@prefix this: . @prefix sub: . @prefix beldoc: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dct: . @prefix dce: . @prefix pav: . @prefix np: . @prefix belv: . @prefix prov: . @prefix Protein: . @prefix mgi: . @prefix geneProductOf: . @prefix chebi: . @prefix mesh: . @prefix occursIn: . @prefix species: . @prefix pubmed: . @prefix orcid: . sub:Head { this: np:hasAssertion sub:assertion; np:hasProvenance sub:provenance; np:hasPublicationInfo sub:pubinfo; a np:Nanopublication . } sub:assertion { sub:_1 geneProductOf: mgi:104887; a Protein: . sub:_2 occursIn: mesh:D042783, species:10090; rdf:object chebi:26523; rdf:predicate belv:decreases; rdf:subject sub:_1; a rdf:Statement . sub:assertion rdfs:label "p(MGI:Gpx1) -| a(CHEBI:\"reactive oxygen species\")" . } sub:provenance { beldoc: dce:description "Approximately 61,000 statements."; dce:rights "Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Selventa. All rights reserved."; dce:title "BEL Framework Large Corpus Document"; pav:authoredBy sub:_4; pav:version "1.4" . sub:_3 prov:value "OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that deficiency of cellular glutathione peroxidase (GPx-1) enhances susceptibility to endothelial dysfunction in mice with moderate hyperhomocysteinemia. METHODS AND RESULTS: Mice that were wild type (Gpx1+/+), heterozygous (Gpx1+/-), or homozygous (Gpx1-/-) for the mutated Gpx1 allele were fed a control diet or a high-methionine diet for 17 weeks. Plasma total homocysteine was elevated in mice on the high-methionine diet compared with mice on the control diet (23+/-3 versus 6+/-0.3 micromol/L, respectively; P<0.001) and was not influenced by Gpx1 genotype. In mice fed the control diet, maximal relaxation of the aorta in response to the endothelium-dependent dilator acetylcholine (10(-5) mol/L) was similar in Gpx1+/+, Gpx1+/-, and Gpx1-/- mice, but relaxation to lower concentrations of acetylcholine was selectively impaired in Gpx1-/- mice (P<0.05 versus Gpx1+/+ mice). In mice fed the high-methionine diet, relaxation to low and high concentrations of acetylcholine was impaired in Gpx1-/- mice (maximal relaxation 73+/-6% in Gpx1-/- mice versus 90+/-2% in Gpx1+/+ mice, P<0.05). No differences in vasorelaxation to nitroprusside or papaverine were observed between Gpx1+/+ and Gpx1-/- mice fed either diet. Dihydroethidium fluorescence, a marker of superoxide, was elevated in Gpx1-/- mice fed the high-methionine diet (P<0.05 versus Gpx1+/+ mice fed the control diet). CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that deficiency of GPx-1 exacerbates endothelial dysfunction in hyperhomocysteinemic mice and provides support for the hypothesis that hyperhomocysteinemia contributes to endothelial dysfunction through a peroxide-dependent oxidative mechanism."; prov:wasQuotedFrom pubmed:12482825 . sub:_4 rdfs:label "Selventa" . sub:assertion prov:hadPrimarySource pubmed:12482825; prov:wasDerivedFrom beldoc:, sub:_3 . } sub:pubinfo { this: dct:created "2014-07-03T14:30:07.920+02:00"^^xsd:dateTime; pav:createdBy orcid:0000-0001-6818-334X, orcid:0000-0002-1267-0234 . }