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Wang J, Behl T, Rana T, Sehgal A, Wal P, Saxena B, Yadav S, Mohan S, Anwer MK, Chigurupati S, Zaheer I, Shen B, Singla RK. Exploring the pathophysiological influence of heme oxygenase-1 on neuroinflammation and depression: A study of phytotherapeutic-based modulation. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2024; 127:155466. [PMID: 38461764 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2024.155466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND The heme oxygenase (HO) system plays a significant role in neuroprotection and reduction of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. The system, via isoforms HO-1 and HO-2, regulates cellular redox balance. HO-1, an antioxidant defense enzyme, is highlighted due to its association with depression, characterized by heightened neuroinflammation and impaired oxidative stress responses. METHODOLOGY We observed the pathophysiology of HO-1 and phytochemicals as its modulator. We explored Science Direct, Scopus, and PubMed for a comprehensive literature review. Bibliometric and temporal trend analysis were done using VOSviewer. RESULTS Several phytochemicals can potentially alleviate neuroinflammation and oxidative stress-induced depressive symptoms. These effects result from inhibiting the MAPK and NK-κB pathways - both implicated in the overproduction of pro-inflammatory factors - and from the upregulation of HO-1 expression mediated by Nrf2. Bibliometric and temporal trend analysis further validates these associations. CONCLUSION In summary, our findings suggest that antidepressant agents can mitigate neuroinflammation and depressive disorder pathogenesis via the upregulation of HO-1 expression. These agents suppress pro-inflammatory mediators and depressive-like symptoms, demonstrating that HO-1 plays a significant role in the neuroinflammatory process and the development of depression.
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- Jiao Wang
- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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- Amity School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Amity University, Mohali, Punjab, India.
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- Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura-140401, Punjab, India; Government Pharmacy College, Seraj-175123, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- GHG Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Gurusar Sadhar-141104, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Pharmacy, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, S.G. Highway, Ahmedabad, 382481, India
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- School of Pharmacy, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Substance Abuse and Toxicology Research Center, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia; School of Health Sciences, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248007, Uttarakhand, India; Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj-11942, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah-51452, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Saveetha Nagar, Thandalam, Chennai-602105, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, (Al-Dawadmi Campus), Shaqra University, Al-Dawadmi, 11961, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
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- Joint Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence for Critical Care Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Institutes for Systems Genetics, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab-144411, India.
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Yang Q, Wang W. The Nuclear Translocation of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Human Diseases. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:890186. [PMID: 35846361 PMCID: PMC9277552 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.890186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the degradation of heme to generate carbon monoxide (CO), free iron and biliverdin, which could then be converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase. HO-1 exhibits cytoprotective effects of anti-apoptosis, anti-oxidation, and anti-inflammation via these byproducts generated during the above process. In the last few years, despite the canonical function of HO-1 and possible biological significance of its byproducts, a noncanonical function, through which HO-1 exhibits functions in diseases independent of its enzyme activity, also has been reported. In this review, the noncanonical functions of HO-1 and its translocation in other subcellular compartments are summarized. More importantly, we emphasize the critical role of HO-1 nuclear translocation in human diseases. Intriguingly, this translocation was linked to tumorigenesis and tumor progression in lung, prostate, head, and neck squamous cell carcinomas and chronic myeloid leukemia. Given the importance of HO-1 nuclear translocation in human diseases, nuclear HO-1 as a novel target might be attractive for the prevention and treatment of human diseases.
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- Qing Yang
- Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Wenqian Wang,
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Wu YH, Hsieh HL. Roles of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Neuroinflammation and Brain Disorders. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11050923. [PMID: 35624787 PMCID: PMC9137505 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11050923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The heme oxygenase (HO) system is believed to be a crucial mechanism for the nervous system under stress conditions. HO degrades heme to carbon monoxide, iron, and biliverdin. These heme degradation products are involved in modulating cellular redox homeostasis. The first identified isoform of the HO system, HO-1, is an inducible protein that is highly expressed in peripheral organs and barely detectable in the brain under normal conditions, whereas HO-2 is a constitutive protein that is highly expressed in the brain. Several lines of evidence indicate that HO-1 dysregulation is associated with brain inflammation and neurodegeneration, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. In this review, we summarize the essential roles that the HO system plays in ensuring brain health and the molecular mechanism through which HO-1 dysfunction leads to neurodegenerative diseases and disruption of nervous system homeostasis. We also provide a summary of the herbal medicines involved in the regulation of HO-1 expression and explore the current situation regarding herbal remedies and brain disorders.
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- Yi-Hsuan Wu
- Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan;
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- Research Center for Chinese Herbal Medicine, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan;
- Department of Nursing, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Health Industry Technology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-3-211-8999 (ext. 5421)
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Wu J, Li S, Li C, Cui L, Ma J, Hui Y. The non-canonical effects of heme oxygenase-1, a classical fighter against oxidative stress. Redox Biol 2021; 47:102170. [PMID: 34688156 PMCID: PMC8577501 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The role of heme oxygenase-1 in resisting oxidative stress and cell protection has always been a hot research topic. With the continuous deepening of research, in addition to directly regulating redox by catalyzing the degradation of heme, HO-1 protein also participates in the gene expression level in a great diversity of methods, thereby initiating cell defense. Particularly the non-canonical nuclear-localized HO-1 and HO-1 protein interactions play the role of a warrior against oxidative stress. Besides, HO-1 may be a promising marker for disease prediction and detection in many clinical trials. Especially for malignant diseases, there may be new advances in the treatment of HO-1 by regulating abnormal ROS and metabolic signaling. The purpose of this review is to systematically sort out and describe several aspects of research to facilitate further detailed mechanism research and clinical application promotion in the future. The different subcellular localizations ofHO-1 implies that it has special functions. Nuclear HO-1 plays an indispensable role in gene regulation and other aspects. The interactions between HO-1 and others provide the possibility to participate in vital physiological processes. HO-1 may become a potential disease assessment marker.
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- Jiajia Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China; Basic Medical Institute of Heilongjiang Medical Science Academy, PR China; Translational Medicine Center of Northern China, PR China.
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Petrone MV, Toro A, Vazquez Echegaray C, Francia MG, Solari C, Cosentino MS, Vazquez E, Guberman A. The pluripotency transcription factor OCT4 represses heme oxygenase-1 gene expression. FEBS Lett 2021; 595:1949-1961. [PMID: 34056710 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In embryonic stem (ES) cells, oxidative stress control is crucial for genomic stability, self-renewal, and cell differentiation. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a key player of the antioxidant system and is also involved in stem cell differentiation and pluripotency acquisition. We found that the HO-1 gene is expressed in ES cells and induced after promoting differentiation. Moreover, downregulation of the pluripotency transcription factor (TF) OCT4 increased HO-1 mRNA levels in ES cells, and analysis of ChIP-seq public data revealed that this TF binds to the HO-1 gene locus in pluripotent cells. Finally, ectopic expression of OCT4 in heterologous systems repressed a reporter carrying the HO-1 gene promoter and the endogenous gene. Hence, this work highlights the connection between pluripotency and redox homeostasis.
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- María Victoria Petrone
- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,IQUIBICEN, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- IQUIBICEN, CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Němeček D, Chmelikova E, Petr J, Kott T, Sedmíková M. The effect of carbon monoxide on meiotic maturation of porcine oocytes. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10636. [PMID: 33828903 PMCID: PMC7996072 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress impairs the correct course of meiotic maturation, and it is known that the oocytes are exposed to increased oxidative stress during meiotic maturation in in vitro conditions. Thus, reduction of oxidative stress can lead to improved quality of cultured oocytes. The gasotransmitter carbon monoxide (CO) has a cytoprotective effect in somatic cells. The CO is produced in cells by the enzyme heme oxygenase (HO) and the heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide (HO/CO) pathway has been shown to have an antioxidant effect in somatic cells. It has not yet been investigated whether the CO has an antioxidant effect in oocytes as well. We assessed the level of expression of HO mRNA, using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The HO protein localization was evaluated by the immunocytochemical method. The influence of CO or HO inhibition on meiotic maturation was evaluated in oocytes cultured in a culture medium containing CO donor (CORM-2 or CORM-A1) or HO inhibitor Zn-protoporphyrin IX (Zn-PP IX). Detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was performed using the oxidant-sensing probe 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate. We demonstrated the expression of mRNA and proteins of both HO isoforms in porcine oocytes during meiotic maturation. The inhibition of HO enzymes by Zn-PP IX did not affect meiotic maturation. CO delivered by CORM-2 or CORM-A1 donors led to a reduction in the level of ROS in the oocytes during meiotic maturation. However, exogenously delivered CO also inhibited meiotic maturation, especially at higher concentrations. In summary, the CO signaling molecule has antioxidant properties in porcine oocytes and may also be involved in the regulation of meiotic maturation.
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- David Němeček
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Science, Uhřiněves, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Science, Uhřiněves, Czech Republic
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Nuclear Localization of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Pathophysiological Conditions: Does It Explain the Dual Role in Cancer? Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10010087. [PMID: 33440611 PMCID: PMC7826503 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10010087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a type II detoxifying enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in heme degradation leading to the formation of equimolar quantities of carbon monoxide (CO), free iron and biliverdin. HO-1 was originally shown to localize at the smooth endoplasmic reticulum membrane (sER), although increasing evidence demonstrates that the protein translocates to other subcellular compartments including the nucleus. The nuclear translocation occurs after proteolytic cleavage by proteases including signal peptide peptidase and some cysteine proteases. In addition, nuclear translocation has been demonstrated to be involved in several cellular processes leading to cancer progression, including induction of resistance to therapy and enhanced metastatic activity. In this review, we focus on nuclear HO-1 implication in pathophysiological conditions with special emphasis on malignant processes. We provide a brief background on the current understanding of the mechanisms underlying how HO-1 leaves the sER membrane and migrates to the nucleus, the circumstances under which it does so and, maybe the most important and unknown aspect, what the function of HO-1 in the nucleus is.
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Qian J, Teng Z, Wang J, Zhang L, Cao T, Zheng L, Cao Y, Qin W, Liu Y, Guo H. Visible to Near-Infrared Emission Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe for the Detection of Vanin-1 In Vivo. ACS Sens 2020; 5:2806-2813. [PMID: 32786380 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Pantetheinase (Vanin-1) is an ectoenzyme, which involves the metabolic pathway of coenzyme A (CoA), and can decompose pantetheine into pantothenic acid (CoA precursor) and aminothiol cysteamine. Previous studies have revealed that Vanin-1 with essential biological functions is closely related to many diseases. However, the lack of simple and effective detection methods has severely hindered the further study of Vanin-1's physiological functions. In this work, we have developed a near-infrared (NIR) emission ratio fluorescent probe TMN-PA (I645 nm/I568 nm) that enables us to detect Vanin-1 rapidly (in 15 min) with a minimum detection limit of 0.37 ng/mL. What is more, this probe shows excellent potential in in situ real-time monitoring of the endogenous Vanin-1, contributing to further research on Vanin-1 and understanding its mechanisms in physiological pathology. To our knowledge, this probe is the first NIR emission ratio (I645 nm/I568 nm) fluorescent probe ever reported to monitor the activity of Vanin-1 in vivo.
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- Jing Qian
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOF), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730046, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOF), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOF), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOF), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOF), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metal Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MOF), and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology and Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730046, P. R. China
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Morita A, Jullienne A, Salehi A, Hamer M, Javadi E, Alsarraj Y, Tang J, Zhang JH, Pearce WJ, Obenaus A. Temporal evolution of heme oxygenase-1 expression in reactive astrocytes and microglia in response to traumatic brain injury. BRAIN HEMORRHAGES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hest.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Campisi A, Acquaviva R, Raciti G, Duro A, Rizzo M, Santagati NA. Antioxidant Activities of Solanum Nigrum L. Leaf Extracts Determined in in vitro Cellular Models. Foods 2019; 8:foods8020063. [PMID: 30744041 PMCID: PMC6406898 DOI: 10.3390/foods8020063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Several medicinal foods abound in traditional medicine with antioxidant potentials that could be of importance for the management of several diseases but with little or no scientific justification to substantiate their use. Thus, the objective of this study was the assessment of the antioxidant effect of two leave extracts of Solanum nigrum L. (SN), which is a medicinal plant member of the Solanaceae family, mainly used for soup preparation in different parts of the world. Then methanolic/water (80:20) (SN1) and water (SN2) leaves extracts were prepared. The total polyphenolic content and the concentration of phenolic acids and flavones compounds were determined. In order to verify whether examined extracts were able to restore the oxidative status, modified by glutamate in primary cultures of astrocytes, the study evaluated the glutathione levels, the intracellular oxidative stress, and the cytotoxicity of SN1 and SN2 extracts. Both extracts were able to quench the radical in an in vitro free cellular system and restore the oxidative status in in vitro primary cultures of rat astroglial cells exposed to glutamate. These extracts prevented the increase in glutamate uptake and inhibited glutamate excitotoxicity, which leads to cell damage and shows a notable antioxidant property.
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- Agata Campisi
- Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania,Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Drug Science, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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The sinister face of heme oxygenase-1 in brain aging and disease. Prog Neurobiol 2019; 172:40-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sebastián VP, Salazar GA, Coronado-Arrázola I, Schultz BM, Vallejos OP, Berkowitz L, Álvarez-Lobos MM, Riedel CA, Kalergis AM, Bueno SM. Heme Oxygenase-1 as a Modulator of Intestinal Inflammation Development and Progression. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1956. [PMID: 30258436 PMCID: PMC6143658 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Heme Oxygenase 1 (HMOX1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction that degrades the heme group contained in several important proteins, such as hemoglobin, myoglobin, and cytochrome p450. The enzymatic reaction catalyzed by HMOX1 generates Fe2+, biliverdin and CO. It has been shown that HMOX1 activity and the by-product CO can downmodulate the damaging immune response in several models of intestinal inflammation as a result of pharmacological induction of HMOX1 expression and the administration of non-toxic amounts of CO. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, which includes Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC), are one of the most studied ailments associated to HMOX1 effects. However, microbiota imbalances and infections are also important factors influencing the occurrence of acute and chronic intestinal inflammation, where HMOX1 activity may play a major role. As part of this article we discuss the immune modulatory capacity of HMOX1 during IBD, as well during the infections and interactions with the microbiota that contribute to this inflammatory disease.
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- Valentina P. Sebastián
- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Gastroenterología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Gastroenterología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Endocrinología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Vanella L, Barbagallo I, Tibullo D, Forte S, Zappalà A, Li Volti G. The non-canonical functions of the heme oxygenases. Oncotarget 2018; 7:69075-69086. [PMID: 27626166 PMCID: PMC5356613 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Heme oxygenase (HO) isoforms catalyze the conversion of heme to carbon monoxide (CO) and biliverdin with a concurrent release of iron, which can drive the synthesis of ferritin for iron sequestration. Most of the studies so far were directed at evaluating the protective effect of these enzymes because of their ability to generate antioxidant and antiapoptotic molecules such as CO and bilirubin. Recent evidences are suggesting that HO may possess other important physiological functions, which are not related to its enzymatic activity and for which we would like to introduce for the first time the term “non canonical functions”. Recent evidence suggest that both HO isoforms may form protein-protein interactions (i.e. cytochrome P450, adiponectin, CD91) thus serving as chaperone-like protein. In addition, truncated HO-1 isoform was localized in the nuclear compartment under certain experimental conditions (i.e. excitotoxicity, hypoxia) regulating the activity of important nuclear transcription factors (i.e. Nrf2) and DNA repair. In the present review, we discuss three potential signaling mechanisms that we refer to as the non-canonical functions of the HO isoforms: protein-protein interaction, intracellular compartmentalization, and extracellular secretion. The aim of the present review is to describe each of this mechanism and all the aspects warranting additional studies in order to unravel all the functions of the HO system.
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- Luca Vanella
- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.,Istituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo Ricerca srl Viagrande, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.,EuroMediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy
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Tibullo D, Barbagallo I, Giallongo C, Vanella L, Conticello C, Romano A, Saccone S, Godos J, Di Raimondo F, Li Volti G. Heme oxygenase-1 nuclear translocation regulates bortezomibinduced cytotoxicity and mediates genomic instability in myeloma cells. Oncotarget 2018; 7:28868-80. [PMID: 26930712 PMCID: PMC5045362 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.7563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal B-cell malignancy characterized by an accumulation of clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow leading to bone destruction and bone marrow failure. Several molecular mechanisms underlie chemoresistance among which heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) could play a major role. The aim of the present research was to evaluate the impact of HO-1 in MM following bortezomib (BTZ) treatment and how HO-1 is implicated in the mechanisms of chemoresistance. MM cells were treated for 24h with BTZ (15 nM), a boronic acid dipeptide inhibitor of the 26S proteasome used in the treatment of patients with MM as first-line therapy. We evaluated cell viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, HO-1 expression and compartmentalization and cellular genetic instability. Results showed that BTZ significantly reduced cell viability in different MM cell lines and induced ER-stress and ROS formation. Concomitantly, we observed a significant overexpression of both HO-1 gene and protein levels. This effect was abolished by concomitant treatment with 4-phenybutirric acid, a molecular chaperone, which is known to reduce ER-stress. Surprisingly, inhibition of HO activity with SnMP (10μM) failed to increase BTZ sensitivity in MM cells whereas inhibition of HO-1 nuclear translocation by E64d, a cysteine protease inhibitor, increased sensitivity to BTZ and decreased genetic instability as measured by cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay. In conclusion, our data suggest that BTZ sensitivity depends on HO-1 nuclear compartmentalization and not on its enzymatic activity and this finding may represent an important tool to overcome BTZ chemoresistance in MM patients.
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- Daniele Tibullo
- Division of Haematology, AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy.,Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, AOU "Policlinico - Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.,EuroMediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy
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Tibullo D, Giallongo C, Puglisi F, Tomassoni D, Camiolo G, Cristaldi M, Brundo MV, Anfuso CD, Lupo G, Stampone T, Li Volti G, Amenta F, Avola R, Bramanti V. Effect of Lipoic Acid on the Biochemical Mechanisms of Resistance to Bortezomib in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells. Mol Neurobiol 2017; 55:3344-3350. [PMID: 28497200 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0575-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Neuroblastoma (NB) is an extracranial solid cancer and the most common cancer in infancy. Despite the standard treatment for NB is based on the combination of chemotherapeutic drugs such as doxorubicin, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and cisplatin, chemoresistance occurs over the time. The aim of the present research was to evaluate the effect of bortezomib (BTZ) (50 nM) on NB cell viability and how lipoic acid (ALA) (100 μM) modifies pharmacological response to this chemotherapeutic agent. Cell viability was assessed by ATP luminescence assay whereas expression of oxidative stress marker (i.e., heme oxygenase-1) and endoplasmic reticulum stress proteins was performed by real-time PCR, western blot, and immunofluorescence. Our data showed that BTZ treatment significantly reduced cell viability when compared to untreated cultures (about 40%). Interestingly, ALA significantly reduced the efficacy of BTZ (about 30%). Furthermore, BTZ significantly induced heme oxygenase-1 as a result of increased oxidative stress and such overexpression was prevented by concomitant treatment with ALA. Similarly, ALA significantly reduced BTZ-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress as measured by reduction in BiP1 and IRE1α, ERO1α, and PDI expression. In conclusion, our data suggest that BTZ efficacy is dependent on cellular redox status and such mechanisms may be responsible of chemoresistance to this chemotherapeutic agent.
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- Daniele Tibullo
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy.,Division of Haematology, A.O.U. "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Via Citelli 6, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy.,Division of Haematology, A.O.U. "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Via Citelli 6, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, A.O.U. "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Via Citelli 6, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, via Gentile III da Varano, Camerino, 62032, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Microbiology and Virology, Villa Sofia Hospital, A.O.O.R. "Villa Sofia-Cervello", Piazza Salerno 1, 90146, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy
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- School of Medicinal Sciences and Health Products, University of Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri 9, Camerino, 62032, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 87, 95100, Catania, Italy.,Division of Microbiology and Virology, Villa Sofia Hospital, A.O.O.R. "Villa Sofia-Cervello", Piazza Salerno 1, 90146, Palermo, Italy
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Estes S, Zhong L, Artinian L, Rehder V. Regulation of electrical activity and neuronal excitability in Helisoma trivolvis by carbon monoxide. Neuroscience 2015; 311:453-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.10.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a rate-limiting enzyme catalyzing oxidative degradation of cellular heme to liberate free iron, carbon monoxide (CO) and biliverdin in mammalian cells. In addition to its primary role in heme catabolism, HO-1 exhibits anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory functions via the actions of biliverdin and CO, respectively. HO-1 is highly induced in various disease states, including cancer. Several lines of evidence have supported the implication of HO-1 in carcinogenesis and tumor progression. HO-1 deficiency in normal cells enhances DNA damage and carcinogenesis. Nevertheless, HO-1 overexpression in cancer cells promotes proliferation and survival. Moreover, HO-1 induces angiogenesis through modulating expression of angiogenic factors. Although HO-1 is an endoplasmic reticulum resident protein, HO-1 nuclear localization is evident in tumor cells of cancer tissues. It has been shown that HO-1 is susceptible to proteolytic cleavage and translocates to nucleus to facilitate tumor growth and invasion independent of its enzymatic activity. HO-1 also impacts cancer progression through modulating tumor microenvironment. This review summarizes the current understanding of the protumorigenic role of HO-1 and its potential as a molecular target for cancer therapy.
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- Lee-Young Chau
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan.
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Campisi A, Acquaviva R, Bonfanti R, Raciti G, Amodeo A, Mastrojeni S, Ragusa S, Iauk L. Antioxidant properties of Berberis aetnensis C. Presl (Berberidaceae) roots extract and protective effects on astroglial cell cultures. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:315473. [PMID: 25177720 PMCID: PMC4142662 DOI: 10.1155/2014/315473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2014] [Revised: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Berberis aetnensis C. Presl (Berberidaceae) is a bushy-spiny shrub common on Mount Etna (Sicily). We demonstrated that the alkaloid extract of roots of B. aetnensis C. Presl contains prevalently berberine and berbamine, possesses antimicrobial properties, and was able to counteract the upregulation evoked by glutamate of tissue transglutaminase in primary rat astroglial cell cultures. Until now, there are no reports regarding antioxidant properties of B. aetnensis C. Presl collected in Sicily. Air-dried, powdered roots of B. aetnensis C. Presl were extracted, identified, and quantified by HPLC. We assessed in cellular free system its effect on superoxide anion, radicals scavenging activity of antioxidants against free radicals like the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical, and the inhibition of xanthine oxidase activity. In primary rat astroglial cell cultures, exposed to glutamate, we evaluated the effect of the extract on glutathione levels and on intracellular production of reactive oxygen species generated by glutamate. The alkaloid extract of B. aetnensis C. Presl inhibited superoxide anion, restored to control values, the decrease of GSH levels, and the production of reactive oxygen species. Potent antioxidant activities of the alkaloid extract of roots of B. aetnensis C. Presl may be one of the mechanisms by which the extract is effective against health disorders associated to oxidative stress.
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- Agata Campisi
- Department of Drug Science, Biochemistry Section, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, Biochemistry Section, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, Biochemistry Section, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Drug Science, Biochemistry Section, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology Section, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology Section, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Microbiology Section, University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Hsu FF, Yeh CT, Sun YJ, Chiang MT, Lan WM, Li FA, Lee WH, Chau LY. Signal peptide peptidase-mediated nuclear localization of heme oxygenase-1 promotes cancer cell proliferation and invasion independent of its enzymatic activity. Oncogene 2014; 34:2360-70. [PMID: 24931165 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a heme-degrading enzyme anchored in the endoplasmic reticulum by a carboxyl-terminal transmembrane segment (TMS). HO-1 is highly expressed in various cancers and its nuclear localization is associated with the progression of some cancers. Nevertheless, the mechanism underlying HO-1 nuclear translocation and its pathological significance remain elusive. Here we show that the signal peptide peptidase (SPP) catalyzes the intramembrane cleavage of HO-1. Coexpression of HO-1 with wild-type SPP, but not a dominant-negative SPP, promoted the nuclear localization of HO-1 in cells. Mass spectrometry analysis of cytosolic HO-1 isolated from HeLa cells overexpressing HO-1 and SPP revealed two adjacent intramembrane cleavage sites located after S275 and F276 within the TMS. Mutations of S275F276 to A275L276 significantly hindered SPP-mediated HO-1 cleavage and nuclear localization. Nuclear HO-1 was detected in A549 and DU145 cancer cell lines expressing high levels of endogenous HO-1 and SPP. SPP knockdown or inhibition significantly reduced nuclear HO-1 localization in A549 and DU145 cells. The positive nuclear HO-1 stain was also evident in lung cancer tissues expressing high levels of HO-1 and SPP. Overexpression of a truncated HO-1 (t-HO-1) lacking the TMS in HeLa and H1299 cells promoted cell proliferation and migration/invasion. The effect of t-HO-1 was not affected by a mutation in the catalytic site. However, blockade of t-HO-1 nuclear localization abolished t-HO-1-mediated effect. The tumorigenic effect of t-HO-1 was also demonstrated in the mouse model. These findings disclose that SPP-mediated intramembrane cleavage of HO-1 promotes HO-1 nuclear localization and cancer progression independent of HO-1 enzymatic activity.
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- F-F Hsu
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- 1] Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan [2] Cancer Center, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Cancer Center, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kozakowska M, Szade K, Dulak J, Jozkowicz A. Role of heme oxygenase-1 in postnatal differentiation of stem cells: a possible cross-talk with microRNAs. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 20:1827-50. [PMID: 24053682 PMCID: PMC3961774 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) converts heme to biliverdin, carbon monoxide, and ferrous ions, but its cellular functions are far beyond heme metabolism. HO-1 via heme removal and degradation products acts as a cytoprotective, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and proangiogenic protein, regulating also a cell cycle. Additionally, HO-1 can translocate to nucleus and regulate transcription factors, so it can also act independently of enzymatic function. RECENT ADVANCES Recently, a body of evidence has emerged indicating a role for HO-1 in postnatal differentiation of stem and progenitor cells. Maturation of satellite cells, skeletal myoblasts, adipocytes, and osteoclasts is inhibited by HO-1, whereas neurogenic differentiation and formation of cardiomyocytes perhaps can be enhanced. Moreover, HO-1 influences a lineage commitment in pluripotent stem cells and maturation of hematopoietic cells. It may play a role in development of osteoblasts, but descriptions of its exact effects are inconsistent. CRITICAL ISSUES In this review we discuss a role of HO-1 in cell differentiation, and possible HO-1-dependent signal transduction pathways. Among the potential mediators, we focused on microRNA (miRNA). These small, noncoding RNAs are critical for cell differentiation. Recently we have found that HO-1 not only influences expression of specific miRNAs but also regulates miRNA processing enzymes. FUTURE DIRECTIONS It seems that interplay between HO-1 and miRNAs may be important in regulating fates of stem and progenitor cells and needs further intensive studies.
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- Magdalena Kozakowska
- 1 Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University , Krakow, Poland
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Dunn LL, Midwinter RG, Ni J, Hamid HA, Parish CR, Stocker R. New insights into intracellular locations and functions of heme oxygenase-1. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 20:1723-42. [PMID: 24180287 PMCID: PMC3961787 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 11/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1) plays a critical role in the protection of cells, and the inducible enzyme is implicated in a spectrum of human diseases. The increasing prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic morbidities, for which current treatment approaches are not optimal, emphasizes the necessity to better understand key players such as HMOX1 that may be therapeutic targets. RECENT ADVANCES HMOX1 is a dynamic protein that can undergo post-translational and structural modifications which modulate HMOX1 function. Moreover, trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum to other cellular compartments, including the nucleus, highlights that HMOX1 may play roles other than the catabolism of heme. CRITICAL ISSUES The ability of HMOX1 to be induced by a variety of stressors, in an equally wide variety of tissues and cell types, represents an obstacle for the therapeutic exploitation of the enzyme. Any capacity to modulate HMOX1 in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases should be tempered with an appreciation that HMOX1 may have an impact on cancer. Moreover, the potential for heme catabolism end products, such as carbon monoxide, to amplify the HMOX1 stress response should be considered. FUTURE DIRECTIONS A more complete understanding of HMOX1 modifications and the properties that they impart is necessary. Delineating these parameters will provide a clearer picture of the opportunities to modulate HMOX1 in human disease.
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- Louise L. Dunn
- Vascular Biology Division, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Vascular Biology Division, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Vascular Biology Division, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Vascular Biology Division, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Namba F, Go H, Murphy JA, La P, Yang G, Sengupta S, Fernando AP, Yohannes M, Biswas C, Wehrli SL, Dennery PA. Expression level and subcellular localization of heme oxygenase-1 modulates its cytoprotective properties in response to lung injury: a mouse model. PLoS One 2014; 9:e90936. [PMID: 24599172 PMCID: PMC3944979 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Premature infants exposed to hyperoxia suffer acute and long-term pulmonary consequences. Nevertheless, neonates survive hyperoxia better than adults. The factors contributing to neonatal hyperoxic tolerance are not fully elucidated. In contrast to adults, heme oxygenase (HO)-1, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-anchored protein, is abundant in the neonatal lung but is not inducible in response to hyperoxia. The latter may be important, because very high levels of HO-1 overexpression are associated with significant oxygen cytotoxicity in vitro. Also, in contrast to adults, HO-1 localizes to the nucleus in neonatal mice exposed to hyperoxia. To understand the mechanisms by which HO-1 expression levels and subcellular localization contribute to hyperoxic tolerance in neonates, lung-specific transgenic mice expressing high or low levels of full-length HO-1 (cytoplasmic, HO-1-FL(H) or HO-1-FL(L)) or C-terminally truncated HO-1 (nuclear, Nuc-HO-1-TR) were generated. In HO-1-FL(L), the lungs had a normal alveolar appearance and lesser oxidative damage after hyperoxic exposure. In contrast, in HO-1-FL(H), alveolar wall thickness with type II cell hyperproliferation was observed as well worsened pulmonary function and evidence of abnormal lung cell hyperproliferation in recovery from hyperoxia. In Nuc-HO-1-TR, the lungs had increased DNA oxidative damage, increased poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) protein expression, and reduced poly (ADP-ribose) (PAR) hydrolysis as well as reduced pulmonary function in recovery from hyperoxia. These data indicate that low cytoplasmic HO-1 levels protect against hyperoxia-induced lung injury by attenuating oxidative stress, whereas high cytoplasmic HO-1 levels worsen lung injury by increasing proliferation and decreasing apoptosis of alveolar type II cells. Enhanced lung nuclear HO-1 levels impaired recovery from hyperoxic lung injury by disabling PAR-dependent regulation of DNA repair. Lastly both high cytoplasmic and nuclear expression of HO-1 predisposed to long-term abnormal lung cellular proliferation. To maximize HO-1 cytoprotective effects, therapeutic strategies must account for the specific effects of its subcellular localization and expression levels.
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- Fumihiko Namba
- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Small Animal Core, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Heme oxygenase-1 expression in human gliomas and its correlation with poor prognosis in patients with astrocytoma. Tumour Biol 2013; 35:2803-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s13277-013-1373-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Heme oxygenase-2/adiponectin protein-protein interaction in metabolic syndrome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 432:606-11. [PMID: 23438433 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Insulin resistance with adipose tissue dysfunction and dysregulation in the production and secretion of adipokines is one of the hallmarks of metabolic syndrome. We have previously reported that increased levels of the heme oxygenase (HO) system, HO-1/HO-2 results in increased levels of adiponectin. Despite documentation of the existence of the anti-inflammatory axis HO-adiponectin, a possible protein-protein interaction between HO and adiponectin has not been examined. Here, we investigated the existence of protein interactions between HO-2 and adiponectin in the maintenance of adipocyte function during metabolic syndrome by integrating phenotypic and in silico studies. Compared to WT animals, HO-2 null mice displayed an increase in both visceral and subcutaneous fat content and reduced circulating adiponectin levels. The decrease in adiponectin was reversed by upregulation of HO-1. HO-2 depletion was associated with increased adipogenesis in cultured mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and decreased adiponectin levels in the culture media. In addition, HO-1 siRNA decreased adiponectin release. HO-2 was found to bind to the monomeric form of adiponectin, according to poses and calculated energies. HO-2-adiponectin interactions were validated by the two-hybrid system assay. In conclusion, protein-protein interactions between HO-2 and adiponectin highlight the role of HO-2 as a molecular chaperone for adiponectin assembly, while HO-1 increases adiponectin levels. Thus, crosstalk between HO-2 and HO-1 could be manipulated in a therapeutic approach to ameliorate the deleterious effects of obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
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Bramanti V, Tomassoni D, Grasso S, Bronzi D, Napoli M, Campisi A, Li Volti G, Ientile R, Amenta F, Avola R. Cholinergic precursors modulate the expression of heme oxigenase-1, p21 during astroglial cell proliferation and differentiation in culture. Neurochem Res 2012; 37:2795-804. [PMID: 22956150 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0873-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) plays a crucial role in oxidative stress processes, apoptosis and cell differentiation. Further, some proteins related to cell cycle including cyclins and p21 are important markers of astrocyte cultures. Aim of investigation was to study the effects of cholinergic precursors (choline, CDP-choline, Acetylcholine and α-Glyceril-Phosphorylcholine) on HO-1 and p21 expression during astroglial cell proliferation and differentiation in primary cultures at 14 and 35 days in vitro (DIV) treated for 24 h with choline metabolites. Our results showed a slight reduction of HO-1 expression (data not statistical significant) in astroglial cell cultures treated with CDP-choline at 14 DIV and 35 DIV. On the contrary, ACh and choline induced a significant increase of HO-1 expression in 14 DIV astrocyte cultures. Surprisingly, choline and ACh dramatically reduced HO-1 expression at 35 DIV. A slight decrease not statistical significant was detectable for α-GPC at 14 DIV and particularly significant at 35 DIV. Data concerning p21 expression, a well known protein inhibiting cell cycle, evidenced a significant increase at 14 and 35 DIV after α-GPC treatment. CDP-choline treatment caused a high increase of p21 expression in 14 DIV astrocyte cultures, but no modification at 35 DIV. Instead, ACh treatment induced a marked increment of p21 expression at 35 DIV. Our data suggest that cholinergic precursors modulate HO-1 and p21 expression during astroglial cell proliferation and differentiation in culture and could be considered a tool to study the induced effects of ischemia and hypoxia diseases in some in vitro models to prevent and reduce its effects after treatment with cholinergic drugs.
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- V Bramanti
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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Mother milk is widely accepted to be a unique product believed to contain biological factors involved in the regulation of newborn optimal growth including brain when compared to milk-formula milks. In this setting, there is growing evidence that in milk-formula neuro-oxidative stress biomarkers, neurotrophic proteins and calcium binding proteins, known to be involved in a cascade of events leading to brain, cardiac and vascular development/damage, are to date lacking or at a lower concentration than breast milk. Therefore, this review is aimed at offering additional insights to the role in human milk of some selected biomarkers such as: i) neurotrophic factors such as Activin A; ii) Calcium binding protein such as S100B and, iii) heat shock protein known to be involved in oxidative stress response (namely hemeoxygenase-1, HO-1 or Heat shock Protein 32, HSP32).
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- Laura D Serpero
- Department of Neurology, Ophthalmology and Genetics, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy
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Dang TN, Bishop GM, Dringen R, Robinson SR. The metabolism and toxicity of hemin in astrocytes. Glia 2011; 59:1540-50. [PMID: 21681819 DOI: 10.1002/glia.21198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hemin is cytotoxic, and contributes to the brain damage that accompanies hemorrhagic stroke. In order to better understand the basis of hemin toxicity in astrocytes, the present study quantified hemin metabolism and compared it to the pattern of cell death. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression was first evident after 2 h incubation with hemin, with maximal expression being observed by 24 h. Despite the induction of HO-1, it was found that the proportion of hemin metabolized by astrocytes remained fairly constant throughout the 24 h period, with 70-80% of intracellular hemin remaining intact. A period of cell loss began after 2 h exposure to hemin, which gradually increased in severity to reach a maximum by 24 h. This cell loss could not be attenuated by the iron chelator, 1,10-phenanthroline, or by several antioxidant compounds (Trolox, N-acetyl-L-cysteine and N-tert-butyl-α-phenylnitrone), indicating that the mechanism of hemin toxicity does not involve iron. While these results make it unlikely that hemin toxicity is due to interactions with endogenous H(2)O(2), hemin toxicity was increased in the presence of supraphysiological levels of H(2)O(2) and this increase was ameliorated by PHEN, indicating that the iron released from hemin can be toxic under some pathological conditions. However, when H(2)O(2) is present at physiological levels, the toxicity of hemin appears to be caused by other mechanisms that may involve bilirubin and carbon monoxide in this model system.
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- Theresa N Dang
- Blood-Brain Interactions Group, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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Novo G, Cappello F, Rizzo M, Fazio G, Zambuto S, Tortorici E, Marino Gammazza A, Corrao S, Zummo G, De Macario EC, Macario AJL, Assennato P, Novo S, Li Volti G, Li Volti G, Volti GL. Hsp60 and heme oxygenase-1 (Hsp32) in acute myocardial infarction. Transl Res 2011; 157:285-92. [PMID: 21497776 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are produced in response to various stressors, including ischemia-reperfusion, and they can exit cells and reach the blood. In this pilot study, we determined serum levels of Hsp60 and heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1; also named Hsp32) in subjects with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) to assess their clinical significance and potential prognostic value. We also performed a bioinformatics analysis of the 2 molecules in search of structural clues on the mechanism of their release from cells. We studied 40 patients consecutively admitted for AMI (male:female patient ratio=20:20, mean age: 64 ± 13 years) and 40 matched controls. A blood sample was drawn for biochemical analyses within 24 h of symptoms onset, and Hsp60 and HO-1 concentrations were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). All patients were followed up for 6 months to register adverse post-AMI cardiovascular events. A multivariate analysis demonstrated that elevated Hsp60 (P=0.0361), creatine phosphokinase-muscle brain (CK-MB) (P=0.0446), and troponin (P=0.0490) were predictive of post-AMI adverse events. In contrast, increased HO-1 showed a significant association with less severity of coronary artery diseases (P=0.0223). These findings suggest that Hsp60 and HO-1 play distinct roles in the pathogenesis of AMI and subsequent AMI-related pathology. The possibility that these proteins differ in their roles and mechanisms of action in AMI and post-AMI pathology was supported also by the bioinformatics estimates of probability of their localization in various subcellular compartments. The results clear the way for subsequent investigation on the pathogenetic role and clinical significance of Hsp60 and HO-1 in AMI.
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- Giuseppina Novo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular, and Nephrourological Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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Zhang L, Gavin T, Barber DS, LoPachin RM. Role of the Nrf2-ARE pathway in acrylamide neurotoxicity. Toxicol Lett 2011; 205:1-7. [PMID: 21540084 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 04/13/2011] [Accepted: 04/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Acrylamide (ACR) intoxication is associated with selective nerve terminal damage in the central and peripheral nervous systems. As a soft electrophile, ACR could form adducts with nucleophilic sulfhydryl groups on cysteine residues of kelch-like erythroid cell-derived protein with CNS homology-associated protein 1 (Keap1) leading to dissociation of the transcription factor, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). Nrf2 activation of the antioxidant-responsive element (ARE) and subsequent upregulated gene expression of phase II detoxification enzymes and anitoxidant proteins might provide protection in neuronal regions with transcriptional capabilities (e.g., cell body). In contrast, non-transcriptional cell regions (axons, nerve terminals) might be vulnerable to electrophile-induced damage. To test this possibility, immunoblot analysis was used to measure protein products of Nrf2-activated ARE genes in nerve terminals and in cytosolic/nuclear factions of neuronal cell bodies isolated from rats intoxicated at two different ACR dose-rates; i.e., 50mg/kg/d×10 days, 21mg/kg/d×38 days. To detect possible differences in cell-specific induction, the cytoprotective response to ACR intoxication was determined in hepatic cells. Results show that control brain and hepatic cell fractions exhibited distinct subcellular distributions of Nrf2, Keap1 and several ARE protein products. ACR intoxication, however, did not alter the levels of these proteins in synaptosomal, brain cytoplasm or liver cell fractions. These data indicate that ACR was an insufficient electrophilic signal for ARE induction in all subcellular fractions tested. Because a cytoprotective response was not induced in any fraction, nerve terminal vulnerability to ACR cannot be ascribed to the absence of transcription-based defense mechanisms in this neuronal region.
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- Lihai Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467-2490, United States
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Li Volti G, Zappalà A, Leggio GM, Mazzola C, Drago F, La Delia F, Serapide MF, Pellitteri R, Giannone I, Spatuzza M, Cicirata V, Cicirata F. Tin chloride enhances parvalbumin-positive interneuron survival by modulating heme metabolism in a model of cerebral ischemia. Neurosci Lett 2011; 492:33-8. [PMID: 21276833 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.01.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 01/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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SnCl(2) has been reported to increase the expression of heme-oxygenase 1 (HO-1), a major antioxidant enzyme, and to decrease ischemic injury, in non-nervous tissues. This study examined the neuroprotective effect of SnCl(2) in the hippocampus of rats submitted to cerebral ischemia. SnCl(2) was administered 18 h before bilateral carotids obstruction. Changes in HO-1 expression and activity, heme content, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and parvalbumin positive interneuron survival were studied. Thereafter both behavior and memory recovery were tested. The administration of SnCl(2) increased the expression of HO-1 protein and HO activity in the hippocampus and concomitantly decreased heme content at both mitochondrial and nuclear level. Furthermore, ischemized animals showed a strong increase in iNOS expression in the hippocampus, where a loss of parvalbumin positive interneurons also occurred. Pre-treatment with SnCl(2), decreased both iNOS expression in ischemized rats and increased cell survival. The beneficial effects of SnCl(2) were prevented by concomitant treatment with SnMP, a strong inhibitor of HO activity. SnCl(2) also caused an improvement in short term memory recovery. Our results showed that following SnCl(2) administration, HO-1 is strongly induced in the hippocampus and modulate iNOS expression, resulting in a strong neuroprotective effect.
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Gazzolo D, Abella R, Frigiola A, Giamberti A, Tina G, Nigro F, Florio P, Colivicchi M, Temporini F, Ricotti A, Li Volti G, Galvano F. Neuromarkers and unconventional biological fluids. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2010; 23 Suppl 3:66-9. [PMID: 20836729 DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.507960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Furukawa Y, Urano T, Minamimura M, Nakajima M, Okuyama S, Furukawa S. 4-Methylcatechol-induced heme oxygenase-1 exerts a protective effect against oxidative stress in cultured neural stem/progenitor cells via PI3 kinase/Akt pathway. Biomed Res 2010; 31:45-52. [DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.31.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Schipper HM, Song W, Zukor H, Hascalovici JR, Zeligman D. Heme oxygenase-1 and neurodegeneration: expanding frontiers of engagement. J Neurochem 2009; 110:469-85. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06160.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Effect of Acetylcholine Precursors on Proliferation and Differentiation of Astroglial Cells in Primary Cultures. Neurochem Res 2008; 33:2601-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9829-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Accepted: 08/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Syapin PJ. Regulation of haeme oxygenase-1 for treatment of neuroinflammation and brain disorders. Br J Pharmacol 2008; 155:623-40. [PMID: 18794892 DOI: 10.1038/bjp.2008.342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Injury to the CNS elicits a host defense reaction that utilizes astrocytes, microglia, neurons and oligodendrocytes. Neuroinflammation is a major host defense mechanism designed to restore normal structure and function after CNS insult, but like other forms of inflammation, chronic neuroinflammation may contribute to pathogenesis. The inducible haeme oxygenase isoform, haeme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), is a phase 2 enzyme upregulated in response to electrophilic xenobiotics, oxidative stress, cellular injury and disease. There is emerging evidence that HO-1 expression helps mediate the resolution of inflammation, including neuroinflammation. Whether this is solely because of the catabolism of haeme or includes additional mechanisms is unclear. This review provides a brief background on the molecular biology and biochemistry of haeme oxygenases and the actions of haeme, bilirubin, iron and carbon monoxide in the CNS. It then presents our current state of knowledge regarding HO-1 expression in the CNS, regulation of HO-1 induction in neural cells and discusses the prospect of pharmacological manipulation of HO-1 as therapy for CNS disorders. Because of recognized species and cellular differences in HO-1 regulation, a major objective of this review is to draw attention to areas where gaps exist in the experimental record regarding regulation of HO-1 in neural cells. The results indicate the HO-1 system to be an important therapeutic target in CNS disorders, but our understanding of HO-1 expression in human neural cells is severely lacking.
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- P J Syapin
- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430-6592, USA.
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Barbagallo I, Tibullo D, Di Rosa M, Giallongo C, Palumbo GA, Raciti G, Campisi A, Vanella A, Green CJ, Motterlini R. A cytoprotective role for the heme oxygenase-1/CO pathway during neural differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. J Neurosci Res 2008; 86:1927-35. [PMID: 18381758 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The inducible protein heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) catalyzes the oxidation of heme to carbon monoxide (CO) and biliverdin, which play a concerted action in cytoprotection against oxidative stress and in the modulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. Here we report that both HO-1 expression and activity can be highly increased in undifferentiated human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) treated with hemin, a known HO-1 inducer. However, HO-1 mRNA and protein expression gradually decrease when MSCs undergo neural differentiation in vitro, making them extremely susceptible to glutamate-mediated cytotoxicity. A time course for HO-1 revealed that this protein is markedly down-regulated after 2 days and returns to control levels 6 days after differentiation. Treatment with glutamate (250 microM) after 2 days of neural differentiation resulted in a more pronounced lactate dehydrogenase release, a marker of cell injury, compared with undifferentiated cells. Notably, cells pretreated with hemin (50 microM) or compounds that release small amounts of CO (10 microM CORM-3 and CORM-A1) rendered cells more resistant to glutamate-induced toxicity; this effect was evident in both undifferentiated and differentiated MSCs. Our findings indicate that MSCs become more vulnerable to oxidative injury during the early stages of differentiation via mechanisms that involve a temporary inhibition of HO-1 expression. Thus, overexpression of HO-1 and CO-releasing molecules could provide a possible therapeutic strategy to improve cell viability during neural differentiation in applications that use stem cell technology.
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- Ignazio Barbagallo
- Department of Surgical Research, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, Middlesex, United Kingdom
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Sacca P, Meiss R, Casas G, Mazza O, Calvo JC, Navone N, Vazquez E. Nuclear translocation of haeme oxygenase-1 is associated to prostate cancer. Br J Cancer 2007; 97:1683-9. [PMID: 18026199 PMCID: PMC2360287 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The role of oxidative stress in prostate cancer has been increasingly recognised. Acute and chronic inflammations generate reactive oxygen species that result in damage to cellular structures. Haeme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has cytoprotective effects against oxidative damage. We hypothesise that modulation of HO-1 expression may be involved in the process of prostate carcinogenesis and prostate cancer progression. We thus studied HO-1 expression and localisation in 85 samples of organ-confined primary prostate cancer obtained via radical prostatectomy (Gleason grades 4–9) and in 39 specimens of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). We assessed HO-1 expression by immunohistochemical staining. No significant difference was observed in the cytoplasmic positive reactivity among tumours (84%), non-neoplastic surrounding parenchyma (89%), or BPH samples (87%) (P=0.53). Haeme oxygenase-1 immunostaining was detected in the nuclei of prostate cancer cells in 55 of 85 (65%) patients but less often in non-neoplastic surrounding parenchyma (30 of 85, 35%) or in BPH (9 of 39, 23%) (P<0.0001). Immunocytochemical and western blot analysis showed HO-1 only in the cytoplasmic compartment of PC3 and LNCaP prostate cancer cell lines. Treatment with hemin, a well-known specific inducer of HO-1, led to clear nuclear localisation of HO-1 in both cell lines and highly induced HO-1 expression in both cellular compartments. These findings have demonstrated, for the first time, that HO-1 expression and nuclear localisation can define a new subgroup of prostate cancer primary tumours and that the modulation of HO-1 expression and its nuclear translocation could represent new avenues for therapy.
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- P Sacca
- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, CONICET, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
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Liu X, Simpson JA, Brunt KR, Ward CA, Hall SRR, Kinobe RT, Barrette V, Tse MY, Pang SC, Pachori AS, Dzau VJ, Ogunyankin KO, Melo LG. Preemptive heme oxygenase-1 gene delivery reveals reduced mortality and preservation of left ventricular function 1 yr after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H48-59. [PMID: 17322421 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00741.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We reported previously that predelivery of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene to the heart by adeno-associated virus-2 (AAV-2) markedly reduces ischemia and reperfusion (I/R)-induced myocardial injury. However, the effect of preemptive HO-1 gene delivery on long-term survival and prevention of postinfarction heart failure has not been determined. We assessed the effect of HO-1 gene delivery on long-term survival, myocardial function, and left ventricular (LV) remodeling 1 yr after myocardial infarction (MI) using echocardiographic imaging, pressure-volume (PV) analysis, and histomorphometric approaches. Two groups of Lewis rats were injected with 2 x 10(11) particles of AAV-LacZ (control) or AAV-human HO-1 (hHO-1) in the anterior-posterior apical region of the LV wall. Six weeks after gene transfer, animals were subjected to 30 min of ischemia by ligation of the left anterior descending artery followed by reperfusion. Echocardiographic measurements and PV analysis of LV function were obtained at 2 wk and 12 mo after I/R. One year after acute MI, mortality was markedly reduced in the HO-1-treated animals compared with the LacZ-treated animals. PV analysis demonstrated significantly enhanced LV developed pressure, elevated maximal dP/dt, and lower end-diastolic volume in the HO-1 animals compared with the LacZ animals. Echocardiography showed a larger apical anterior-to-posterior wall ratio in HO-1 animals compared with LacZ animals. Morphometric analysis revealed extensive myocardial scarring and fibrosis in the infarcted LV area of LacZ animals, which was reduced by 62% in HO-1 animals. These results suggest that preemptive HO-1 gene delivery may be useful as a therapeutic strategy to reduce post-MI LV remodeling and heart failure.
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- Xiaoli Liu
- Department of Physiology, Botterell Hall, Queen's University, 18 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Li Volti G, Rodella LF, Di Giacomo C, Rezzani R, Bianchi R, Borsani E, Gazzolo D, Motterlini R. Role of carbon monoxide and biliverdin in renal ischemia/reperfusion injury. Nephron Clin Pract 2006; 104:e135-9. [PMID: 16902317 DOI: 10.1159/000094964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Heme oxygenase (HO) isoforms catalyze the conversion of heme to carbon monoxide (CO) and biliverdin/bilirubin with a concurrent release of iron. There is strong evidence that HO activity and products play a major role in renoprotection, however the exact molecular mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects exerted by this pathway are not fully understood. This review is aimed at illustrating the possible mechanism/s by which HO is renoprotective in the context of ischemia/reperfusion. We will first analyze the effects of exogenous administration of bilirubin/biliverdin and CO and then describe their biological activities once generated endogenously following stimulation of the HO pathway by either pharmacological means or gene targeting-mediated approaches.
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- G Li Volti
- Division of Human Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
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Ryter SW, Alam J, Choi AMK. Heme oxygenase-1/carbon monoxide: from basic science to therapeutic applications. Physiol Rev 2006; 86:583-650. [PMID: 16601269 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00011.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1749] [Impact Index Per Article: 97.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The heme oxygenases, which consist of constitutive and inducible isozymes (HO-1, HO-2), catalyze the rate-limiting step in the metabolic conversion of heme to the bile pigments (i.e., biliverdin and bilirubin) and thus constitute a major intracellular source of iron and carbon monoxide (CO). In recent years, endogenously produced CO has been shown to possess intriguing signaling properties affecting numerous critical cellular functions including but not limited to inflammation, cellular proliferation, and apoptotic cell death. The era of gaseous molecules in biomedical research and human diseases initiated with the discovery that the endothelial cell-derived relaxing factor was identical to the gaseous molecule nitric oxide (NO). The discovery that endogenously produced gaseous molecules such as NO and now CO can impart potent physiological and biological effector functions truly represented a paradigm shift and unraveled new avenues of intense investigations. This review covers the molecular and biochemical characterization of HOs, with a discussion on the mechanisms of signal transduction and gene regulation that mediate the induction of HO-1 by environmental stress. Furthermore, the current understanding of the functional significance of HO shall be discussed from the perspective of each of the metabolic by-products, with a special emphasis on CO. Finally, this presentation aspires to lay a foundation for potential future clinical applications of these systems.
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- Stefan W Ryter
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Leffler CW, Parfenova H, Jaggar JH, Wang R. Carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide: gaseous messengers in cerebrovascular circulation. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 100:1065-76. [PMID: 16467393 PMCID: PMC1363746 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00793.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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This review focuses on two gaseous cellular messenger molecules, CO and H2S, that are involved in cerebrovascular flow regulation. CO is a dilatory mediator in active hyperemia, autoregulation, hypoxic dilation, and counteracting vasoconstriction. It is produced from heme by a constitutively expressed enzyme [heme oxygenase (HO)-2] expressed highly in the brain and by an inducible enzyme (HO-1). CO production is regulated by controlling substrate availability, HO-2 catalytic activity, and HO-1 expression. CO dilates arterioles by binding to heme that is bound to large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels. This binding elevates channel Ca2+ sensitivity, that increases coupling of Ca2+ sparks to large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel openings and, thereby, hyperpolarizes the vascular smooth muscle. In addition to dilating blood vessels, CO can either inhibit or accentuate vascular cell proliferation and apoptosis, depending on conditions. H2S may also function as a cerebrovascular dilator. It is produced in vascular smooth muscle cells by hydrolysis of l-cysteine catalyzed by cystathione gamma-lyase (CSE). H2S dilates arterioles at physiologically relevant concentrations via activation of ATP-sensitive K+ channels. In addition to dilating blood vessels, H2S promotes apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells and inhibits proliferation-associated vascular remodeling. Thus both CO and H2S modulate the function and the structure of circulatory system. Both the HO-CO and CSE-H2S systems have potential to interact with NO and prostanoids in the cerebral circulation. Much of the physiology and biochemistry of HO-CO and CSE-H2S in the cerebral circulation remains open for exploration.
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- Charles W Leffler
- Dept. of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 894 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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Wu L, Wang R. Carbon Monoxide: Endogenous Production, Physiological Functions, and Pharmacological Applications. Pharmacol Rev 2005; 57:585-630. [PMID: 16382109 DOI: 10.1124/pr.57.4.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 648] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Over the last decade, studies have unraveled many aspects of endogenous production and physiological functions of carbon monoxide (CO). The majority of endogenous CO is produced in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme heme oxygenase (HO). Inducible HO (HO-1) and constitutive HO (HO-2) are mostly recognized for their roles in the oxidation of heme and production of CO and biliverdin, whereas the biological function of the third HO isoform, HO-3, is still unclear. The tissue type-specific distribution of these HO isoforms is largely linked to the specific biological actions of CO on different systems. CO functions as a signaling molecule in the neuronal system, involving the regulation of neurotransmitters and neuropeptide release, learning and memory, and odor response adaptation and many other neuronal activities. The vasorelaxant property and cardiac protection effect of CO have been documented. A plethora of studies have also shown the importance of the roles of CO in the immune, respiratory, reproductive, gastrointestinal, kidney, and liver systems. Our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the production and mediate the physiological actions of CO has greatly advanced. Many diseases, including neurodegenerations, hypertension, heart failure, and inflammation, have been linked to the abnormality in CO metabolism and function. Enhancement of endogenous CO production and direct delivery of exogenous CO have found their applications in many health research fields and clinical settings. Future studies will further clarify the gasotransmitter role of CO, provide insight into the pathogenic mechanisms of many CO abnormality-related diseases, and pave the way for innovative preventive and therapeutic strategies based on the physiologic effects of CO.
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- Lingyun Wu
- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd., Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1
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Li Volti G. Letter regarding article by Hu et al, "heme oxygenase-1 inhibits angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy in vitro and in vivo". Circulation 2005; 111:e100; author reply e100. [PMID: 15710770 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000155250.27345.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Campisi A, Caccamo D, Li Volti G, Currò M, Parisi G, Avola R, Vanella A, Ientile R. Glutamate-evoked redox state alterations are involved in tissue transglutaminase upregulation in primary astrocyte cultures. FEBS Lett 2004; 578:80-4. [PMID: 15581620 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2004] [Revised: 10/04/2004] [Accepted: 10/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the involvement of oxidative stress in glutamate-evoked transglutaminase (TGase) upregulation in astrocyte cultures (14 DIV). A 24 h exposure to glutamate caused a dose-dependent depletion of glutathione intracellular content and increased the ROS production in cell cultures. These effects were receptor-mediated, as demonstrated by inhibition with GYKI 52466. The pre-incubation with glutathione ethyl ester or cysteamine recovered oxidative status and was effective in significantly reducing glutamate-increased tissue TGase. These data suggest that tissue TGase upregulation may be part of a biochemical response to oxidative stress induced by a prolonged exposure of astrocyte cultures to glutamate.
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- A Campisi
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Catania, V.le A. Doria, 6, 95100 Catania, Italy
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