Introduction
Humans with severe PE have increased arginase-1 and decreased plasma L-arginine concentrations.[14] PubMed:26337933
By-products of heme and iron metabolism, such as heme oxygenase-dependent generation of carbon monoxide (CO), have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory protective functions against iron-induced vascular damage (33); therefore we examined the impact of CO donors on collagen exposure and thrombus formation in the ex vivo vascular injury model. PubMed:19276082
Pretreating anticoagulated whole blood with tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer, a CO donor, significantly reduced collagen exposure (Fig. 5A) and thrombus formation (Fig. 5B) induced by FeCl3. PubMed:19276082
Within cells, heme is catabolized by the activity of heme oxygenases (inducible HO-1 and constitutive HO-2) into iron, carbon monoxide, and biliverdin. PubMed:26675351
Peroxiredoxin-2 (Prx-2) has emerged as the critical antioxidant protecting RBCs from H2O2 produced endogenously (by Hb autoxidation and subsequent superoxide dismutation) and exogenously (e.g., from activated neutrophils) at low (physiologic) concentrations (11, 32, 38, 40, 43, 45) and, therefore, may limit oxidative injury to other cells/tissues in the vasculature (6, 57). PubMed:25264713
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