Biliverdin as a disease-modifying agent: An integrated viewpoint
Biliverdin is one of the three by-products of heme oxygenase (HO) activity, the others being ferrous iron and carbon monoxide. Under physiological conditions, once formed in the cell, BV is reduced to bilirubin (BR) by the biliverdin reductase (BVR). However, if BVR is inhibited by either genetic va...
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ftunicattolicair:oai:publicatt.unicatt.it:10807/259298 2024-02-11T10:05:19+01:00 Biliverdin as a disease-modifying agent: An integrated viewpoint Mancuso, Cesare Mancuso, Cesare 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/10807/259298 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.07.015 eng eng ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/37459935 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:001049342000001 volume:207 issue:207 firstpage:133 lastpage:143 numberofpages:11 issueyear:2023 journal:FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE https://hdl.handle.net/10807/259298 doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.07.015 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85165668845 Bilirubin Carbon monoxide Drug development Green jaundice Heme oxygenase Translational research Settore BIO/14 - FARMACOLOGIA info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2023 ftunicattolicair https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.07.015 2024-01-23T23:21:10Z Biliverdin is one of the three by-products of heme oxygenase (HO) activity, the others being ferrous iron and carbon monoxide. Under physiological conditions, once formed in the cell, BV is reduced to bilirubin (BR) by the biliverdin reductase (BVR). However, if BVR is inhibited by either genetic variants, as occurs in the Inuit ethnicity, or dioxin intoxication, BV accumulates in cells giving rise to a clinical syndrome known as green jaundice. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that BV not only has a direct antioxidant effect by scavenging free radicals, but also targets many signal transduction pathways, such as BVR, soluble guanylyl cyclase, and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Through these direct and indirect mechanisms, BV has shown beneficial roles in ischemia/reperfusion-related diseases, inflammatory diseases, graft-versus-host disease, viral infections and cancer. Unfortunately, no clinical data are available to confirm these potential therapeutic effects and the kinetics of exogenous BV in humans is unknown. These limitations have so far excluded the possibility of transforming BV from a mere by-product of heme degradation into a disease-modifying agent. A closer collaboration between basic and clinical researchers would be advantageous to overcome these issues and promote translational research on BV in free radical-induced diseases. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore: PubliCatt Free Radical Biology and Medicine 207 133 143 |
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Biliverdin is one of the three by-products of heme oxygenase (HO) activity, the others being ferrous iron and carbon monoxide. Under physiological conditions, once formed in the cell, BV is reduced to bilirubin (BR) by the biliverdin reductase (BVR). However, if BVR is inhibited by either genetic variants, as occurs in the Inuit ethnicity, or dioxin intoxication, BV accumulates in cells giving rise to a clinical syndrome known as green jaundice. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that BV not only has a direct antioxidant effect by scavenging free radicals, but also targets many signal transduction pathways, such as BVR, soluble guanylyl cyclase, and the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. Through these direct and indirect mechanisms, BV has shown beneficial roles in ischemia/reperfusion-related diseases, inflammatory diseases, graft-versus-host disease, viral infections and cancer. Unfortunately, no clinical data are available to confirm these potential therapeutic effects and the kinetics of exogenous BV in humans is unknown. These limitations have so far excluded the possibility of transforming BV from a mere by-product of heme degradation into a disease-modifying agent. A closer collaboration between basic and clinical researchers would be advantageous to overcome these issues and promote translational research on BV in free radical-induced diseases. |
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Biliverdin as a disease-modifying agent: An integrated viewpoint |
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