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Sinnaeve P, Chiche JD, Gillijns H, Van Pelt N, Wirthlin D, Van De Werf F, Collen D, Bloch KD, Janssens S. Overexpression of a constitutively active protein kinase G mutant reduces neointima formation and in-stent restenosis. Circulation 2002; 105:2911-6. [PMID: 12070122 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000018169.59205.ca] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neointima formation after arterial injury is associated with reduced vascular cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), a major cGMP effector in vascular smooth muscle. We tested the effect of PKG overexpression on the neointimal response to vascular injury. Methods and Results- Infection of cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs) with an adenoviral vector specifying a cGMP-independent, constitutively active PKG mutant (AdPKGcat) reduced serum-induced migration by 33% and increased serum-deprivation-induced apoptosis 2-fold (P<0.05 for both). Infection with wild-type PKG (AdPKG), in the absence of cGMP, did not affect migration or apoptosis. Two weeks after balloon-injured rat carotid arteries were infected with 1x 10(10) pfu AdPKGcat (n=12), AdPKG (n=8), or a control adenovirus (n=8), intima-to-media ratio was less in AdPKGcat-infected arteries than in AdPKG- or control adenovirus-infected vessels (0.26+/-0.06 versus 0.61+/-0.12 and 0.70+/-0.12, respectively, P<0.05 for both). Two weeks after intramural administration of 1.75x10(10) pfu AdPKGcat (n=8) or a control adenovirus (n=8) into porcine coronary arteries with in-stent restenosis, luminal diameter was greater in AdPKGcat-infected arteries than in control adenovirus-infected vessels (2.32+/-0.16 versus 1.81+/-0.13 mm, P=0.028), associated with reduced neointimal area (3.30+/-0.24 versus 4.15+/-0.13 mm(2), P=0.008), neointima-to-vessel area ratio (0.42+/-0.05 versus 0.58+/-0.04, P<0.05), and percent stenosis (45+/-6% versus 70+/-4%, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Expression of a constitutively active PKG reduces neointima formation after balloon injury in rats and reduces coronary in-stent restenosis in pigs. PKGcat gene transfer may be a promising strategy for vasculoproliferative disorders.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Angioplasty, Balloon/adverse effects
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Carotid Stenosis/enzymology
- Carotid Stenosis/etiology
- Carotid Stenosis/pathology
- Carotid Stenosis/therapy
- Cell Movement
- Cells, Cultured
- Coronary Restenosis/etiology
- Coronary Restenosis/pathology
- Coronary Restenosis/therapy
- Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics
- Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/physiology
- Enzyme Activation
- Genetic Vectors
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/enzymology
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/etiology
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/pathology
- Graft Occlusion, Vascular/therapy
- Kinetics
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Stents/adverse effects
- Swine
- Transduction, Genetic
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- Peter Sinnaeve
- Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, and the Cardiac Unit, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Belgium
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Feil R, Gappa N, Rutz M, Schlossmann J, Rose CR, Konnerth A, Brummer S, Kühbandner S, Hofmann F. Functional reconstitution of vascular smooth muscle cells with cGMP-dependent protein kinase I isoforms. Circ Res 2002; 90:1080-6. [PMID: 12039797 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000019586.95768.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The cGMP-dependent protein kinase type I (cGKI) is a major mediator of NO/cGMP-induced vasorelaxation. Smooth muscle expresses two isoforms of cGKI, cGKIalpha and cGKIbeta, but the specific role of each isoform in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is poorly understood. We have used a genetic deletion/rescue strategy to analyze the functional significance of cGKI isoforms in the regulation of the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration by NO/cGMP in VSMCs. Cultured mouse aortic VSMCs endogenously expressed both cGKIalpha and cGKIbeta. The NO donor diethylamine NONOate (DEA-NO) and the membrane-permeable cGMP analogue 8-bromo-cGMP inhibited noradrenaline-induced Ca(2+) transients in wild-type VSMCs but not in VSMCs genetically deficient for both cGKIalpha and cGKIbeta. The defective Ca(2+) regulation in cGKI-knockout cells could be rescued by transfection of a fusion construct consisting of cGKIalpha and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) but not by a cGKIbeta-EGFP construct. Fluorescence imaging indicated that the cGKIalpha-EGFP fusion protein was concentrated in the perinuclear/endoplasmic reticulum region of live VSMCs, whereas the cGKIbeta-EGFP protein was more homogeneously distributed in the cytoplasm. These results suggest that one component of NO/cGMP-induced smooth muscle relaxation is the activation of the cGKIalpha isoform, which decreases the noradrenaline-stimulated cytosolic Ca(2+) level.
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- Robert Feil
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Technischen Universität München, Universität München, München, Germany.
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Zhou XB, Arntz C, Kamm S, Motejlek K, Sausbier U, Wang GX, Ruth P, Korth M. A molecular switch for specific stimulation of the BKCa channel by cGMP and cAMP kinase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43239-45. [PMID: 11514553 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104202200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cGMP and the cAMP pathways control smooth muscle tone by regulation of BK(Ca) (BK) channel activity. BK channels show considerable diversity and plasticity in their regulation by cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases. The underlying molecular mechanisms are unclear but may involve expression of splice variants of the BK channel alpha subunit. Three isoforms, BK(A), BK(B), and BK(C), which were cloned from tracheal smooth muscle, differed only in their C terminus. When expressed in HEK293 cells, cGMP kinase (cGK) but not cAMP kinase (cAK) stimulated the activity of BK(A) and BK(B) by shifting the voltage dependence of the channel to more negative potentials. In contrast, BK(C) was exclusively stimulated by cAK. BK(C) lacks a C-terminal tandem phosphorylation motif for protein kinase C (PKC) with Ser(1151) and Ser(1154). Mutation of this motif in BK(A) switched channel regulation from cGK to cAK. Furthermore, inhibition of PKC in excised patches from cells expressing BK(A) abolished the stimulatory effect of cGK but allowed channel stimulation by cAK. cAK and cGK phosphorylated the channel at different sites. Thus, phosphorylation/dephosphorylation by PKC determines whether the BK channel is stimulated by cGK or cAK. The molecular mechanisms may be relevant for smooth muscle relaxation by cAMP and cGMP.
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- X B Zhou
- Abteilung Pharmakologie für Pharmazeuten, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Di Fulvio M, Lincoln TM, Lauf PK, Adragna NC. Protein kinase G regulates potassium chloride cotransporter-4 [corrected] expression in primary cultures of rat vascular smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:21046-52. [PMID: 11274213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100901200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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K-Cl cotransport (KCC) is activated by nitric oxide donors and appears to be regulated by the cGMP signaling pathway. Expression of KCC mRNAs (KCC1-KCC4) in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is unknown. We have reported the presence of KCC1 and KCC3 mRNAs in primary cultures of VSMCs by specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. KCC2 mRNA appeared at extremely low levels. KCC4 mRNA was undetectable. Semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction revealed a 2:1 KCC1/KCC3 mRNA ratio in VSMCs. Depletion of protein kinase G (PKG)-1 from VSMCs did not change KCC3 mRNA expression. Analogous results were obtained with PKG-1-catalytic domain- and vector only-transfected VSMCs lacking endogenous PKG, suggesting no involvement of PKG-1 in the maintenance of basal KCC3 mRNA expression. However, 8-bromo-cGMP, a PKG stimulator, acutely increased KCC3 mRNA expression in a concentration- and time-dependent fashion; this effect was blocked by the PKG inhibitor KT5823 but not by actinomycin D. These findings show that VSMCs express mainly two mRNA isoforms, KCC1 and KCC3, and suggest that PKG participates post-transcriptionally in the acute KCC3 mRNA regulation. The role of KCC3 on cell volume and electrolyte homeostasis in response to PKG modulators remains to be determined.
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- M Di Fulvio
- Department of Pharmacology, Wright State University, School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45435-0002, USA
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Honda A, Adams SR, Sawyer CL, Lev-Ram V, Tsien RY, Dostmann WR. Spatiotemporal dynamics of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate revealed by a genetically encoded, fluorescent indicator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2437-42. [PMID: 11226257 PMCID: PMC30156 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051631298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To investigate the dynamics of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) in single living cells, we constructed genetically encoded, fluorescent cGMP indicators by bracketing cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGPK), minus residues 1-77, between cyan and yellow mutants of green fluorescent protein. cGMP decreased fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and increased the ratio of cyan to yellow emissions by up to 1.5-fold with apparent dissociation constants of approximately 2 microM and >100:1 selectivity for cGMP over cAMP. To eliminate constitutive kinase activity, Thr(516) of cGPK was mutated to Ala. Emission ratio imaging of the indicators transfected into rat fetal lung fibroblast (RFL)-6 showed cGMP transients resulting from activation of soluble and particulate guanylyl cyclase, respectively, by nitric oxide (NO) and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP). Whereas all naive cells tested responded to CNP, only 68% responded to NO. Both sets of signals showed large and variable (0.5-4 min) latencies. The phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) did not elevate cGMP on its own but consistently amplified responses to NO or CNP, suggesting that basal activity of guanylate cyclase is very low and emphasizing the importance of PDEs in cGMP recycling. A fraction of RFL cells showed slowly propagating tides of cGMP spreading across the cell in response to delocalized application of NO. Biolistically transfected Purkinje neurons showed cGMP responses to parallel fiber activity and NO donors, confirming that single-cell increases in cGMP occur under conditions appropriate to cause synaptic plasticity.
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- A Honda
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Physiology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Electron Transport, Oxidative Phosphorylation, and Hydroxylation. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50021-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sato M, Hida N, Ozawa T, Umezawa Y. Fluorescent indicators for cyclic GMP based on cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase Ialpha and green fluorescent proteins. Anal Chem 2000; 72:5918-24. [PMID: 11140757 DOI: 10.1021/ac0006167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We describe herein fluorescent indicators for cyclic GMP (cGMP) in single living cells. cGMP-dependent protein kinase Ialpha (PKG Ialpha), a receptor for cGMP, was fused with blue- and red-shifted green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) to its N- and C-termini, respectively. Using PKG lalpha delta1-47, in which the dimerization domain was deleted, fluorescence resonance energy transfer between the GFPs was found to increase upon cGMP-induced conformational change in PKG Ialpha delta1-47. We demonstrated that thus-developed fluorescent indicators reversibly responded to cGMP that was produced in nitric oxide-stimulated HEK293 cells. The present genetically encoded fluorescent indicators open a way not only for understanding the dynamics of cGMP signaling in single cells and organisms but also for discovering pharmaceuticals such as isoform-specific inhibitors for phosphodiesterases.
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- M Sato
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Zhou XB, Wang GX, Ruth P, Hüneke B, Korth M. BK(Ca) channel activation by membrane-associated cGMP kinase may contribute to uterine quiescence in pregnancy. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000; 279:C1751-9. [PMID: 11078689 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.279.6.c1751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the influence of pregnancy on large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel (BK(Ca)) activity (NP(o)) and on channel expression in membranes of isolated human myometrial smooth muscle cells. NP(o) in inside-out patches was higher in pregnant myometria (PM) compared with nonpregnant myometria (NPM), and the half-maximal activation potential was shifted by 39 mV to more negative potentials. This effect was not due to an enhanced BK(Ca) channel expression. In the presence of cAMP kinase (PKA) or cGMP kinase (PKG), NP(o) increased in patches from PM but decreased in those from NPM. Western blot analysis and use of a specific PKG inhibitor (1 microM KT-5823) verified the existence of a partially active membrane-associated PKG. Inhibition of PKA by 100 nM PKI, the inhibitory peptide of PKA, had no effect on NP(o). 8-p-Chlorophenylthio-cGMP (8-pCPT-cGMP) hyperpolarized cells from PM. This effect was abolished by iberiotoxin, a specific blocker of BK(Ca) channels. It is concluded that an endogenous, membrane-bound PKG in myometrial cells specifically enhances BK(Ca) channel activity during pregnancy and thus may contribute to uterine quiescence during pregnancy.
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- X B Zhou
- Abteilung Pharmakologie für Pharmazeuten, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Daiber A, Schöneich C, Schmidt P, Jung C, Ullrich V. Autocatalytic nitration of P450CAM by peroxynitrite. J Inorg Biochem 2000; 81:213-20. [PMID: 11051566 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(00)00110-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peroxynitrite (PN) gains high selectivity as a physiological oxidizing and nitrating agent through catalysis by metal ions. This was established for the heme-thiolate (P450) enzyme prostacyclin synthase which was tyrosine nitrated and inhibited at low PN levels [FEBS Lett. 382 (1996) 101]. Other P450 proteins reacted in a similar manner and a ferryl species (Compound II) has been identified as an intermediate during reactions with PN [Nitric Oxide 3 (1999) 142]. Here we investigated cytochrome P450CAM and found that it catalyzes the decomposition of PN as well as an increased nitration of phenol. The latter at the expense of phenol hydroxylation is characteristic for the proton-assisted PN action. PN also caused self-nitration of P450CAM at several tyrosine residues. Two of them, Y96 and Y305 were largely protected in the presence of the ligand metyrapone. Unlike other heme-thiolate proteins P450CAM did not form distinct spectral intermediates characteristic for Compound II. We conclude that P450CAM serves as a model for the nitration of prostacyclin synthase with respect to its autocatalytic tyrosine nitration and its prevention by blocking the active site.
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- A Daiber
- Universität Konstanz, Fakultät für Biologie, LS Ulrich, Germany
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Perrin D, Koppenol WH. The quantitative oxidation of methionine to methionine sulfoxide by peroxynitrite. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 377:266-72. [PMID: 10845703 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Both peroxynitrous acid and peroxynitrite react with methionine, k(acid) = (1.7 +/- 0.1) x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1) and k(anion) = 8.6 +/- 0.2 M(-1) s(-1), respectively, and with N-acetylmethionine k(acid) = (2.8 +/- 0.1) x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1) and k(anion) = 10.0 +/- 0.1 M(-1) s(-1), respectively, to form sulfoxides. In contrast to the results of Pryor et al. (1994, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 11173-11177), a linear correlation between k(obs) and [met] was obtained. Surprisingly, for every two sulfoxides and nitrites formed, one peroxynitrite is converted to nitrate. Thus, methionine also catalyzes the isomerization of peroxynitrite to nitrate. Neither the pH nor the concentration of methionine affected the distribution of the yields of nitrite, nitrate, and methionine sulfoxide, which were the only products detected. No products other than nitrite, nitrate, and methioninesulfoxide could be detected. The reactions of methionine and N-acetylmethionine with peroxynitrous acid and peroxynitrite are simple bimolecular reactions that do not involve an activated form of peroxynitrous acid or of peroxynitrite. Nitrite, produced together with methionine sulfoxide, or present as a contamination in the peroxynitrite preparation, is not innocuous, but oxidizes methionine by one electron, which leads to the formation of methional and ethylene.
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- D Perrin
- Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
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Santos CX, Bonini MG, Augusto O. Role of the carbonate radical anion in tyrosine nitration and hydroxylation by peroxynitrite. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 377:146-52. [PMID: 10775454 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peroxynitrite has been receiving increasing attention as the pathogenic mediator of nitric oxide cytotoxicity. In most cases, the contribution of peroxynitrite to diseases has been inferred from detection of 3-nitrotyrosine in injured tissues. However, presently it is known that other nitric oxide-derived species can also promote protein nitration. Mechanistic details of protein nitration remain under discussion even in the case of peroxynitrite, although recent literature data strongly suggest a free radical mechanism. Here, we confirm the free radical mechanism of tyrosine modification by peroxynitrite in the presence and in the absence of the bicarbonate-carbon dioxide pair by analyzing the stable tyrosine products and the formation of the tyrosyl radical at pH 5.4 and 7.4. Stable products, 3-nitrotyrosine, 3-hydroxytyrosine, and 3, 3-dityrosine, were identified by high performance liquid chromatography and UV spectroscopy. The tyrosyl radical was detected by continuous-flow and spin-trapping electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). 3-Hydroxytyrosine was detected at pH 5.4 and its yield decreased in the presence of the bicarbonate-carbon dioxide pair. In contrast, the yields of the tyrosyl radical increased in the presence of the bicarbonate-carbon dioxide pair and correlated with the yields of 3-nitrotyrosine under all tested experimental conditions. Taken together, the results demonstrate that the promoting effects of carbon dioxide on peroxynitrite-mediated tyrosine nitration is due to the selective reactivity of the carbonate radical anion as compared with that of the hydroxyl radical. Colocalization of 3-hydroxytyrosine and 3-nitrotyrosine residues in proteins may be useful to discriminate between peroxynitrite and other nitrating species.
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- C X Santos
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Cx P. 26077, São Paulo, SP, 05513-970, Brazil
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Huber A, Neuhuber WL, Klugbauer N, Ruth P, Allescher HD. Cysteine-rich protein 2, a novel substrate for cGMP kinase I in enteric neurons and intestinal smooth muscle. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:5504-11. [PMID: 10681529 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide/cGMP/cGMP kinase I (cGKI) signaling causes relaxation of intestinal smooth muscle. In the gastrointestinal tract substrates of cGKI have not been identified yet. In the present study a protein interacting with cGKIbeta has been isolated from a rat intestinal cDNA library using the yeast two-hybrid system. The protein was identified as cysteine-rich protein 2 (CRP2), recently cloned from rat brain (Okano, I., Yamamoto, T., Kaji, A., Kimura, T., Mizuno, K., and Nakamura, T. (1993) FEBS Lett. 333, 51-55). Recombinant CRP2 is specifically phosphorylated by cGKs but not by cAMP kinase in vitro. Co-transfection of CRP2 and cGKIbeta into COS cells confirmed the phosphorylation of CRP2 in vivo. Cyclic GMP kinase I phosphorylated CRP2 at Ser-104, because the mutation to Ala completely prevented the in vivo phosphorylation. Immunohistochemical analysis using confocal laser scan microscopy showed a co-localization of CRP2 and cGKI in the inner part of the circular muscle layer, in the muscularis mucosae, and in specific neurons of the myenteric and submucosal plexus. The co-localization together with the specific phosphorylation of CRP2 by cGKI in vitro and in vivo suggests that CRP2 is a novel substrate of cGKI in neurons and smooth muscle of the small intestine.
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- A Huber
- II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technische Universität München, D-81675 München, Germany
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Scherer-Oppliger T, Leimbacher W, Blau N, Thöny B. Serine 19 of human 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase is phosphorylated by cGMP protein kinase II. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:31341-8. [PMID: 10531334 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.44.31341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) participates in tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor biosynthesis. We previously identified in a PTPS-deficient patient an inactive PTPS allele with an Arg(16) to Cys codon mutation. Arg(16) is located in the protein surface exposed phosphorylation motif Arg(16)-Arg-Ile-Ser, with Ser(19) as the putative phosphorylation site for serine-threonine protein kinases. Purification of recombinant PTPS-S19A from bacterial cells resulted in an active enzyme (k(cat)/K(m) = 6.4 x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1)), which was similar to wild-type PTPS (k(cat)/K(m) = 4.1 x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1)). In assays with purified enzymes, wild-type but not PTPS-S19A was a specific substrate for the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGK) type I and II. Upon expression in COS-1 cells, PTPS-S19A was stable but not phosphorylated and had a reduced activity of approximately 33% in comparison to wild-type PTPS. Extracts from several human cell lines, including brain, contained a kinase that bound to and phosphorylated immobilized wild-type, but not mutant PTPS. Addition of cGMP stimulated phosphotransferase activity 2-fold. Extracts from transfected COS-1 cells overexpressing cGKII stimulated Ser(19) phosphorylation more than 100-fold, but only 4-fold from cGKI overexpressing cells. Moreover, fibroblast extracts from mice lacking cGKII exhibited significantly reduced phosphorylation of PTPS. These results suggest that Ser(19) of human PTPS may be a substrate for cGKII phosphorylation also in vivo, a modification that is essential for normal activity.
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- T Scherer-Oppliger
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Zürich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zürich, Switzerland
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Bartkiewicz M, Houghton A, Baron R. Leucine zipper-mediated homodimerization of the adaptor protein c-Cbl. A role in c-Cbl's tyrosine phosphorylation and its association with epidermal growth factor receptor. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:30887-95. [PMID: 10521482 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.43.30887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 120-kDa proto-oncogenic protein c-Cbl is a multidomain adaptor protein that is phosphorylated in response to the stimulation of a broad range of cell surface receptors and participates in the assembly of signaling complexes that are formed as a result of the activation of various signal transduction pathways. Several structural features of c-Cbl, including the phosphotyrosine-binding domain, proline-rich domain, and motifs containing phosphotyrosine and phosphoserine residues, mediate the association of c-Cbl with other components of these complexes. In addition to those domains that have been demonstrated to play a role in the binding of c-Cbl to other signaling molecules, c-Cbl also contains a RING finger motif and a putative leucine zipper. In this study, we demonstrate that the previously identified putative leucine zipper mediates the formation of Cbl homodimers. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we show that deletion of the leucine zipper domain is sufficient to abolish Cbl homodimerization, while Cbl mutants carrying extensive N-terminal truncations retain the ability to dimerize with the full-length Cbl. The requirement of the leucine zipper for the homodimerization of Cbl was confirmed by in vitro binding assays, using deletion variants of the C-terminal half of Cbl with and without the leucine zipper domain, and in cells using Myc and green fluorescent protein (GFP) N-terminal-tagged Cbl variants. In cells, the deletion of the leucine zipper caused a decrease in both the tyrosine phosphorylation of Cbl and its association with the epidermal growth factor receptor following stimulation with epidermal growth factor, thus demonstrating a role for the leucine zipper in c-Cbl's signaling functions. Thus, the leucine zipper domain enables c-Cbl to homodimerize, and homodimerization influences Cbl's signaling function, modulating the activity of Cbl itself and/or affecting Cbl's associations with other signaling proteins in the cell.
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- M Bartkiewicz
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
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Francis SH, Corbin JD. Cyclic nucleotide-dependent protein kinases: intracellular receptors for cAMP and cGMP action. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 1999; 36:275-328. [PMID: 10486703 DOI: 10.1080/10408369991239213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Intracellular cAMP and cGMP levels are increased in response to a variety of hormonal and chemical stimuli; these nucleotides play key roles as second messenger signals in modulating myriad physiological processes. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase and cGMP-dependent protein kinase are major intracellular receptors for these nucleotides, and the actions of these enzymes account for much of the cellular responses to increased levels of cAMP or cGMP. This review summarizes many studies that have contributed significantly to an improved understanding of the catalytic, regulatory, and structural properties of these protein kinases. These accumulated findings provide insights into the mechanisms by which these enzymes produce their specific physiological effects and are helpful in considering the actions of other protein kinases as well.
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- S H Francis
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0615, USA
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Pfeifer A, Ruth P, Dostmann W, Sausbier M, Klatt P, Hofmann F. Structure and function of cGMP-dependent protein kinases. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 1999; 135:105-49. [PMID: 9932482 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0033671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- A Pfeifer
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der TU, München, Germany
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- R Kissner
- Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
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Estévez AG, Spear N, Pelluffo H, Kamaid A, Barbeito L, Beckman JS. Examining apoptosis in cultured cells after exposure to nitric oxide and peroxynitrite. Methods Enzymol 1999; 301:393-402. [PMID: 9919588 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(99)01103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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- A G Estévez
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233, USA
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Bolzan RM, Cueto R, Squadrito GL, Uppu RM, Pryor WA. Direct and simultaneous ultraviolet second-derivative spectrophotometric determination of nitrite and nitrate in preparations of peroxynitrite. Methods Enzymol 1999; 301:178-87. [PMID: 9919566 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(99)01081-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We have determined the initial concentrations of nitrite and nitrate for three different methods of synthesizing peroxynitrite using an ultraviolet second-derivative spectroscopy method (Fig. 3). As expected, the net nitrogen balance in these preparations (Fig. 4) and the yields of nitrite and nitrate (Table II) indicate that, at pH 6.0, peroxynitrite decomposes to give essentially NO3-. Stock solutions of peroxynitrite prepared using method I (ozonation of azide) consistently contain more NO2- and NO3- than method II (isoamyl nitrite with hydrogen peroxide) and method III (hydrogen peroxide with nitrous acid). Method II gives the least amount of NO2- contaminants, and NO3- impurities are the lowest in method III (Table I).
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- R M Bolzan
- Biodynamics Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-1800, USA
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Chiche JD, Schlutsmeyer SM, Bloch DB, de la Monte SM, Roberts JD, Filippov G, Janssens SP, Rosenzweig A, Bloch KD. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of cGMP-dependent protein kinase increases the sensitivity of cultured vascular smooth muscle cells to the antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of nitric oxide/cGMP. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34263-71. [PMID: 9852090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.51.34263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Studies in vitro have underestimated the importance of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) in the modulation of vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and apoptosis in vivo. This is attributable, in part, to a rapid decline in PKG levels as vascular SMC are passaged in culture. We used a recombinant adenovirus encoding PKG (Ad.PKG) to augment kinase activity in cultured rat pulmonary artery SMC (RPaSMC). Incubation of Ad. PKG-infected RPaSMC (multiplicity of infection = 200) with 8-Br-cGMP decreased serum-stimulated DNA synthesis by 85% and cell proliferation at day 5 by 74%. The effect of 8-Br-cGMP on DNA synthesis in Ad.PKG-infected RPaSMC was blocked by KT5823 (PKG inhibitor), but not by KT5720 (cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor). A nitric oxide (NO) donor compound, S-nitrosoglutathione, at concentrations as low as 100 nM, inhibited DNA synthesis in Ad. PKG-infected RPaSMC, but not in uninfected cells or in cells infected with a control adenovirus. In addition, 8-Br-cGMP and S-nitrosoglutathione induced apoptosis in serum-deprived RPaSMC infected with Ad.PKG, but not in uninfected cells or in cells infected with a control adenovirus. These results demonstrate that modulation of PKG levels in vascular SMC can alter the sensitivity of these cells to NO and cGMP. Moreover, these observations suggest an important role for PKG in the regulation of vascular SMC proliferation and apoptosis by NO and cGMP.
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- J D Chiche
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. chiche@etherdome
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Huber A, Trudrung P, Storr M, Franck H, Schusdziarra V, Ruth P, Allescher HD. Protein kinase G expression in the small intestine and functional importance for smooth muscle relaxation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:G629-37. [PMID: 9756490 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.275.4.g629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In functional experiments, the nitric oxide (NO) donor N-morpholino-N-nitroso-aminoacetonitrile or the cGMP analog 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cGMP caused a concentration-dependent, tetrodotoxin-resistant relaxation of precontracted strips from rat small intestine. The inhibitory effect of both substances was completely blocked at lower concentrations and was significantly attenuated at higher concentrations by the selective cGMP-dependent protein kinase (cGK) antagonist KT-5823 (1 microM). cGK-I was identified by immunohistochemistry in circular and longitudinal muscle, lamina muscularis mucosae, and smooth muscle cells of the villi and in fibroblast-like cells of the small intestine. Additionally, there was staining of a subpopulation of myenteric and submucous plexus neurons. Double staining for neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) and cGK-I demonstrated a colocalization of these two enzymes. Western blot analysis of smooth muscle preparations and isolated nerve terminals demonstrated that these structures predominantly contain the cGK-Ibeta isoenzyme, whereas the cGK-Ialpha expression is about threefold less. The isoform cGK-II was entirely confined to mucosal epithelial cells. These results show that cGK-I is expressed in different muscular structures of the small intestine and participates in the NO-induced relaxation of gastrointestinal smooth muscle. The presence of cGK-I in NOS-positive enteric neurons further suggests a possible neuronal action site.
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- A Huber
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany
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