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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Reticulocyte remodeling has emerged as an important model for the understanding of vesicular trafficking and selective autophagy in mammalian cells. This review covers recent advances in our understanding of these processes in reticulocytes and the role of these processes in erythroid development. RECENT FINDINGS Enucleation is caused by the coalescence of vesicles at the nuclear-cytoplasmic junction and microfilament contraction. Mitochondrial elimination is achieved through selective autophagy, in which mitochondria are targeted to autophagosomes, and undergo subsequent degradation and exocytosis. The mechanism involves an integral mitochondrial outer membrane protein and general autophagy pathways. Plasma membrane remodeling, and the elimination of certain intracellular organelles occur through the exosomal pathway. SUMMARY Vesicular trafficking and selective autophagy have emerged as central processes in cellular remodeling. In reticulocytes, this includes enucleation and the elimination of all membrane-bound organelles and ribosomes. Ubiquitin-like conjugation pathways, which are required for autophagy in yeast, are not essential for mitochondrial clearance in reticulocytes. Thus, in higher eukaryotes, there appears to be redundancy between these pathways and other processes, such as vesicular nucleation. Future studies will address the relationship between autophagy and vesicular trafficking, and the significance of both for cellular remodeling.
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- Paul A Ney
- Department of Biochemistry, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Pól J, Vidová V, Hyötyläinen T, Volný M, Novák P, Strohalm M, Kostiainen R, Havlíček V, Wiedmer SK, Holopainen JM. Spatial distribution of glycerophospholipids in the ocular lens. PLoS One 2011; 6:e19441. [PMID: 21559377 PMCID: PMC3084859 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Knowledge of the spatial distribution of lipids in the intraocular lens is important for understanding the physiology and biochemistry of this unique tissue and for gaining a better insight into the mechanisms underlying diseases of the lens. Following our previous study showing the spatial distribution of sphingolipids in the porcine lens, the current study used ultra performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOFMS) to provide the whole lipidome of porcine lens and these studies were supplemented by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI MSI) of the lens using ultra-high resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FTICR MS) to determine the spatial distribution of glycerophospholipids. Altogether 172 lipid species were identified with high confidence and their concentration was determined. Sphingomyelins, phosphatidylcholines, and phosphatidylethanolamines were the most abundant lipid classes. We then determined the spatial and concentration-dependent distributions of 20 phosphatidylcholines, 6 phosphatidylethanolamines, and 4 phosphatidic acids. Based on the planar molecular images of the lipids, we report the organization of fiber cell membranes within the ocular lens and suggest roles for these lipids in normal and diseased lenses.
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- Jaroslav Pól
- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (JP); (JMH)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Structure Characterization, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Helsinki Eye Lab, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (JP); (JMH)
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Naarmann IS, Harnisch C, Müller-Newen G, Urlaub H, Ostareck-Lederer A, Ostareck DH. DDX6 recruits translational silenced human reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase mRNA to RNP granules. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2010; 16:2189-204. [PMID: 20884783 PMCID: PMC2957058 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2211110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Accepted: 08/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Erythroid precursor cells lose the capacity for mRNA synthesis due to exclusion of the nucleus during maturation. Therefore, the stability and translation of mRNAs that code for specific proteins, which function in late stages of maturation when reticulocytes become erythrocytes, are controlled tightly. Reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase (r15-LOX) initiates the breakdown of mitochondria in mature reticulocytes. Through the temporal restriction of mRNA translation, the synthesis of r15-LOX is prevented in premature cells. The enzyme is synthesized only in mature reticulocytes, although r15-LOX mRNA is already present in erythroid precursor cells. Translation of r15-LOX mRNA is inhibited by hnRNP K and hnRNP E1, which bind to the differentiation control element (DICE) in its 3' untranslated region (3'UTR). The hnRNP K/E1-DICE complex interferes with the joining of the 60S ribosomal subunit to the 40S subunit at the AUG. We took advantage of the inducible human erythroid K562 cell system that fully recapitulates this process to identify so far unknown factors, which are critical for DICE-dependent translational regulation. Applying RNA chromatography with the DICE as bait combined with hnRNP K immunoprecipitation, we specifically purified the DEAD-box RNA helicase 6 (DDX6) that interacts with hnRNP K and hnRNP E1 in a DICE-dependent manner. Employing RNA interference and fluorescence in situ hybridization, we show that DDX6 colocalizes with endogenous human (h)r15-LOX mRNA to P-body-like RNP granules, from which 60S ribosomal subunits are excluded. Our data suggest that in premature erythroid cells translational silencing of hr15-LOX mRNA is maintained by DDX6 mediated storage in these RNP granules.
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- Isabel S Naarmann
- Department of Intensive Care, Experimental Research Unit, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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It has been known for many decades that autophagy, a conserved lysosomal degradation pathway, is highly active during differentiation and development. However, until the discovery of the autophagy-related (ATG) genes in the 1990s, the functional significance of this activity was unknown. Initially, genetic knockout studies of ATG genes in lower eukaryotes revealed an essential role for the autophagy pathway in differentiation and development. In recent years, the analyses of systemic and tissue-specific knockout models of ATG genes in mice has led to an explosion of knowledge about the functions of autophagy in mammalian development and differentiation. Here we review the main advances in our understanding of these functions.
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Ufer C, Wang CC, Borchert A, Heydeck D, Kuhn H. Redox control in mammalian embryo development. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010; 13:833-75. [PMID: 20367257 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2009.3044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The development of an embryo constitutes a complex choreography of regulatory events that underlies precise temporal and spatial control. Throughout this process the embryo encounters ever changing environments, which challenge its metabolism. Oxygen is required for embryogenesis but it also poses a potential hazard via formation of reactive oxygen and reactive nitrogen species (ROS/RNS). These metabolites are capable of modifying macromolecules (lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) and altering their biological functions. On one hand, such modifications may have deleterious consequences and must be counteracted by antioxidant defense systems. On the other hand, ROS/RNS function as essential signal transducers regulating the cellular phenotype. In this context the combined maternal/embryonic redox homeostasis is of major importance and dysregulations in the equilibrium of pro- and antioxidative processes retard embryo development, leading to organ malformation and embryo lethality. Silencing the in vivo expression of pro- and antioxidative enzymes provided deeper insights into the role of the embryonic redox equilibrium. Moreover, novel mechanisms linking the cellular redox homeostasis to gene expression regulation have recently been discovered (oxygen sensing DNA demethylases and protein phosphatases, redox-sensitive microRNAs and transcription factors, moonlighting enzymes of the cellular redox homeostasis) and their contribution to embryo development is critically reviewed.
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- Christoph Ufer
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Medicine Berlin-Charité, Berlin, FR Germany
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Dainese E, Angelucci CB, Sabatucci A, De Filippis V, Mei G, Maccarrone M. A novel role for iron in modulating the activity and membrane-binding ability of a trimmed soybean lipoxygenase-1. FASEB J 2010; 24:1725-36. [PMID: 20081094 DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-141390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are iron-containing enzymes that play critical roles in plants and animals. As yet, metal atom extraction, reconstitution, and substitution have not been successfully applied to soybean LOX-1 [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], a prototype member of the LOX family that is widely used in structural and kinetic studies. Here, tryptic digestion of native LOX-1, used as a control, allowed us to isolate the 60-kDa C-terminal region (termed miniLOX), that retains the catalytically active iron in a more accessible position. Then, iron was removed to obtain an unprecedented apo-miniLOX, which was reconstituted and substituted with different metal ions. These forms of miniLOX were characterized vs. native LOX-1 by kinetic analysis, near UV circular dichroism, steady-state fluorescence, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer. MiniLOX showed a 2-fold increase in the membrane-binding affinity compared with native LOX-1 and a remarkable 4-fold increase compared with apo-miniLOX (K(d)=9.2+/-1.0, 17.9+/-2.0, and 45.4+/-4.3 microM, respectively). Furthermore, miniLOX reconstituted with Fe(II) or Fe(III) partially recovered its membrane-binding ability (K(d)=21.4+/-2.4 and 18.9+/-5.5 microM, respectively), overall supporting a novel noncatalytic role for iron in the LOX family.
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- Enrico Dainese
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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Pallast S, Arai K, Pekcec A, Yigitkanli K, Yu Z, Wang X, Lo EH, van Leyen K. Increased nuclear apoptosis-inducing factor after transient focal ischemia: a 12/15-lipoxygenase-dependent organelle damage pathway. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2010; 30:1157-67. [PMID: 20068575 PMCID: PMC2915762 DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2009.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) contributes to acute neuronal injury and edema formation in mouse models of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). The apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) is implicated in caspase-independent forms of apoptosis, and has been linked to ischemic neuronal cell death. We show here that increased AIF in the peri-ischemic cortex of mouse colocalizes with 12/15-LOX after 2 h of MCAO. The 12/15-LOX inhibitor baicalein prevents the increase and nuclear localization of AIF, suggesting this pathway may be partially responsible for the neuroprotective qualities of baicalein. Using an established cell line model of neuronal oxidative stress, we show that 12/15-LOX activated after glutathione depletion leads to AIF translocation to the nucleus, which is abrogated by the 12/15-LOX inhibitor baicalein (control: 19.3%+/-6.8% versus Glutamate: 64.0%+/-8.2% versus glutamate plus baicalein: 11.4%+/-2.2%). Concomitantly, resident proteins of the ER are dispersed throughout the cell (control: 31.0%+/-8.4% versus glutamate: 70.0%+/-5.5% versus glutamate plus baicalein: 8.0%+/-2.7%), suggesting cell death through organelle damage. Taken together, these findings show that 12/15-LOX and AIF are sequential actors in a common cell death pathway that may contribute to stroke-induced brain damage.
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- Stefanie Pallast
- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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Hematopoietic stem cell function requires 12/15-lipoxygenase-dependent fatty acid metabolism. Blood 2010; 115:5012-22. [PMID: 20357242 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-09-243139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Fatty acid metabolism governs multiple intracellular signaling pathways in many cell types, but its role in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) is largely unknown. Herein, we establish a critical role for 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX)-mediated unsaturated fatty acid metabolism in HSC function. HSCs from 12/15-LOX-deficient mice are severely compromised in their capacity to reconstitute the hematopoietic compartment in competitive and serial reconstitution assays. Furthermore, we demonstrate that 12/15-LOX is required for the maintenance of long-term HSC quiescence and number. The defect in HSCs is cell-autonomous and associated with a selective reduction in 12/15-LOX-mediated generation of bioactive lipid mediators and reactive oxygen species and with a decrease in canonical Wnt signaling as measured by nuclear beta-catenin staining. These results have implications for development, aging, and transformation of the hematopoietic compartment.
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Uzdensky AB. Controlled Necrosis. BIOCHEMISTRY MOSCOW SUPPLEMENT SERIES A-MEMBRANE AND CELL BIOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1134/s1990747810010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Viita H, Kinnunen K, Eriksson E, Lähteenvuo J, Babu M, Kalesnykas G, Heikura T, Laidinen S, Takalo T, Ylä-Herttuala S. Intravitreal adenoviral 15-lipoxygenase-1 gene transfer prevents vascular endothelial growth factor A-induced neovascularization in rabbit eyes. Hum Gene Ther 2010; 20:1679-86. [PMID: 19694557 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2009.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Excessive angiogenesis mediated by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays an important role in angioproliferative ocular diseases. We have previously developed a large animal model for these diseases by intravitreal adenoviral gene transfer of VEGF-A(165). 15-Lipoxygenase-1 (15-LO-1), an oxidizing enzyme producing reactive lipid hydroperoxides, has been shown to induce aberrant angiogenesis in cancer models of transgenic mice overexpressing human 15-LO-1. Our purpose was to study the effects of 15-LO-1 on VEGF-A(165)-induced angiogenesis in New Zealand White rabbit eyes, using intravitreal adenovirus-mediated gene transfers. AdCMV and Adh15-LO-1 alone served as controls. As determined by immunohistochemistry, VEGF-A(165) significantly increased the number and size of the capillaries in various compartments of the eyes. 15-LO-1 efficiently inhibited VEGF-A(165)-induced neovascularization and pathological changes by reducing VEGF-A(165) mRNA and protein expression, determined by RT-PCR, ELISA, and immunohistochemistry. 15-LO-1, which produces endogenous ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma), also prevented VEGF-A(165)-induced expression of PPARgamma and VEGF receptor-2, as measured by quantitative RT-PCR. In conclusion, our findings show that 15-LO-1 prevents VEGF-A(165)-induced angiogenesis and consequent pathology in the eyes, suggesting that intravitreal 15-LO-1 gene transfer could be a potential new strategy for the treatment of neovascular complications in the eyes.
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- Helena Viita
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Kuopio, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Temperature-induced structural transition in-situ in porcine lens--changes observed in void size distribution. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:958-65. [PMID: 20122897 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2009] [Revised: 01/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The function of mammalian ocular lens is to provide a sharp image to the retina. Accordingly, the lens needs to be transparent and minimize light scattering. To do so the lens fiber cells first loose intracellular organelles, organize the cytoplasm and arrange the fiber cell membranes. Because the fiber cells are metabolically inactive, the plasma membrane becomes the only cellular organelle and consequently, the phase behavior of these membranes determines the physiological state of the lens. Previous studies have shown that lipids extracted from the nuclear and cortical region of human lens show a temperature-induced phase transition close to the body temperature. Yet, the physiological function of this phase transition is not known, and even the presence of the phase transition in intact lenses is unknown. Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) was used to characterize the sub-nanometer-sized local structure of intact porcine lens and these studies were complemented with differential scanning calorimeter and mass spectrometric analysis in extracted porcine lens lipids. Using PALS, we present evidence for the presence of a temperature-dependent structural transition centered at 35.5 degrees C in-situ in clear extracted porcine lenses. Further studies employing extracted lens lipids and purified egg-yolk sphingomyelin and cholesterol mixtures suggest that the nano-scale transition emerges from the phase behavior of lens lipids. Based on our results, PALS seems to be a viable method for gaining additional information on biological tissues, especially since it enables non-destructive studies on intact tissues.
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Pallast S, Arai K, Wang X, Lo EH, van Leyen K. 12/15-Lipoxygenase targets neuronal mitochondria under oxidative stress. J Neurochem 2009; 111:882-9. [PMID: 19737346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06379.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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12/15-Lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) is an important mediator of brain injury following experimental stroke in rodents. It contributes to neuronal death, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We demonstrate here that in neuronal HT22 cells subjected to glutamate-induced oxidative stress, 12/15-LOX damages mitochondria, and this represents the committed step that condemns the cell to die. Importantly these events, including breakdown of the mitochondrial membrane potential, the production of reactive oxygen species, and cytochrome c release, can all be replicated by incubation of 12/15-LOX with mitochondria in vitro, without the need to add other cytosolic factors. Proteasome activity is required downstream of mitochondrial damage to complete the cell death cascade, but proteasome inhibition is only partially protective. These findings position 12/15-LOX as the central executioner in an oxidative stress-related neuronal death program.
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- Stefanie Pallast
- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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Reinbothe C, Springer A, Samol I, Reinbothe S. Plant oxylipins: role of jasmonic acid during programmed cell death, defence and leaf senescence. FEBS J 2009; 276:4666-81. [PMID: 19663906 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07193.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Plants are continuously challenged by a variety of abiotic and biotic cues. To deter feeding insects, nematodes and fungal and bacterial pathogens, plants have evolved a plethora of defence strategies. A central player in many of these defence responses is jasmonic acid. It is the aim of this minireview to summarize recent findings that highlight the role of jasmonic acid during programmed cell death, plant defence and leaf senescence.
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Zhang J, Randall MS, Loyd MR, Dorsey FC, Kundu M, Cleveland JL, Ney PA. Mitochondrial clearance is regulated by Atg7-dependent and -independent mechanisms during reticulocyte maturation. Blood 2009; 114:157-64. [PMID: 19417210 PMCID: PMC2710944 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-04-151639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2008] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial clearance is a well recognized but poorly understood biologic process, and reticulocytes, which undergo programmed mitochondrial clearance, provide a useful model to study this phenomenon. At the ultrastructural level, mitochondrial clearance resembles an autophagy-related process; however, the role of autophagy in mitochondrial clearance has not been established. Here we provide genetic evidence that autophagy pathways, initially identified in yeast, are involved in mitochondrial clearance from reticulocytes. Atg7 is an autophagy protein and an E1-like enzyme, which is required for the activity of dual ubiquitin-like conjugation pathways. Atg7 is required for the conjugation of Atg12 to Atg5, and Atg8 to phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and is essential for autophagosome formation. In the absence of Atg7, mitochondrial clearance from reticulocytes is diminished but not completely blocked. Mammalian homologs of Atg8 are unmodified in Atg7(-/-) erythroid cells, indicating that canonical autophagy pathways are inactive. Thus, mitochondrial clearance is regulated by both autophagy-dependent and -independent mechanisms. In addition, mitochondria, which depolarize in wild-type cells before elimination, remain polarized in Atg7(-/-) reticulocytes in culture. This suggests that mitochondrial depolarization is a consequence rather than a cause of autophagosome formation in reticulocytes.
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- Ji Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA
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Degradation of excess peroxisomes in mammalian liver cells by autophagy and other mechanisms. Histochem Cell Biol 2009; 131:455-8. [PMID: 19229553 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-009-0564-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Here we discuss the mechanisms for the degradation of excess peroxisomes in mammalian hepatocytes which include (a) autophagy, (b) the action of peroxisomal Lon protease and (c) the membrane disrupting effect of 15-lipoxygenase. A recent study using Atg7 conditional-knock-out mice revealed that 70-80% of excess peroxisomes are degraded by the autophagic process. The remaining 20-30% of excess peroxisomes is most probably degraded by the action of peroxisomal Lon protease. Finally, a selective disruption of the peroxisomal membrane has been shown to be mediated by 15-lipoxygenase activity which is followed by diffusion of matrix proteins into the cytoplasm and cytoplasmic proteolysis.
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Mitochondria are the site of oxidative phosphorylation in animal cells and a primary target of reactive oxygen species-mediated damage. To prevent the accumulation of damaged mitochondria, mammalian cells have evolved strategies for their elimination. Autophagy is one means for the controlled elimination of mitochondria; however, although there has been considerable progress in defining the requirements for nonselective autophagy, relatively little is known about the genes that regulate selective autophagy of organelles. To improve our understanding of mitochondrial autophagy in mammals, we have undertaken a genetic analysis of mitochondrial clearance in murine reticulocytes. Reticulocytes provide an ideal model to study this process, because mitochondria are rapidly cleared from reticulocytes during normal development through an autophagy-related process. Here we describe several methods for monitoring mitochondrial clearance and autophagy in reticulocytes, and show that in reticulocytes these processes require genes involved in both nonselective and selective autophagy.
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- Ji Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Claesson HE. On the biosynthesis and biological role of eoxins and 15-lipoxygenase-1 in airway inflammation and Hodgkin lymphoma. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2008; 89:120-5. [PMID: 19130894 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2008.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Revised: 12/02/2008] [Accepted: 12/06/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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This mini-review is focused on the enzyme 15-lipoxygenase-1 (15-LO-1) and eoxins in airway inflammatory diseases and Hodgkin lymphoma. Several studies have demonstrated increased expression and activity of 15-LO-1 in the respiratory tissue from asthma patients , indicating a pathophysiological role of this enzyme in airway inflammation. Eoxins were recently identified as pro-inflammatory metabolites of arachidonic acid, formed through the 15-LO-1 pathway, in human eosinophils, mast cells, airway epithelial cells and Hodgkin lymphoma. Mice deficient of 12/15-LO, the ortholog to human 15-LO-1, had an attenuated allergic airway inflammation compared to wild type controls, also indicating a pathophysiological role of this enzyme in respiratory inflammation. The putative therapeutic implications of 15-LO-1 inhibitors in the treatment of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and Hodgkin lymphoma are discussed.
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- Hans-Erik Claesson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Division of Physiological Chemistry II, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Orexo AB, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Boswell BA, Le ACN, Musil LS. Upregulation and maintenance of gap junctional communication in lens cells. Exp Eye Res 2008; 88:919-27. [PMID: 19103198 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2008] [Revised: 11/08/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The cells of the lens are joined by an extensive network of gap junction intercellular channels consisting of connexins 43, 46, and 50. We have proposed, and experimentally supported, the hypothesis that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling is required for upregulation of gap junction-mediated intercellular coupling (GJIC) at the lens equator. The ability of FGF to increase GJIC in cultured lens cells requires sustained activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). In other cell types, activation of ERK has been shown to block GJIC mediated by connexin43 (Cx43). Why ERK signaling does not block lens cell coupling is not known. Another unresolved issue in lens gap junction regulation is how connexins, synthesized before the loss of biosynthetic organelles in mature lens fiber cells, avoid degradation during formation of the organelle-free zone. We have addressed these questions using serum-free cultures (termed DCDMLs) of primary embryonic chick lens epithelial cells. We show that FGF stimulates ERK in DCDMLs via the canonical Ras/Raf1 pathway, and that the reason that neither basal nor growth factor-stimulated GJIC is blocked by activation of ERK is because it is not mediated by Cx43. In fibroblastic cells, the normally rapid rate of degradation of Cx43 after its transport to the plasma membrane is reduced by treatments that either directly (ALLN; epoxomicin) or indirectly (generation of oxidatively un/mis-folded proteins by arsenic compounds) prevent the ubiquitin/proteasome system (UPS) from acting on its normal substrates. We show here that Cx45.6 and Cx56, the chick orthologs of mammalian Cx50 and Cx46, behave similarly in DCDMLs. When organelles lyse during the maturation of fiber cells, they release into the cytosol a large amount of new proteins that have the potential to saturate the capacity, and/or compromise the function, of the UPS. This would serve to spare gap junctions from degradation during formation of the organelle-free zone, thereby preserving GJIC between mature fiber cells despite the lack of de novo connexin synthesis.
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- Bruce A Boswell
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology L224, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Zuo X, Morris JS, Shureiqi I. Chromatin modification requirements for 15-lipoxygenase-1 transcriptional reactivation in colon cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:31341-7. [PMID: 18799463 PMCID: PMC2581547 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803729200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2008] [Revised: 09/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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15-Lipoxygenase-1 (15-LOX-1) contributes significantly to inflammation regulation and terminal cell differentiation. 15-LOX-1 is transcriptionally silenced in cancer cells, and its transcriptional reactivation (e.g. via histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs)) is essential for restoring terminal cell differentiation to cancer cells. STAT-6 acetylation via the histone acetyltransferase KAT3B has been proposed to be necessary for 15-LOX-1 transcriptional activation. However, the exact mechanism underlying 15-LOX-1 transcriptional reactivation in cancer cells is still undefined, especially in regard to the contribution of 15-LOX-1 promoter histone modifications. We therefore examined the relative mechanistic contributions of 15-LOX-1 promoter histone modifications and STAT-6 to 15-LOX-1 transcriptional reactivation by HDACIs in colon cancer cells. We found that: 1) histone H3 and H4 acetylation in the 15-LOX-1 promoter through KAT3B was critical to 15-LOX-1 transcriptional activation; 2) 15-LOX-1 transcription was activated independently from STAT-6; and 3) dimethyl-histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9me2) demethylation in the 15-LOX-1 promoter via the histone lysine demethylase KDM3A was an early and specific histone modification and was necessary for activation of transcription. These findings demonstrate that histone modification in the 15-LOX-1 promoter is important to 15-LOX-1 transcriptional silencing in colon cancer cells and that HDACIs can activate gene transcription via KDM3A demethylation of H3K9me2.
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- Xiangsheng Zuo
- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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On the mechanism of organelle degradation in the vertebrate lens. Exp Eye Res 2008; 88:133-9. [PMID: 18840431 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2008] [Revised: 08/22/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The programmed elimination of cytoplasmic organelles occurs during terminal differentiation of erythrocytes, keratinocytes and lens fiber cells. In each case, the process is relatively well understood phenomenologically, but the underlying molecular mechanisms have been surprisingly slow to emerge. This brief review considers the particular case of the lens where, in addition to their specialized physiological roles, organelles represent potential sources of light scattering. The article describes how the elimination of organelles from lens cells located on the visual axis contributes to the transparency of lens tissue. Classic anatomical studies of lens organelle degradation are discussed, along with more contemporary work utilizing confocal microscopy and other imaging modalities. Finally, recent data on the biochemistry of organelle degradation are reviewed. Several review articles on lens organelle degradation are available [Wride, M.A., 1996. Cellular and molecular features of lens differentiation: a review of recent advances. Differentiation 61, 77-93; Wride, M.A., 2000. Minireview: apoptosis as seen through a lens. Apoptosis 5, 203-209; Bassnett, S., 2002. Lens organelle degradation. Exp. Eye Res. 74, 1-6; Dahm, R., 2004. Dying to see. Sci. Am. 291, 82-89] and readers are directed to these for a comprehensive discussion of the earlier literature on this topic.
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Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells express 15-lipoxygenase-1 and are putative producers of eoxins in vivo: novel insight into the inflammatory features of classical Hodgkin lymphoma. FEBS J 2008; 275:4222-34. [PMID: 18647347 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06570.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Classical Hodgkin lymphoma has unique clinical and pathological features and tumour tissue is characterized by a minority of malignant Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells surrounded by inflammatory cells. In the present study, we report that the Hodgkin lymphoma-derived cell line L1236 has high expression of 15-lipoxygenase-1 and that these cells readily convert arachidonic acid to eoxin C(4), eoxin D(4) and eoxin E(4). These mediators were only recently discovered in human eosinophils and mast cells and found to be potent proinflammatory mediators. Western blot and immunocytochemistry analyses of L1236 cells demonstrated that 15-lipoxygenase-1 was present mainly in the cytosol and that the enzyme translocated to the membrane upon calcium challenge. By immunohistochemistry of Hodgkin lymphoma tumour tissue, 15-lipoxygenase-1 was found to be expressed in primary Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells in 17 of 20 (85%) investigated biopsies. The enzyme 15-lipoxygenase-1, however, was not expressed in any of 10 biopsies representing nine different subtypes of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In essence, the expression of 15-lipoxygenase-1 and the putative formation of eoxins by Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells in vivo are likely to contribute to the inflammatory features of Hodgkin lymphoma. These findings may have important diagnostic and therapeutic implications in Hodgkin lymphoma. Furthermore, the discovery of the high 15-lipoxygenase-1 activity in L1236 cells demonstrates that this cell line comprises a useful model system to study the chemical and biological roles of 15-lipoxygenase-1.
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Jin G, Arai K, Murata Y, Wang S, Stins MF, Lo EH, van Leyen K. Protecting against cerebrovascular injury: contributions of 12/15-lipoxygenase to edema formation after transient focal ischemia. Stroke 2008; 39:2538-43. [PMID: 18635843 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.514927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The concept of the neurovascular unit suggests that effects on brain vasculature must be considered if neuroprotection is to be achieved in stroke. We previously reported that 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) is upregulated in the peri-infarct area after middle cerebral artery occlusion in mice, and 12/15-LOX contributes to brain damage after ischemia-reperfusion. The current study was designed to investigate 12/15-LOX involvement in vascular injury in the ischemic brain. METHODS In cell culture, a human brain microvascular endothelial cell line was subjected to either hypoxia or H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress with or without lipoxygenase inhibitors. For in vivo studies, mice were subjected to 90 minutes middle cerebral artery occlusion, and the effects of either 12/15-LOX gene knockout or treatment with lipoxygenase inhibitors were compared. Expression of 12/15-LOX and claudin-5 as well as extravasation of immunoglobulin G were detected by immunohistochemistry. Edema was measured as water content of brain hemispheres according to the wet-dry weight method. RESULTS Brain endothelial cells were protected against hypoxia and H(2)O(2) by the lipoxygenase inhibitor baicalein. After focal ischemia, 12/15-LOX was increased in neurons and endothelial cells. The vascular tight junction protein claudin-5 underwent extensive degradation in the peri-infarct area, which was partially prevented by the lipoxygenase inhibitor baicalein. Leakage of immunoglobulin G into the brain parenchyma was significantly reduced in 12/15-LOX knockout mice as well as wild-type mice treated with baicalein. Likewise, brain edema was significantly ameliorated. CONCLUSIONS 12/15-LOX may contribute to ischemic brain damage not just by causing neuronal cell death, but also by detrimental effects on the brain microvasculature. 12/15-LOX inhibitors may thus be effective as both neuroprotectants and vasculoprotectants.
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- Guang Jin
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, 149 13th Street, R. 2401, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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van Leyen K, Arai K, Jin G, Kenyon V, Gerstner B, Rosenberg PA, Holman TR, Lo EH. Novel lipoxygenase inhibitors as neuroprotective reagents. J Neurosci Res 2008; 86:904-9. [PMID: 17960827 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The lipid-metabolizing enzyme 12/15-lipoxygenase (12/15-LOX) mediates cell death resulting from oxidative stress in both neurons and oligodendrocytes. Specifically, it may contribute to the pathophysiology of stroke and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. We report here that two of three specific 12/15-LOX inhibitors, derived from a virtual screen by computer modeling and validated by inhibition of recombinant human 15-LOX in vitro, are able to rescue both neuronal as well as oligodendroglial cells from cell death induced by oxidative stress. Thus, in a fairly streamlined process, an initial virtual screen of 50,000 compounds in a library of drug-like molecules has led to the identification of two novel drug candidates for targeting LOX. Future studies of these novel neuroprotective inhibitors of 12/15-LOX may provide new therapeutic opportunities to combat stroke and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Klaus van Leyen
- Neuroprotection Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
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Liu MF, Wu XP, Wang XL, Yu YL, Wang WF, Chen QJ, Boireau P, Liu MY. The functions of Deoxyribonuclease II in immunity and development. DNA Cell Biol 2008; 27:223-8. [PMID: 18419230 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2007.0691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Apoptosis, which is usually accompanied by DNA degradation, is important not only for the homeostasis of metazoans but also for mammalian development. If DNA is not properly degraded in these processes, it can cause diverse diseases, such as anemia, cataracts, and some autoimmune diseases. A large effort has been made to identify these nucleases that are responsible for these effects. In contrast to Deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I), Deoxyribonuclease II (DNase II) has been less well characterized in these processes. Additionally, enzymes of DNase II family in Trichinella spiralis, which is an intracellular parasitic nematode, are also considered involved in the development of the nematode. We have compiled information from studies on DNase II from various organisms and found some nonclassic features in these enzymes of T. spiralis. Here we have reviewed the characterization and functions of DNase II in these processes and predicted the functions of these enzymes in T. spiralis during host invasion and development.
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- Ma-feng Liu
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Ministry of Education, Changchun, P. R. China
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Wecksler AT, Kenyon V, Deschamps JD, Holman TR. Substrate specificity changes for human reticulocyte and epithelial 15-lipoxygenases reveal allosteric product regulation. Biochemistry 2008; 47:7364-75. [PMID: 18570379 DOI: 10.1021/bi800550n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Human reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase (15-hLO-1) and epithelial 15-lipoxygenase (15-hLO-2) have been implicated in a number of human diseases, with differences in their substrate specificity potentially playing a central role. In this paper, we present a novel method for accurately measuring the substrate specificity of the two 15-hLO isozymes and demonstrate that both cholate and specific LO products affect substrate specificity. The linoleic acid (LA) product, 13-hydroperoxyoctadienoic acid (13-HPODE), changes the ( k cat/ K m) (AA)/( k cat/ K m) (LA) ratio more than 5-fold for 15-hLO-1 and 3-fold for 15-hLO-2, while the arachidonic acid (AA) product, 12-( S)-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HPETE), affects only the ratio of 15-hLO-1 (more than 5-fold). In addition, the reduced products, 13-( S)-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (13-HODE) and 12-( S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE), also affect substrate specificity, indicating that iron oxidation is not responsible for the change in the ( k cat/ K m) (AA)/( k cat/ K m) (LA) ratio. These results, coupled with the dependence of the 15-hLO-1 k cat/ K m kinetic isotope effect ( (D) k cat/ K m) on the presence of 12-HPETE and 12-HETE, indicate that the allosteric site, previously identified in 15-hLO-1 [Mogul, R., Johansen, E., and Holman, T. R. (1999) Biochemistry 39, 4801-4807], is responsible for the change in substrate specificity. The ability of LO products to regulate substrate specificity may be relevant with respect to cancer progression and warrants further investigation into the role of this product-feedback loop in the cell.
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- Aaron T Wecksler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Ulk1 plays a critical role in the autophagic clearance of mitochondria and ribosomes during reticulocyte maturation. Blood 2008; 112:1493-502. [PMID: 18539900 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-137398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 432] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Production of a red blood cell's hemoglobin depends on mitochondrial heme synthesis. However, mature red blood cells are devoid of mitochondria and rely on glycolysis for ATP production. The molecular basis for the selective elimination of mitochondria from mature red blood cells remains controversial. Recent evidence suggests that clearance of both mitochondria and ribosomes, which occurs in reticulocytes following nuclear extrusion, depends on autophagy. Here, we demonstrate that Ulk1, a serine threonine kinase with homology to yeast atg1p, is a critical regulator of mitochondrial and ribosomal clearance during the final stages of erythroid maturation. However, in contrast to the core autophagy genes such as atg5 and atg7, expression of ulk1 is not essential for induction of macroautophagy in response to nutrient deprivation or for survival of newborn mice. Together, these data suggest that the ATG1 homologue, Ulk1, is a component of the selective autophagy machinery that leads to the elimination of organelles in erythroid cells rather that an essential mechanistic component of autophagy.
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Naarmann IS, Harnisch C, Flach N, Kremmer E, Kühn H, Ostareck DH, Ostareck-Lederer A. mRNA silencing in human erythroid cell maturation: heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K controls the expression of its regulator c-Src. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:18461-72. [PMID: 18441016 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710328200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Erythroid precursor cells undergo nuclear extrusion and degradation of mitochondria when they mature to erythrocytes. It has been suggested before that the reticulocyte 15-lipoxygenase (r15-LOX) plays an important role in initiating the breakdown of mitochondria in rabbit reticulocytes. The expression of rabbit r15-LOX is regulated by the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNP) K and E1 at the translational level. However, this mechanism has never been confirmed in human erythropoiesis. Based on K562 cells we have set up an inducible human erythroid cell system. We show that, during induction, K562 cells exhibit changes in morphology and protein expression that are characteristic for terminal erythroid maturation: nuclear exclusion, expression of endogenous human r15-LOX regulated by hnRNP K and hnRNP E1, and loss of mitochondria. Importantly, induction of terminal erythroid maturation in primary human CD34(+) cells recapitulated the results obtained in K562 cells. Employing the physiologically relevant K562 cell system we uncovered a new mechanism of interdependent post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. The timely expression of the tyrosine kinase c-Src, which phosphorylates hnRNP K in later stages, is controlled by hnRNP K in early stages of erythroid maturation. hnRNP K binds to the 3'-untranslated region of the c-Src mRNA and inhibits its translation by blocking 80 S ribosome formation. In premature erythroid cells, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of hnRNP K, but not of hnRNP E1, leads to the de-repression of c-Src synthesis.
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- Isabel S Naarmann
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Arachidonic Acid metabolites in the cardiovascular system: the role of lipoxygenase isoforms in atherogenesis with particular emphasis on vascular remodeling. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2008; 50:609-20. [PMID: 18091576 DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e318159f177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Vascular remodeling refers to lasting structural alterations in the vessel wall that are initiated in response to external and internal stimuli. These changes are distinct from acute functional responses of blood vessels when challenged by increased blood pressure, altered hemodynamics, or vasoactive mediators. In early atherogenesis, when lesion formation is starting to impact local hemodynamics, the vessel wall responds with outward vascular remodeling to maintain normal blood flow. However, inward remodeling may also occur during the time course of plaque formation, contributing to vascular stenosis. Lipoxygenases form a heterogeneous family of lipid-peroxidizing enzymes, which have been implicated in atherogenesis. Several lines of in vitro and in vivo evidence indicated their involvement in disease development, but the precise function of different lipoxygenase isoforms is still a matter of discussion. Vascular remodeling is an early response during plaque development; therefore, lipoxygenases may be involved in this process. Unfortunately, little is known about the potential role of lipoxygenase isoforms in vascular remodeling. This review will briefly summarize our knowledge of the role of lipoxygenases in vascular biology and will critically review the activities of the 3 most athero-relevant lipoxygenase isoforms in atherogenesis, with particular emphasis on vascular remodeling.
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More than half a century of research on peroxisomes has revealed unique features of this ubiquitous subcellular organelle, which have often been in disagreement with existing dogmas in cell biology. About 50 peroxisomal enzymes have so far been identified, which contribute to several crucial metabolic processes such as β-oxidation of fatty acids, biosynthesis of ether phospholipids and metabolism of reactive oxygen species, and render peroxisomes indispensable for human health and development. It became obvious that peroxisomes are highly dynamic organelles that rapidly assemble, multiply and degrade in response to metabolic needs. However, many aspects of peroxisome biology are still mysterious. This review addresses recent exciting discoveries on the biogenesis, formation and degradation of peroxisomes, on peroxisomal dynamics and division, as well as on the interaction and cross talk of peroxisomes with other subcellular compartments. Furthermore, recent advances on the role of peroxisomes in medicine and in the identification of novel peroxisomal proteins are discussed.
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- Michael Schrader
- Centre for Cell Biology and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Pidgeon GP, Lysaght J, Krishnamoorthy S, Reynolds JV, O'Byrne K, Nie D, Honn KV. Lipoxygenase metabolism: roles in tumor progression and survival. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2008; 26:503-24. [PMID: 17943411 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-007-9098-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The metabolism of arachidonic acid through lipoxygenase pathways leads to the generation of various biologically active eicosanoids. The expression of these enzymes vary throughout the progression of various cancers, and thereby they have been shown to regulate aspects of tumor development. Substantial evidence supports a functional role for lipoxygenase-catalyzed arachidonic and linoleic acid metabolism in cancer development. Pharmacologic and natural inhibitors of lipoxygenases have been shown to suppress carcinogenesis and tumor growth in a number of experimental models. Signaling of hydro[peroxy]fatty acids following arachidonic or linoleic acid metabolism potentially effect diverse biological phenomenon regulating processes such as cell growth, cell survival, angiogenesis, cell invasion, metastatic potential and immunomodulation. However, the effects of distinct LOX isoforms differ considerably with respect to their effects on both the individual mechanisms described and the tumor being examined. 5-LOX and platelet type 12-LOX are generally considered pro-carcinogenic, with the role of 15-LOX-1 remaining controversial, while 15-LOX-2 suppresses carcinogenesis. In this review, we focus on the molecular mechanisms regulated by LOX metabolism in some of the major cancers. We discuss the effects of LOXs on tumor cell proliferation, their roles in cell cycle control and cell death induction, effects on angiogenesis, migration and the immune response, as well as the signal transduction pathways involved in these processes. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the anti-tumor effect of specific, or general, LOX inhibitors may lead to the design of biologically and pharmacologically targeted therapeutic strategies inhibiting LOX isoforms and/or their biologically active metabolites, that may ultimately prove useful in the treatment of cancer, either alone or in combination with conventional therapies.
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- Graham P Pidgeon
- Department of Clinical Surgery, Trinity College Dublin, St. James Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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NIX is required for programmed mitochondrial clearance during reticulocyte maturation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:19500-5. [PMID: 18048346 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708818104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 683] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The regulated clearance of mitochondria is a well recognized but poorly understood aspect of cellular homeostasis, and defects in this process have been linked to aging, degenerative diseases, and cancer. Mitochondria are recycled through an autophagy-related process, and reticulocytes, which completely eliminate their mitochondria during maturation, provide a physiological model to study this phenomenon. Here, we show that mitochondrial clearance in reticulocytes requires the BCL2-related protein NIX (BNIP3L). Mitochondrial clearance does not require BAX, BAK, BCL-X(L), BIM, or PUMA, indicating that NIX does not function through established proapoptotic pathways. Similarly, NIX is not required for the induction of autophagy during terminal erythroid differentiation. NIX is required for the selective elimination of mitochondria, however, because mitochondrial clearance, in the absence of NIX, is arrested at the stage of mitochondrial incorporation into autophagosomes and autophagosome maturation. These results yield insight into the mechanism of mitochondrial clearance in higher eukaryotes. Furthermore, they show a BAX- and BAK-independent role for a BCL2-related protein in development.
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Saam J, Ivanov I, Walther M, Holzhütter HG, Kuhn H. Molecular dioxygen enters the active site of 12/15-lipoxygenase via dynamic oxygen access channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:13319-24. [PMID: 17675410 PMCID: PMC1948941 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0702401104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Cells contain numerous enzymes that use molecular oxygen for their reactions. Often, their active sites are buried deeply inside the protein, which raises the question whether there are specific access channels guiding oxygen to the site of catalysis. Choosing 12/15-lipoxygenase as a typical example for such oxygen-dependent enzymes, we determined the oxygen distribution within the protein and defined potential routes for oxygen access. For this purpose, we have applied an integrated strategy of structural modeling, molecular dynamics simulations, site-directed mutagenesis, and kinetic measurements. First, we computed the 3D free-energy distribution for oxygen, which led to identification of four oxygen channels in the protein. All channels connect the protein surface with a region of high oxygen affinity at the active site. This region is localized opposite to the nonheme iron providing a structural explanation for the reaction specificity of this lipoxygenase isoform. The catalytically most relevant path can be obstructed by L367F exchange, which leads to a strongly increased Michaelis constant for oxygen. The blocking mechanism is explained in detail by reordering the hydrogen-bonding network of water molecules. Our results provide strong evidence that the main route for oxygen access to the active site of the enzyme follows a channel formed by transiently interconnected cavities whereby the opening and closure are governed by side chain dynamics.
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- Jan Saam
- Institute of Biochemistry, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Monbijoustrasse 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Blanc L, Barres C, Bette-Bobillo P, Vidal M. Reticulocyte-secreted exosomes bind natural IgM antibodies: involvement of a ROS-activatable endosomal phospholipase iPLA2. Blood 2007; 110:3407-16. [PMID: 17666570 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-04-085845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Reticulocytes release small membrane vesicles termed exosomes during their maturation into erythrocytes. It has been suggested that reticulocytes remodel the plasma membrane of the immature red cell during erythropoiesis by specifically eliminating various proteins. We report here that exosome release is associated with a physiologic cascade induced by the expression of a 15-lipoxygenase at the reticulocyte stage. We found that the phospholipase iPLA2 specifically associated with the endosomal and exosomal membranes could be activated by reactive oxygen species (ROSs) produced during mitochondria degeneration induced by 15-lipoxygenase. Since iPLA2 has recently been demonstrated to participate in the clearance of apoptotic cells, we investigated its role in vesicle removal. We found that exosomes isolated directly from the blood of an anemic rat or released during in vitro maturation of rat reticulocytes bind IgM antibodies on their surface, in contrast to immature and mature red cells. These natural IgM antibodies recognize lysophosphatidylcholine and are able to specifically bind to apoptotic cells. Finally, evidence of C3 deposition on the exosome surface leads us to hypothesize that this cascade may favor the clearance of exosomes by cells once released into the bloodstream, via a mechanism similar to that involved in the elimination of apoptotic cells.
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- Lionel Blanc
- Dynamique des Interactions Membranaìres Normales et Pathologiques, Université Montpellier II et I, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Unité Mixte de Recherche [UMR] 5235), Montpellier 34095, France
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Nakahara M, Nagasaka A, Koike M, Uchida K, Kawane K, Uchiyama Y, Nagata S. Degradation of nuclear DNA by DNase II-like acid DNase in cortical fiber cells of mouse eye lens. FEBS J 2007; 274:3055-64. [PMID: 17509075 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05836.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The eye lens is composed of fiber cells that differentiate from epithelial cells on its anterior surface. In concert with this differentiation, a set of proteins essential for lens function is synthesized, and the cellular organelles are degraded. DNase II-like acid DNase, also called DNase IIbeta, is specifically expressed in the lens, and degrades the DNA in the lens fiber cells. Here we report that DNase II-like acid DNase is synthesized as a precursor with a signal sequence, and is localized to lysosomes. DNase II-like acid DNase mRNA was found in cortical fiber cells but not epithelial cells, indicating that its expression is induced during the differentiation of epithelial cells into fiber cells. Immunohistochemical and immunocytochemical analyses indicated that DNase II-like acid DNase was colocalized with Lamp-1 in the lysosomes of fiber cells in a relatively narrow region bordering the organelle-free zone, and was often found in degenerating nuclei. A comparison by microarray analysis of the gene expression profiles between epithelial and cortical fiber cells of young mouse lens indicated that some genes for lysosomal enzymes (cathepsins and lipases) were strongly expressed in the fiber cells. These results suggest that the lysosomal system plays a role in the degradation of cellular organelles during lens cell differentiation.
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- Masaki Nakahara
- Department of Genetics, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Shureiqi I, Zuo X, Broaddus R, Wu Y, Guan B, Morris JS, Lippman SM. The transcription factor GATA-6 is overexpressed in vivo and contributes to silencing 15-LOX-1 in vitro in human colon cancer. FASEB J 2006; 21:743-53. [PMID: 17167069 PMCID: PMC1847772 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6830com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Transcriptional suppression of 15-lipoxygenase (LOX)-1 (15-LOX-1) helps enable human colorectal cancer cells escape apoptosis, a critical mechanism for colonic tumorigenesis. GATA-6 is strongly expressed in vitro in cancer cells; its down-regulation by pharmaceuticals is associated with reversal of 15-LOX-1 transcriptional suppression. The mechanistic contribution of GATA-6 overexpression to colonic tumorigenesis, especially concerning 15-LOX-1 transcriptional suppression, remains unknown. We tested whether GATA-6 is differentially overexpressed in human colorectal cancers and whether reversing GATA-6 overexpression in colon cancer cells is sufficient to restore 15-LOX-1 expression and influence cell proliferation or apoptosis. The expression of GATA-6 RNA and protein was measured in paired human colorectal cancer and normal tissues from two separate patient groups. We used GATA-6 small interfering RNA transfection to down-regulate GATA-6 expression and examine the effects of this down-regulation on 15-LOX-1 expression, cell proliferation, and apoptosis in Caco-2 and HCT-116 colon cancer cells with and without the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug NS-398 or the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate. GATA-6 mRNA and protein expressions were higher in cancer than normal epithelia of the colon. GATA-6 knockdown was insufficient by itself but contributed significantly to restoring 15-LOX-1 expression and inducing apoptosis by NS-398 or sodium butyrate. Maintaining 15-LOX-1 transcriptional silencing in cancer cells is a multifactorial process involving GATA-6 overexpression and other regulatory events.
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- Imad Shureiqi
- Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, Unit 1360, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Lovercamp KW, Safranski TJ, Fischer KA, Manandhar G, Sutovsky M, Herring W, Sutovsky P. Arachidonate 15-lipoxygenase and ubiquitin as fertility markers in boars. Theriogenology 2006; 67:704-18. [PMID: 17116325 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Accepted: 08/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Accurate semen analysis is an important issue in the swine industry. We evaluated two candidate fertility marker proteins associated with sperm cytoplasmic droplet (CD), including 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX) and ubiquitin (UBI) in a controlled single-sire artificial insemination (AI) trial. Ejaculates (n=116) were collected from 18 fertile Large White boars monthly for 8 mo, and analyzed by semi-quantitative, densitometry-based Western blotting and flow cytometry with antibodies against 15-LOX and UBI. Data were correlated with farrowing rates (FR) and total numbers of piglets born (TNB) from 1754 AI services by 13 of 18 boars, and compared with a conventional microscopic semen analysis. In semi-quantitative Western blotting, both 15-LOX and UBI were correlated with seasonal changes in the percentage of normal (r=-0.38, P<0.01; r=-0.27, P<0.05, respectively) and CD-bearing spermatozoa (r=0.35, P<0.01; r=0.27, P<0.05, respectively). In flow cytometry, UBI and 15-LOX levels showed seasonal changes coinciding with seasonal changes of FR and TNB, representing 13 boars, 88 ejaculates and 1,232 AI services. There were correlations between flow cytometric values of UBI and FR (r=0.31; P<0.05), adjusted FR (r=0.30; P<0.05), TNB (r=-0.38; P<0.01) and adjusted TNB (r=-0.37; P<0.01). Flow cytometric measurements of 15-LOX correlated negatively with TNB (r=-0.33; P<0.05) and adjusted TNB (r=-0.34; P<0.05). These data suggested that boar fertility estimation could be achieved within a group of fertile boars by the use of objectively measurable fertility markers. Flow cytometry appeared more informative and more practical than semi-quantitative Western blotting. This technology could be further optimized for the selection of the most fertile sires in an artificial insemination program.
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- K W Lovercamp
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The natural product baicalein is a specific inhibitor of 12/15-lipoxygenase, but it also has antioxidant properties. The current study was designed to test if the neuroprotective properties of baicalein are related to its lipoxygenase inhibition. METHODS The presence of 12/15-lipoxygenase in the ischemic mouse brain was demonstrated by immunohistochemistry. A mouse model of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion was used to study lipoxygenase-dependent protection of the ischemic brain by baicalein. Rat primary neurons were subjected to oxidative stress in the presence or absence of baicalein. RESULTS In a mouse model of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion, 12/15-lipoxygenase is increased in the peri-infarct area surrounding the primary infarction, predominantly in neurons. Oxidative toxicity in primary rat neurons is reduced by baicalein. C57Bl6J mice are protected against transient focal ischemia by intraperitoneal injection of baicalein, and a similar degree of protection is seen in 12/15-lipoxygenase knockout mice compared with wild-type mice. In contrast, the 12/15-LOX knockout mice are not further protected by baicalein. CONCLUSIONS Baicalein protects against ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting the 12/15-lipoxygenase pathway to neuronal cell death.
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- Klaus van Leyen
- Stroke and Neurovascular Research Group, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th St., R. 2401, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) form a heterogeneous family of lipid-peroxidizing enzymes, which have originally been implicated in cell differentiation and biosynthesis of inflammatory mediators. More recent studies suggested a role of various LOX-isoforms in the pathogenesis of human diseases, including bronchial asthma, osteoporosis and atherosclerosis. According to their phylogenetic relatedness, LOX-isoforms may be classified into four subfamilies, three of which (12/15-LOX, 5-LOX, platelet 12-LOX) have been related to atherogenesis. Several lines of experimental evidence suggest a role for LOXs in atherosclerosis, but the mechanisms remain a matter of discussion. This review will briefly summarize the current understanding on the molecular enzymology of the LOX family and the current status of knowledge on the role of different LOX isoforms in atherogenesis. The available literature data will be critically reviewed and a short perspective on future developments in the field will be provided.
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- Hartmut Kuhn
- Institute of Biochemistry, Univsersity Medicine Berlin-Charite, Monbijou stra. 2, 0-10115 Berlin, Germany.
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Festjens N, Vanden Berghe T, Vandenabeele P. Necrosis, a well-orchestrated form of cell demise: signalling cascades, important mediators and concomitant immune response. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:1371-87. [PMID: 16950166 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 469] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 06/15/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Necrosis has long been described as a consequence of physico-chemical stress and thus accidental and uncontrolled. Recently, it is becoming clear that necrotic cell death is as well controlled and programmed as caspase-dependent apoptosis, and that it may be an important cell death mode that is both pathologically and physiologically relevant. Necrotic cell death is not the result of one well-described signalling cascade but is the consequence of extensive crosstalk between several biochemical and molecular events at different cellular levels. Recent data indicate that serine/threonine kinase RIP1, which contains a death domain, may act as a central initiator. Calcium and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are main players during the propagation and execution phases of necrotic cell death, directly or indirectly provoking damage to proteins, lipids and DNA, which culminates in disruption of organelle and cell integrity. Necrotically dying cells initiate pro-inflammatory signalling cascades by actively releasing inflammatory cytokines and by spilling their contents when they lyse. Unravelling the signalling cascades contributing to necrotic cell death will permit us to develop tools to specifically interfere with necrosis at certain levels of signalling. Necrosis occurs in both physiological and pathophysiological processes, and is capable of killing tumour cells that have developed strategies to evade apoptosis. Thus detailed knowledge of necrosis may be exploited in therapeutic strategies.
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- Nele Festjens
- Molecular Signalling and Cell Death Unit, Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB and Ghent University, Fiers-Schell-Van Montagu Building, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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Herre S, Schadendorf T, Ivanov I, Herrberger C, Steinle W, Rück-Braun K, Preissner R, Kuhn H. Photoactivation of an Inhibitor of the 12/15‐Lipoxygenase Pathway. Chembiochem 2006; 7:1089-95. [PMID: 16755628 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200600082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Lipoxygenases are lipid-peroxidizing enzymes that have been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases and lipoxygenase inhibitors may be developed as anti-inflammatory drugs. Structure comparison with known lipoxygenase inhibitors has suggested that (2Z)-2-(3-benzylidene)-3-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophene-7-carboxylic acid methyl ester might inhibit the lipoxygenase pathway but we found that it exhibited only a low inhibitory potency for the pure 12/15-lipoxygenase (IC(50) = 0.7 mM). However, photoactivation, which induces a Z-to-E isomerization of the double bond, strongly augmented the inhibitory potency and an IC(50) value of 0.021 mM was determined for the pure E isomer. Similar isomer-specific differences were observed with the recombinant enzyme and its 12-lipoxygenating Ile418Ala mutant, as well as in intracellular lipoxygenase activity. Structure modeling of the enzyme/inhibitor complex suggested the molecular reasons for this isomer specificity. Since light-induced isomerization may proceed in the skin, such photoreactive compounds might be developed as potential drugs for inflammatory skin diseases.
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- Stephan Herre
- Institute of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Germany
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Cristea M, Oliw EH. A G316A Mutation of Manganese Lipoxygenase Augments Hydroperoxide Isomerase Activity. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:17612-23. [PMID: 16641090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m510311200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lipoxygenases with R stereospecificity have a conserved Gly residue, whereas (S)-lipoxygenases have an Ala residue. Site-directed mutagenesis has shown that these residues control position and S/R stereospecificity of oxygenation. Recombinant Mn-LO was expressed in Pichia pastoris, and its conserved Gly-316 residue was mutated to Ala, Ser, Val, and Thr. The G316A mutant was catalytically active. We compared the catalytic properties of Mn-LO and the G316A mutant with 17:3n-3, 18:2n-6, 18:3n-3, and 19:3n-3 as substrates. Increasing the fatty acid chain length from C17 to C19 shifted the oxygenation by Mn-LO from the n-6 toward the n-8 carbon. The G316A mutant increased the oxygenation at the n-8 carbon of 17:3n-3 and at the n-10 carbon of the C17 and C18 fatty acids (from 1-2% to 7-11%). The most striking effect of the G316A mutant was a 2-, 7-, and 15-fold increase in transformation of the n-6 hydroperoxides of 19:3n-3, 18:3n-3, and 17:3n-3, respectively, to keto fatty acids and epoxyalcohols. The n-3 double bond was essential. An experiment under an oxygen-18 atmosphere showed that both oxygen atoms were retained in the epoxyalcohols. (R)-Hydroperoxides at n-6 of C17:3, 18:3, and 19:3 were transformed 5 times faster than S stereoisomers. The G316A mutant converted (13R)-hydroperoxylinolenic acid to 13-ketolinolenic acid (with an apparent K(m) of 0.01 mm) and to epoxyalcohols (viz. erythro- and threo-11-hydroxy-(12R,13R)-epoxy-(9Z,15Z)-octadecadienoic acids and one of the corresponding cis-epoxides as major products). A reducing lipoxygenase inhibitor stimulated the hydroperoxide isomerase activity, whereas a suicide-type lipoxygenase inhibitor reduced this activity. The n-3 double bond also appeared to influence the anaerobic formation of epoxyalcohols by Mn-LO, since 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-3 yielded different profiles of epoxyalcohols. Our results suggest that the G316A mutant augmented the hydroperoxide isomerase activity by positioning the hydroperoxy group at the n-6 carbon of n-3 fatty acids closer to the reduced catalytic metal.
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- Mirela Cristea
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Festjens N, Kalai M, Smet J, Meeus A, Van Coster R, Saelens X, Vandenabeele P. Butylated hydroxyanisole is more than a reactive oxygen species scavenger. Cell Death Differ 2006; 13:166-9. [PMID: 16138110 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Matsui M, Yamamoto A, Kuma A, Ohsumi Y, Mizushima N. Organelle degradation during the lens and erythroid differentiation is independent of autophagy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 339:485-9. [PMID: 16300732 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Autophagy is a bulk degradation system within cells through which cytoplasmic components are degraded within lysosomes. Primary roles of autophagy are starvation adaptation and intracellular protein quality control. In contrast to the ubiquitin-proteasome system, autophagy can also degrade organelles. Here we examined a possible role of autophagy in organelle degradation during lens and erythroid differentiation. We observed that autophagy occurs in embryonic lens cells. However, organelle degradation in lens and erythroid cells occurred normally in autophagy-deficient Atg5(-/-) mice. Our data suggest that degradation system(s) other than autophagy play major roles in organelle degradation during these processes.
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- Makoto Matsui
- Department of Bioregulation and Metabolism, The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo 113-8613, Japan
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The inflammatory response is a complex physiologic process that requires the coordinate induction of cytokines, chemokines, angiogenic factors, effector-enzymes, and proteases. Although transcriptional activation is required to turn on the inflammatory response, recent studies have revealed that posttranscriptional mechanisms play an important role by determining the rate at which mRNAs encoding inflammatory effector proteins are translated and degraded. Most posttranscriptional control mechanisms function to dampen the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins to ensure that potentially injurious proteins are not overexpressed during an inflammatory response. Here we discuss the factors that regulate the stability and translation of mRNAs encoding pro-inflammatory proteins.
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- Georg Stoecklin
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Harats D, Ben-Shushan D, Cohen H, Gonen A, Barshack I, Goldberg I, Greenberger S, Hodish I, Harari A, Varda-Bloom N, Levanon K, Grossman E, Chaitidis P, Kühn H, Shaish A. Inhibition of carcinogenesis in transgenic mouse models over-expressing 15-lipoxygenase in the vascular wall under the control of murine preproendothelin-1 promoter. Cancer Lett 2005; 229:127-34. [PMID: 16157225 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2004] [Revised: 02/08/2005] [Accepted: 02/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxygenases are a family of enzymes that dioxygenate unsaturated fatty acids, thus initiating membrane oxidation and signaling molecule synthesis. The lipoxygenases (LOs), a family of lipid-peroxidizing enzymes that induce structural and metabolic changes in the cell in a number of pathophysiological conditions, belong to the oxygenases family. This class of enzymes has several subgroups, named 5-, 8-, 12- and 15-LOs, and these LO-isoforms are capable of oxygenating arachidonic and linoleic acid. 15-LOs were reported to play an inhibitory role in tumor angiogenesis and, consequently, they slow down carcinogenesis. It has been suggested that its anti-carcinogenic effect is conferred by promoting cell differentiation and apoptosis. Using transgenic mice that over-express 15-LO-1 in endothelial cells under the regulation of the murine preproendothelin-1 promoter, we studied its effect on tumor and metastasis growth. We found that 15-LO-1 inhibited tumor and metastasis growth in the transgenic mice in two different models of cancer (mammary gland and Lewis lung carcinoma). This inhibition was concomitant with a higher number of apoptotic cells in the metastases of the transgenic mice and with a complicated network of multiple small blood vessels. This finding targets 15-LO as a new candidate in the treatment of carcinogenesis.
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- Dror Harats
- Institute of Lipid and Atherosclerosis Research, Sheba Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 52621 Hashomer Tel, Israel.
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) form a heterogeneous family of lipid-peroxidizing enzymes, and several LOX-isoforms (12/15-LOX, 5-LOX) have been implicated in atherogenesis. However, the precise role of these enzymes is still a matter of discussion. 12/15-LOXs are capable of oxidizing lipoproteins (low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL)) to atherogenic forms, and functional inactivation of this enzyme in murine atherosclerosis models slows down lesion formation. In contrast, rabbits that overexpress this enzyme were protected from lesion formation when fed a lipid-rich diet. To contribute to this discussion, we recently investigated the impact of 12/15-LOX overexpression on in vitro foam cell formation. When 12/15-LOX-transfected J774 cells were incubated in culture with modified LDL, we found that intracellular lipid deposition was reduced in the transfected cells when compared with the corresponding control transfectants. This paper briefly summarizes the current status of knowledge on the biological activity of different LOX-isoforms in atherogenesis and will also provide novel experimental data characterizing the role of 12/15-LOX in cellular LDL modification and for in vitro foam cell formation.
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- Hartmut Kühn
- Institute of Biochemistry, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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The eye must contain highly evolved programs to limit inflammation and promote wound healing as an errant response can lead to blindness. However, pathways that protect the delicate visual axis and account for its atypical inflammatory responses remain to be clearly defined. Hence, research efforts have been initiated to elucidate the role of the anti-inflammatory LXA4 circuits in the eye. LXA4 is formed in healthy and injured corneas and both its receptor and 12/15-lipoxygenase are predominantly expressed in epithelial cells. An essential role for LXA4 in preserving ocular function is supported by 12/15-LOX deficient mice that exhibit a phenotype of impaired wound healing and LXA4 formation. A novel epithelial bioaction role for LXA4 has been uncovered in the cornea as topical LXA4 promotes wound healing and limits the sequelae of injury. These emerging studies indicate that the LXA4 circuit may hold a fundamental role in maintaining an ocular environment that actively restricts inflammation while promoting wound healing.
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- Karsten Gronert
- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Basic Science Building, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
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Meruvu S, Walther M, Ivanov I, Hammarström S, Fürstenberger G, Krieg P, Reddanna P, Kuhn H. Sequence determinants for the reaction specificity of murine (12R)-lipoxygenase: targeted substrate modification and site-directed mutagenesis. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:36633-41. [PMID: 16129665 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m508260200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mammalian lipoxygenases (LOXs) are categorized with respect to their positional specificity of arachidonic acid oxygenation. Site-directed mutagenesis identified sequence determinants for the positional specificity of these enzymes, and a critical amino acid for the stereoselectivity was recently discovered. To search for sequence determinants of murine (12R)-LOX, we carried out multiple amino acid sequence alignments and found that Phe(390), Gly(441), Ala(455), and Val(631) align with previously identified positional determinants of S-LOX isoforms. Multiple site-directed mutagenesis studies on Phe(390) and Ala(455) did not induce specific alterations in the reaction specificity, but yielded enzyme species with reduced specific activities and stereo random product patterns. Mutation of Gly(441) to Ala, which caused drastic alterations in the reaction specificity of other LOX isoforms, failed to induce major alterations in the positional specificity of mouse (12R)-LOX, but markedly modified the enantioselectivity of the enzyme. When Val(631), which aligns with the positional determinant Ile(593) of rabbit 15-LOX, was mutated to a less space-filling residue (Ala or Gly), we obtained an enzyme species with augmented catalytic activity and specifically altered reaction characteristics (major formation of chiral (11R)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid methyl ester). The importance of Val(631) for the stereo control of murine (12R)-LOX was confirmed with other substrates such as methyl linoleate and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid methyl ester. These data identify Val(631) as the major sequence determinant for the specificity of murine (12R)-LOX. Furthermore, we conclude that substrate fatty acids may adopt different catalytically productive arrangements at the active site of murine (12R)-LOX and that each of these arrangements may lead to the formation of chiral oxygenation products.
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- Sunitha Meruvu
- University Medicine Berlin Charité, Monbijoustrasse 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Fischer KA, Van Leyen K, Lovercamp KW, Manandhar G, Sutovsky M, Feng D, Safranski T, Sutovsky P. 15-Lipoxygenase is a component of the mammalian sperm cytoplasmic droplet. Reproduction 2005; 130:213-22. [PMID: 16049159 DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are a family of enzymes capable of peroxidizing phospholipids. A member of the LOX family of enzymes, 15-LOX, participates in the degradation of mitochondria and other organelles within differentiating red blood cells, the reticulocytes. The present study provides biochemical and immunocytochemical evidence for the presence of 15-LOX in the sperm cytoplasmic droplet (CD). Testicular, epididymal and ejaculated spermatozoa were evaluated for the presence of 15-LOX using an affinity-purified immune serum raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the C-terminal sequence of rabbit reticulocyte 15-LOX. Western blotting revealed an appropriate single band of ~81 kDa in boar spermatozoa but not in boar seminal plasma. When ejaculated boar spermatozoa were subjected to separation on a 45/90% Percoll gradient, 15-LOX co-migrated with the immotile sperm and cellular debris/CD fractions, but not with the motile sperm fraction containing morphologically normal spermatozoa without CDs. Varied levels of 15-LOX were expressed in ejaculated sperm samples from boars with varied semen quality. By immunofluorescence, prominent 15-LOX immunoreactivity was found within the residual body in the testis and within the CDs from caput, corpus and cauda epididymal and ejaculated spermatozoa. Components of the ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathway, which is thought to facilitate both spermiogenesis and reticulocyte organelle degradation, were also detected in the sperm CD. These included ubiquitin, the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2, the ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase PGP 9.5, and various 20S proteasomal core subunits of the α- and β-type. The 15-LOX and various components of the ubiquitin–proteasome pathway were also detected in sperm CDs of other mammalian species, including the human, mouse, stallion and wild babirusa boar. We conclude that 15-LOX is prominently present in the mammalian sperm CD and thus may contribute to spermiogenesis, CD function or CD removal.
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- K A Fischer
- Division of Animal Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211-5300, USA
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Studying the oxygenation kinetics of (19R/S,5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-19-hydroxyeicosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenoic acid (19-OH-AA) by rabbit 15-lipoxygenase-1 we observed a pronounced oxygen dependence of the reaction rate, which was not apparent with arachidonic acid as substrate. Moreover, we found that peroxide-dependent activation of the lipoxygenase depended strongly on the oxygen concentration. These data can be described with a kinetic model that extends previous schemes of the lipoxygenase reaction in three essential aspects: (a) the product of 19-OH-AA oxygenation is a less effective lipoxygenase activator than (13S,9Z,11E)-13-hydroperoxyoctadeca-9,11-dienoic acid; (b) molecular dioxygen serves not only as a lipoxygenase substrate, but also impacts peroxide-dependent enzyme activation; (c) there is a leakage of radical intermediates from the catalytic cycle, which leads to the formation of inactive ferrous lipoxygenase. This enzyme inactivation can be reversed by another round of peroxide-dependent activation. Taken together our data indicate that both peroxide activation and the oxygen affinity of lipoxygenases depend strongly on the chemistry of the lipid substrate. These findings are of biological relevance as variations of the reaction conditions may turn the lipoxygenase reaction into an efficient source of free radicals.
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- Igor Ivanov
- Institute of Biochemistry Humboldt University Medical School Charité, Berlin, Germany
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