Aldh2

Summary

Gene Symbol: Aldh2
Description: aldehyde dehydrogenase 2, mitochondrial
Alias: Ahd-5, Ahd5, AHD-M1, ALDH class 2, ALDH-E2, ALDHI, aldehyde dehydrogenase, mitochondrial
Species: mouse

Top Publications

  1. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase is a positional marker in the retina
    P McCaffery
    Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115
    Development 112:693-702. 1991
  2. ncbi Monoamine metabolism and behavioral responses to ethanol in mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase knockout mice
    Elizabeth Fernandez
    Research Service and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:1650-8. 2006
  3. ncbi Gene array profiles of alcohol and aldehyde metabolizing enzymes in brains of C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice
    Sanjiv V Bhave
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0511, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:1659-69. 2006
  4. ncbi Lack of aldehyde dehydrogenase ameliorates oxidative stress induced by single-dose ethanol administration in mouse liver
    Akiko Matsumoto
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga 849 8501, Japan
    Alcohol 41:57-9. 2007
  5. ncbi Single-dose ethanol administration downregulates expression of cytochrome p450 2E1 mRNA in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout mice
    Akiko Matsumoto
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga 849 8501, Japan
    Alcohol 41:587-9. 2007
  6. ncbi ALDH-2 deficiency increases cardiovascular oxidative stress--evidence for indirect antioxidative properties
    Philip Wenzel
    II Medizinische Klinik, Labor für Molekulare Kardiologie, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz, Langenbeck Str 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 367:137-43. 2008
  7. ncbi Age-dependent neurodegeneration accompanying memory loss in transgenic mice defective in mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 activity
    Ikuroh Ohsawa
    Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki 211 8533, Japan
    J Neurosci 28:6239-49. 2008
  8. ncbi Manganese superoxide dismutase and aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency increase mitochondrial oxidative stress and aggravate age-dependent vascular dysfunction
    Philip Wenzel
    Second Medical Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
    Cardiovasc Res 80:280-9. 2008
  9. ncbi Effects of 5-week ethanol feeding on the liver of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout mice
    Akiko Matsumoto
    Departments of Social and Environmental Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan
    Pharmacogenet Genomics 18:847-52. 2008
  10. ncbi Increased formation of gastric N(2)-ethylidene-2'-deoxyguanosine DNA adducts in aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 knockout mice treated with ethanol
    Haruna Nagayoshi
    Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537 0025, Japan
    Mutat Res 673:74-7. 2009

Scientific Experts

  • Akiko Matsumoto
  • Toyohi Isse
  • Tsunehiro Oyama
  • M Jamal
  • Yuki Shimizu
  • Hyehun Choi
  • Toshihiro Kawamoto
  • Ikuroh Ohsawa
  • Philip Wenzel
  • Shigeo Ohta
  • Jun Ren
  • Kiyomi Nishimaki
  • Heng Ma
  • Grant R Budas
  • Jin Endo
  • Hsu Sheng Yu
  • Rui Guo
  • Boaz P Levi
  • Haruna Nagayoshi
  • Shi Yan Li
  • Thomas Munzel
  • Johanna Müller
  • Andreas Daiber
  • Matthias Oelze
  • Eberhard Schulz
  • Swenja Schuhmacher
  • Kyoko Kitagawa
  • Keiichi I Nakayama
  • Vasilis Vasiliou
  • Elizabeth Fernandez
  • Sanjiv V Bhave
  • Zhiqiang Chen
  • Yong Dae Kim
  • Cornelia Brunner
  • Kouzin Kamino
  • Ujjwal Kumar Rout
  • Che Hong Chen
  • Nan Hu
  • Emily A Byra
  • Marie Helene Disatnik
  • Daria Mochly-Rosen
  • Lu Yu
  • K Kitagawa
  • K Jeong
  • Alexander Martin Wolf
  • Takako Hishiki
  • Takeshi Adachi
  • Yan Zhang
  • Li Zhong
  • Yoshiko Nagahata
  • Thi Thu Phuong Pham
  • Shintaro Morizane
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Detail Information

Publications39

  1. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase is a positional marker in the retina
    P McCaffery
    Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 02115
    Development 112:693-702. 1991
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  2. ncbi Monoamine metabolism and behavioral responses to ethanol in mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase knockout mice
    Elizabeth Fernandez
    Research Service and Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:1650-8. 2006
    ..addition to removing acetaldehyde produced during the metabolism of ethanol, mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) functions in the pathway by which aldehyde metabolites of the monoamines dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5-HT) are ..
  3. ncbi Gene array profiles of alcohol and aldehyde metabolizing enzymes in brains of C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice
    Sanjiv V Bhave
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0511, USA
    Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:1659-69. 2006
    ..Differences in ethanol metabolizing enzymes expressed in brain have been suggested to contribute to the significant differences in ethanol (alcohol) preference between inbred C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mouse strains...
  4. ncbi Lack of aldehyde dehydrogenase ameliorates oxidative stress induced by single-dose ethanol administration in mouse liver
    Akiko Matsumoto
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga 849 8501, Japan
    Alcohol 41:57-9. 2007
    Polymorphism of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), denoted ALDH2*2, is far more common in East Asian countries...
  5. ncbi Single-dose ethanol administration downregulates expression of cytochrome p450 2E1 mRNA in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout mice
    Akiko Matsumoto
    Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga 849 8501, Japan
    Alcohol 41:587-9. 2007
    The polymorphism of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), denoted ALDH2*2, is very common in East Asian origin...
  6. ncbi ALDH-2 deficiency increases cardiovascular oxidative stress--evidence for indirect antioxidative properties
    Philip Wenzel
    II Medizinische Klinik, Labor für Molekulare Kardiologie, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz, Langenbeck Str 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 367:137-43. 2008
    ..Our results suggest that ALDH-2 has an indirect antioxidative property independent of its thiol-moiety in disease states of cardiovascular oxidative stress...
  7. ncbi Age-dependent neurodegeneration accompanying memory loss in transgenic mice defective in mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 activity
    Ikuroh Ohsawa
    Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki 211 8533, Japan
    J Neurosci 28:6239-49. 2008
    ..We have previously shown that mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) detoxifies HNE by oxidizing its aldehyde group...
  8. ncbi Manganese superoxide dismutase and aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency increase mitochondrial oxidative stress and aggravate age-dependent vascular dysfunction
    Philip Wenzel
    Second Medical Clinic, Department of Cardiology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
    Cardiovasc Res 80:280-9. 2008
    ..In the present study, mitochondria as a source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the contribution of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD, SOD-2) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-2) were investigated...
  9. ncbi Effects of 5-week ethanol feeding on the liver of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout mice
    Akiko Matsumoto
    Departments of Social and Environmental Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan
    Pharmacogenet Genomics 18:847-52. 2008
    The polymorphism of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), denoted ALDH2*2, is very common in East Asian countries, and the mutated ALDH2 protein derived from ALDH2*2 lacks the ability of acetaldehyde metabolization...
  10. ncbi Increased formation of gastric N(2)-ethylidene-2'-deoxyguanosine DNA adducts in aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 knockout mice treated with ethanol
    Haruna Nagayoshi
    Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537 0025, Japan
    Mutat Res 673:74-7. 2009
    ..dehydrogenase (Aldh)-2-knockout mice that were fed with alcohol to determine effects of alcohol consumption and Aldh2 genotype on the level of DNA damage in stomach...
  11. ncbi Overexpression of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 attenuates chronic alcohol exposure-induced apoptosis, change in Akt and Pim signalling in liver
    Rui Guo
    Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
    Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 36:463-8. 2009
    ..to examine the impact of facilitated acetaldehyde metabolism via overexpression of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) on chronic alcohol ingestion-induced hepatic damage...
  12. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) ameliorates chronic alcohol ingestion-induced myocardial insulin resistance and endoplasmic reticulum stress
    Shi Yan Li
    Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
    J Mol Cell Cardiol 47:247-55. 2009
    ..This study was designed to examine the impact of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) transgenic overexpression on alcohol-induced insulin resistance and myocardial injury...
  13. ncbi Cholinergic alterations following alcohol exposure in the frontal cortex of Aldh2-deficient mice models
    Mostofa Jamal
    Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750 1, Ikenobe, Miki, Kita, Kagawa 761 0793, Japan
    Brain Res 1295:37-43. 2009
    ..acetaldehyde (ACe) on choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the frontal cortex of Aldh2-/- (KO) mice. KO mice were used as models of Aldh2-deficient humans to examine ACe effects...
  14. ncbi Metabolic remodeling induced by mitochondrial aldehyde stress stimulates tolerance to oxidative stress in the heart
    Jin Endo
    Department of Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi Shinjuku ku, Tokyo 160 8582, Japan
    Circ Res 105:1118-27. 2009
    ..Aldehyde accumulation is regarded as a pathognomonic feature of oxidative stress-associated cardiovascular disease...
  15. ncbi Characteristics of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Aldh2) knockout mice
    Hsu Sheng Yu
    Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1 1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi ku, Kitakyushu 807 8555, Japan
    Toxicol Mech Methods 19:535-40. 2009
    ..It covalently binds to DNA, and is known as a carcinogen. Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an important enzyme that oxidizes acetaldehyde...
  16. ncbi Activation of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) confers cardioprotection in protein kinase C epsilon (PKCvarepsilon) knockout mice
    Grant R Budas
    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR, Rm 3145A, 269 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 5174, USA
    J Mol Cell Cardiol 48:757-64. 2010
    ..We recently identified aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) as a PKCvarepsilon substrate, whose activation is necessary and sufficient to confer cardioprotection in vivo...
  17. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout accentuates ethanol-induced cardiac depression: role of protein phosphatases
    Heng Ma
    Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, 710032 China
    J Mol Cell Cardiol 49:322-9. 2010
    ..This study was designed to examine the influence of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) knockout (KO) on acute ethanol exposure-induced cardiomyocyte dysfunction...
  18. ncbi Reduced bone formation in alcohol-induced osteopenia is associated with elevated p21 expression in bone marrow cells in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2-disrupted mice
    Yuki Shimizu
    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi ku, Kitakyushu, Japan
    Bone 48:1075-86. 2011
    ..Approximately 45% of Chinese and Japanese individuals have the inactive aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Aldh2) phenotype. The absence of the ALDH2*2 allele is found to adversely influence the risk of osteoporosis...
  19. ncbi Paired acute inhalation test reveals that acetaldehyde toxicity is higher in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 knockout mice than in wild-type mice
    Toyohi Isse
    Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
    J Toxicol Sci 30:329-37. 2005
    Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an important enzyme that oxidizes acetaldehyde...
  20. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 activity affects symptoms produced by an intraperitoneal acetaldehyde injection, but not acetaldehyde lethality
    Toyohi Isse
    Department of Environmental Health, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
    J Toxicol Sci 30:315-28. 2005
    Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an important enzyme that oxidizes acetaldehyde...
  21. ncbi Fate of mesencephalic AHD2-expressing dopamine progenitor cells in NURR1 mutant mice
    A Wallen
    Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Stockholm Branch, Stockholm, S 171 77, Sweden
    Exp Cell Res 253:737-46. 1999
    ..We conclude that NURR1 plays a critical role in the maturation, migration, striatal target area innervation, and survival of differentiating mesencephalic DA cells...
  22. ncbi The T-cell oncogenic protein HOX11 activates Aldh1 expression in NIH 3T3 cells but represses its expression in mouse spleen development
    W K Greene
    Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
    Mol Cell Biol 18:7030-7. 1998
    ..This result suggests that expression of Aldh1 protein is negatively regulated by Hox11 and that abnormal expression of Aldh1 in Hox11 null mice may cause loss of splenic precursor cells by aberrant retinoic acid metabolism...
  23. ncbi Cloning of a cDNA encoding an aldehyde dehydrogenase and its expression in Escherichia coli. Recognition of retinal as substrate
    X Wang
    Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
    J Biol Chem 271:16288-93. 1996
    ..These data support a function for RalDH(II) in the pathway of retinoic acid biogenesis...
  24. ncbi Genes associated with immunoglobulin V(D)J recombination are linked on mouse chromosome 2 and human chromosome 11
    K Huppi
    Laboratory of Genetics, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
    Immunogenetics 37:288-91. 1993
  25. ncbi Enzymatic conversion of retinaldehyde to retinoic acid by cloned murine cytosolic and mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenases
    M Chen
    Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021
    Mol Pharmacol 46:88-96. 1994
    ..AHD-2 is more active than AHD-M1 in this conversion, but AHD-2 is not the enzyme responsible for this conversion in F9 embryonic stem cells...
  26. ncbi Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding mouse mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase
    C Chang
    Department of Biochemical Genetics, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010
    Gene 148:331-6. 1994
    The mitochondrial (mt) aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) in liver has been considered to play a major role in the detoxification of alcohol in humans...
  27. ncbi Isolation of genomic DNA fragments corresponding to genes modulated in vivo by a transcription factor
    J Caubín
    Departamento de Investigacion, Pharmacia Antibióticos Farma S A, Madrid, Spain
    Nucleic Acids Res 22:4132-8. 1994
    ..This method, extensive to other ligand-modulated transcription factors, might be useful to all transcription factors with slight modifications...
  28. ncbi A gene for susceptibility to small intestinal cancer, ssic1, maps to the distal part of mouse chromosome 4
    R J Fijneman
    The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Division of Molecular Genetics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Cancer Res 55:3179-82. 1995
    ..This difference is highly significant (chi 2 = 31 for D4Mit158). Therefore, one of the genes that influence susceptibility to small intestinal cancer, ssic1, maps to the distal part of chromosome 4...
  29. ncbi Assignment of the mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (Aldh2) to mouse chromosome 5 by fluorescence in situ hybridization
    K Jeong
    Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Cytogenet Cell Genet 89:54-5. 2000
  30. ncbi Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase prevents ROS-induced vascular contraction in angiotensin-II hypertensive mice
    Hyehun Choi
    Department of Physiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia 30912 3000, USA
    J Am Soc Hypertens 5:154-60. 2011
    Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) is an enzyme that detoxifies aldehydes to carboxylic acids...
  31. ncbi An essential role for mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase in nitroglycerin bioactivation
    Zhiqiang Chen
    Department of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:12159-64. 2005
    ....
  32. ncbi Expression levels of hepatic cytochrome P450 enzymes in Aldh2-deficient mice following ethanol exposure: a pilot study
    Yong Dae Kim
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, 48 San Kaeshin dong, Hungdok gu, Cheongju, Chungbuk, 361 763, South Korea
    Arch Toxicol 79:192-5. 2005
    ..expression levels of hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2E1, 2B1/2 and 4B1 enzymes in aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Aldh2) +/+ and Aldh2 -/- mice by immunoblotting assay following subchronic ethanol exposure for eight days...
  33. ncbi Tissue-distribution of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 and effects of the ALDH2 gene-disruption on the expression of enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism
    Tsunehiro Oyama
    Department of Environmental Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, 807 8555, Japan
    Front Biosci 10:951-60. 2005
    ..that may cause cellular and DNA damages, is converted to acetate by mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase ALDH2. Although the majority of ingested alcohol is eliminated in the liver, the first-pass metabolism of ethanol in the ..
  34. ncbi Expression of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 2-like gene is controlled by BOB.1/OBF.1 in B lymphocytes
    Cornelia Brunner
    University of Ulm, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Albert Einstein Allee 11, D 89081 Ulm, Germany
    J Biol Chem 278:45231-9. 2003
    ..Transient transfections confirm that this promoter is activated by BOB.1/OBF.1. Our observations suggest that by regulating genes in different functional pathways, BOB.1/OBF.1 has a widespread effect on B cell development and function...
  35. ncbi Genetic deficiency of a mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase increases serum lipid peroxides in community-dwelling females
    Ikuroh Ohsawa
    Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Development and Aging Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, 1 396 Kosugi cho, Nakahara ku, Kawasaki 211 8533, Japan
    J Hum Genet 48:404-9. 2003
    Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) plays a major role in acetaldehyde detoxification. The alcohol sensitivity is associated with a genetic deficiency of ALDH2...
  36. ncbi Deficiency in a mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase increases vulnerability to oxidative stress in PC12 cells
    Ikuroh Ohsawa
    Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Gerontology, Nippon Medical School, 1 396 Kosugi cho, Nahakara ku, Kawasaki 211 8533, Japan
    J Neurochem 84:1110-7. 2003
    Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) plays a major role in acetaldehyde detoxification. The alcohol sensitivity is associated with a genetic deficiency of ALDH2...
  37. ncbi Expression of genes for alcohol and aldehyde metabolizing enzymes in mouse oocytes and preimplantation embryos
    Ujjwal Kumar Rout
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C S Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 275 East Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    Reprod Toxicol 16:253-8. 2002
    ..The absence of enzymes to convert ethanol to acetaldehyde, coupled with oocyte expression of the acetaldehyde-degrading enzyme, Ahd-5, may be protective for the early embryo...
  38. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) 2 associates with oxidation of methoxyacetaldehyde; in vitro analysis with liver subcellular fraction derived from human and Aldh2 gene targeting mouse
    K Kitagawa
    Department of Environmental Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
    FEBS Lett 476:306-11. 2000
    ..MALD oxidation was examined with liver subcellular fractions from Japanese subjects who carried three different ALDH2 genotypes and Aldh2 knockout mice, which were generated in this study...
  39. ncbi Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1a1 is dispensable for stem cell function in the mouse hematopoietic and nervous systems
    Boaz P Levi
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, and Center for Stem Cell Biology, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2216, USA
    Blood 113:1670-80. 2009
    ..Finally, Aldh1a1 deficiency did not affect the function of stem cells from the adult central or peripheral nervous systems. Aldh1a1 is not a critical regulator of adult stem cell function or Aldefluor staining in mice...