| NOX2 - NADPH Oxidase 2 / Cytochrome b-245 Beta Chain
Abbreviation: NOX2, CYBB, gp91phox
Type: NADPH oxidase / reactive oxygen species-generating enzyme
Function: NOX2 is the catalytic membrane subunit of the phagocytic NADPH oxidase complex and generates superoxide during immune and inflammatory responses. It is highly expressed in neutrophils, macrophages, and microglia and regulates antimicrobial defense, redox signaling, inflammation, vascular function, and cellular responses to injury.
Cancer: ↑ Increased NOX2 activity within tumor cells and particularly tumor-associated immune cells can promote ROS-dependent survival signaling, inflammation, immune suppression, angiogenesis, invasion, and tumor progression. NOX2-derived ROS from tumor-associated macrophages and other myeloid cells can suppress antitumor lymphocyte function.
Alzheimer's Disease: ↑ Increased and overactivated NOX2 is strongly implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Aβ stimulates microglial NOX2 activity, increasing ROS production, oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, cerebrovascular dysfunction, and neuronal injury. NOX2 inhibition or genetic deletion reduces oxidative and cognitive abnormalities in experimental Alzheimer's disease models.
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