Xanthine oxidoreductase‐derived reactive species: physiological and pathological effects

MG Battelli, L Polito, M Bortolotti… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is the enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of hypoxanthine
to xanthine and xanthine to uric acid and is widely distributed among species. In addition to …

Xanthine oxidoreductase in cancer: more than a differentiation marker

MG Battelli, L Polito, M Bortolotti… - Cancer medicine, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Human xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) catalyzes the last two steps of purine catabolism
and is present in two interconvertible forms, which may utilize O2 or NAD+ as electron …

Hydrogen peroxide is the major oxidant product of xanthine oxidase

EE Kelley, NKH Khoo, NJ Hundley, UZ Malik… - Free Radical Biology …, 2010 - Elsevier
Xanthine oxidase (XO) is a critical source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in inflammatory
disease. Focus, however, has centered almost exclusively on XO-derived superoxide …

The physiology of endothelial xanthine oxidase: from urate catabolism to reperfusion injury to inflammatory signal transduction

A Meneshian, GB Bulkley - Microcirculation, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a ubiquitous metalloflavoprotein that appears in two
interconvertible yet functionally distinct forms: xanthine dehydrogenase (XD), which is …

[HTML][HTML] Xanthine oxidoreductase: One enzyme for multiple physiological tasks

M Bortolotti, L Polito, MG Battelli, A Bolognesi - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Human xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a multiple-level regulated enzyme, resulting from
a complicated evolutionary process that assigned it many physiological roles. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic syndrome and cancer risk: the role of xanthine oxidoreductase

MG Battelli, M Bortolotti, L Polito, A Bolognesi - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Obesity and related pathologies such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome are associated
with chronic inflammation and cancer. The serum level of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology of circulating xanthine oxidoreductase: new emerging roles for a multi-tasking enzyme

MG Battelli, A Bolognesi, L Polito - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2014 - Elsevier
The enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) catalyses the last step of purine degradation in
the highest uricotelic primates as a rate-limiting enzyme in nucleic acid catabolism. Although …

Xanthine oxidoreductase in respiratory and cardiovascular disorders

A Boueiz, M Damarla… - American Journal of …, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
In addition to its critical role in purine metabolism, xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) has been
implicated in the development of tissue oxidative damage in a wide variety of respiratory and …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of xanthine oxidase (XO) on hemolytic diseases

HM Schmidt, EE Kelley, AC Straub - Redox Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Hemolytic diseases are associated with elevated levels of circulating free heme that can
mediate endothelial dysfunction directly via redox reactions with biomolecules or indirectly …

A new paradigm for XOR-catalyzed reactive species generation in the endothelium

EE Kelley - Pharmacological Reports, 2015 - Springer
A plethora of vascular pathology is associated with inflammation, hypoxia and elevated rates
of reactive species generation. A critical source of these reactive species is the purine …