Abstract
2/2024
vol. 21
Review paper
The role of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide salvage enzymes in cardioprotection
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology and ENT Surgery, Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, India
- Department of Otolaryngology and ENT Surgery, IPGME & R-SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2024; 21 (2): 86-95
Online publish date: 2024/07/07
The increasing trend of cardiac diseases is becoming a major threat globally. Cardiac activities are based on integrated action potential through electronic flux changes within intra- and extracellular molecular activities. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a major electron carrier present in almost all living cells and creates gated potential by electron exchange from one chemical to another in terms of oxidation (NAD+) and reduction (NADH) reactions. NAD+ plays an important role directly or indirectly in protecting against various cardiovascular diseases, including heart failure, occlusion, ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction (MI), rhythmic disorder, and a higher order of cardiovascular complexity. Nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase (NAMPT) is well known as a rate-limiting enzyme in this pathway except for de-novo NAD synthesis and directly involved in the cardioprotective activity. There are two more enzymes – nicotinate phosphoribosyl transferase (NAPRT) and nicotinamide riboside kinase (NRK) – which also work as rate-limiting factors in the NAD+ synthesis pathway. This study concentrated on the role of NAMPT, NAPRT, and NRK in cardioprotective activity and prospective cardiac health.
Keywords
nicotinamide, nicotinate, cardioprotection, cardiovascular disease, nicotinate phosphoribosyl transferase
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