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Maharshak N, Ryu HS, Fan TJ, Onyiah JC, Schulz S, Otterbein SL, Wong R, Hansen JJ, Otterbein LE, Carroll IM, Plevy SE. Escherichia coli heme oxygenase modulates host innate immune responses. Microbiol Immunol 2016; 59:452-65. [PMID: 26146866 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Induction of mammalian heme oxygenase (HO)-1 and exposure of animals to carbon monoxide (CO) ameliorates experimental colitis. When enteric bacteria, including Escherichia coli, are exposed to low iron conditions, they express an HO-like enzyme, chuS, and metabolize heme into iron, biliverdin and CO. Given the abundance of enteric bacteria residing in the intestinal lumen, our postulate was that commensal intestinal bacteria may be a significant source of CO and those that express chuS and other Ho-like molecules suppress inflammatory immune responses through release of CO. According to real-time PCR, exposure of mice to CO results in changes in enteric bacterial composition and increases E. coli 16S and chuS DNA. Moreover, the severity of experimental colitis correlates positively with E. coli chuS expression in IL-10 deficient mice. To explore functional roles, E. coli were genetically modified to overexpress chuS or the chuS gene was deleted. Co-culture of chuS-overexpressing E. coli with bone marrow-derived macrophages resulted in less IL-12p40 and greater IL-10 secretion than in wild-type or chuS-deficient E. coli. Mice infected with chuS-overexpressing E. coli have more hepatic CO and less serum IL-12 p40 than mice infected with chuS-deficient E. coli. Thus, CO alters the composition of the commensal intestinal microbiota and expands populations of E. coli that harbor the chuS gene. These bacteria are capable of attenuating innate immune responses through expression of chuS. Bacterial HO-like molecules and bacteria-derived CO may represent novel targets for therapeutic intervention in inflammatory conditions.
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- Nitsan Maharshak
- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.,Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
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- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
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- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO and Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, 80220
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 94305
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 94305
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- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, 94305
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- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
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- Department of Medicine and Center for GI Biology and Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
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Vukomanovic D, Rahman MN, Maines MD, Ozolinš TR, Szarek WA, Jia Z, Nakatsu K. Cysteine-independent activation/inhibition of heme oxygenase-2. Med Gas Res 2016; 6:10-13. [PMID: 27826418 PMCID: PMC5075677 DOI: 10.4103/2045-9912.179341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Reactive thiols of cysteine (cys) residues in proteins play a key role in transforming chemical reactivity into a biological response. The heme oxygenase-2 (HO-2) isozyme contains two cys residues that have been implicated in binding of heme and also the regulation of its activity. In this paper, we address the question of a role for cys residues for the HO-2 inhibitors or activators designed in our laboratory. We tested the activity of full length recombinant human heme oxygenase-2 (FL-hHO-2) and its analog in which cys265 and cys282 were both replaced by alanine to determine the effect on activation by menadione (MD) and inhibition by QC-2350. Similar inhibition by QC-2350 and almost identical activation by MD was observed for both recombinant FL-hHO-2s. Our findings are interpreted to mean that thiols of FL-hHO-2s are not involved in HO-2 activation or inhibition by the compounds that have been designed and identified by us. Activation or inhibition of HO-2 by our compounds should be attributed to a mechanism other than altering binding affinity of HO-2 for heme through cys265 and cys282.
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- Dragic Vukomanovic
- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Petr T, Smíd V, Kučerová V, Váňová K, Leníček M, Vítek L, Smíd F, Muchová L. The effect of heme oxygenase on ganglioside redistribution within hepatocytes in experimental estrogen-induced cholestasis. Physiol Res 2014; 63:359-67. [PMID: 24564601 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cholestasis is characterized by the elevation of serum total bile acids (TBA), which leads to the production of both free radicals and oxidative stress. Although they do not share the same mechanisms, membrane glycosphingolipids (GSL) and the antioxidant enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1) both act against the pro-oxidative effect of TBA. The aim of the study was to assess the role of HMOX on GSL redistribution and composition within hepatocytes in the rat model of estrogen-induced cholestasis. Compared to the controls, an increase of total gangliosides in the liver homogenates of the cholestatic group (P=0.001) was detected; further, it paralleled along with the activation of their biosynthetic b-branch pathway (P<0.01). These effects were partially prevented by HMOX activation. Cholestasis was accompanied by a redistribution of GM1 ganglioside from the cytoplasm to the sinusoids; while HMOX activation led to the retention of GM1 in the cytoplasm (P=0.014). Our study shows that estrogen-induced cholestasis is followed by changes in the synthesis and/or distribution of GSL. These changes are not only triggered by the detergent power of accumulated TBA, but also by their pro-oxidant action. Increases in the antioxidant defenses might represent an important supportive therapeutic measure for patients with cholestatic liver disease.
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- T Petr
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Hepatoprotective effect of curcumin in lipopolysaccharide/-galactosamine model of liver injury in rats: relationship to HO-1/CO antioxidant system. Fitoterapia 2011; 82:786-91. [PMID: 21545828 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2011.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This work studied a relationship between HO-1/CO system and lipid peroxidation with consequent effects on liver functions and NOS-2. We focused on curcumin pretreatment in rat toxic model of d-galactosamine and lipopolysaccharide. Hepatocyte viability, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant status, ALT and AST were evaluated. HO-1 and NOS-2 expressions and respective enzyme activity were determined. Curcumin caused decreases in ALT and AST levels as well as in lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, curcumin pretreatment increased liver HO-1 (2.4-fold, p=0.001), but reduced NOS-2 (4.1-fold, p=0.01) expressions. In conclusion, the tuning of CO/NO pathways is important in shedding light on curcumin's cytoprotective effects in this model.
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DeSandre GH, Wong RJ, Morioka I, Contag CH, Stevenson DK. The effectiveness of oral tin mesoporphyrin prophylaxis in reducing bilirubin production after an oral heme load in a transgenic mouse model. Neonatology 2005; 89:139-46. [PMID: 16205054 DOI: 10.1159/000088717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2005] [Accepted: 08/12/2005] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal jaundice is commonly encountered and rarely associated with morbidity and mortality. Nonetheless, infants with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency often have hemolysis (a heme load) caused by an environmental oxidant trigger, thus increasing their risk for serious morbidity. The use of tin mesoporphyrin (SnMP) has been proposed for interdicting the development of severe hyperbilirubinemia in a variety of conditions. OBJECTIVES We studied the in vivo effects of prophylactic oral SnMP on heme oxygenase (HO) activity and bilirubin production, as indexed by the excretion rate of carbon monoxide (VeCO), following a subsequent oral heme load. METHODS Adult mice were exposed serially to heme and assessed for in vivo bilirubin production rates, HO-1 transcription and protein, and HO activity. The effect of prophylaxis with a single oral dose of SnMP prior to an oral heme load was assessed by measuring VeCOand tissue HO activities. RESULTS After serial heme exposures, VeCO, HO-1 transcription and protein, and liver and spleen HO activities increased incrementally. After pretreatment with oral SnMP, bilirubin production decreased in response to an oral heme load. Also, heme-mediated increases in liver, spleen, and intestine HO activities were significantly dampened. CONCLUSIONS A single oral dose of SnMP results in durable inhibition of bilirubin production and HO activity for at least 24 h in a mouse model of oral heme loading. Further studies are needed to fully elucidate the duration of this protection against hyperbilirubinemia due to a delayed heme load and any long-term consequences of prophylaxis with SnMP on HO-1 transcription and HO-1 protein.
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- Glenn H DeSandre
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94306, USA
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Cronje FJ, Carraway MS, Freiberger JJ, Suliman HB, Piantadosi CA. Carbon monoxide actuates O(2)-limited heme degradation in the rat brain. Free Radic Biol Med 2004; 37:1802-12. [PMID: 15528039 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2004] [Revised: 08/26/2004] [Accepted: 08/26/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The biochemical paradigm for carbon monoxide (CO) is driven by the century-old Warburg hypothesis: CO alters O(2)-dependent functions by binding heme proteins in competitive relation to 1/oxygen partial pressure (PO(2)). High PO(2) thus hastens CO elimination and toxicity resolution, but with more O(2), CO-exposed tissues paradoxically experience less oxidative stress. To help resolve this paradox we tested the Warburg hypothesis using a highly sensitive gas-reduction method to track CO uptake and elimination in brain, heart, and skeletal muscle in situ during and after exogenous CO administration. We found that CO administration does increase tissue CO concentration, but not in strict relation to 1/PO(2). Tissue gas uptake and elimination lag behind blood CO as predicted, but 1/PO(2) vs. [CO] fails even at hyperbaric PO(2). Mechanistically, we established in the brain that cytosol heme concentration increases 10-fold after CO exposure, which sustains intracellular CO content by providing substrate for heme oxygenase (HO) activated after hypoxia when O(2) is resupplied to cells rich in reduced pyridine nucleotides. We further demonstrate by analysis of CO production rates that this heme stress is not due to HO inhibition and that heme accumulation is facilitated by low brain PO(2). The latter becomes rate limiting for HO activity even at physiological PO(2), and the heme stress leads to doubling of brain HO-1 protein. We thus reveal novel biochemical actions of both CO and O(2) that must be accounted for when evaluating oxidative stress and biological signaling by these gases.
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- Frans J Cronje
- Department of Medicine, and The Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 USA
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