects of the classic antioxidant uric acid in adipocytes: NADPH oxidase-mediated oxidative/nitrosative stress

Yuri Y. Sautin, Takahiko Nakagawa, Sergey Zharikov, and Richard J. Johnson

Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Submitted 4 December 2006 ; accepted in final form 5 April 2007

Uric acid is considered a major antioxidant in human blood that may protect against aging and oxidative stress. Despite its proposed protective properties, elevated levels of uric acid are commonly associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality. Furthermore, recent experimental studies suggest that uric acid may have a causal role in hypertension and metabolic syndrome. All these conditions are thought to be mediated by oxidative stress. In this study we demonstrate that differentiation of cultured mouse adipocytes is associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and uptake of uric acid. Soluble uric acid stimulated an increase in NADPH oxidase activity and ROS production in mature adipocytes but not in preadipocytes. The stimulation of NADPH oxidase-dependent ROS by uric acid resulted in activation of MAP kinases p38 and ERK1/2, a decrease in nitric oxide bioavailability, and an increase in protein nitrosylation and lipid oxidation. Collectively, our results suggest that hyperuricemia induces redox-dependent signaling and oxidative stress in adipocytes. Since oxidative stress in the adipose tissue has recently been recognized as a major cause of insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease, hyperuricemia-induced alterations in oxidative homeostasis in the adipose tissue might play an important role in these derangements.

redox signaling; nitric oxide; reactive oxygen species


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: Y. Y. Sautin, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Florida, PO Box 100224, Gainesville, FL 32610-0224 (e-mail: sautiyy{at}medicine.ufl.edu)




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