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Different susceptibility of prefrontal cortex and hippocampus to oxidative stress following chronic social isolation stress. Mol Cell Biochem 2014; 393:43-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s11010-014-2045-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Main PAE, Thomas P, Esterman A, Fenech MF. Necrosis is increased in lymphoblastoid cell lines from children with autism compared with their non-autistic siblings under conditions of oxidative and nitrosative stress. Mutagenesis 2014; 28:475-84. [PMID: 23766106 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/get025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental conditions characterised by impairments in reciprocal social interaction, communication and stereotyped behaviours. As increased DNA damage events have been observed in a range of other neurological disorders, it was hypothesised that they would be elevated in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) obtained from children with autism compared with their non-autistic siblings. Six case-sibling pairs of LCLs from children with autistic disorder and their non-autistic siblings were obtained from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (AGRE) and cultured in standard RPMI-1640 tissue culture medium. Cells were exposed to medium containing either 0, 25, 50, 100 and 200 µM hydrogen peroxide (an oxidative stressor) or 0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 µM s-nitroprusside (a nitric oxide producer) for 1h. Following exposure, the cells were microscopically scored for DNA damage, cytostasis and cytotoxicity biomarkers as measured using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay. Necrosis was significantly increased in cases relative to controls when exposed to oxidative and nitrosative stress (P = 0.001 and 0.01, respectively). Nuclear division index was significantly lower in LCLs from children with autistic disorder than their non-autistic siblings when exposed to hydrogen peroxide (P = 0.016), but there was no difference in apoptosis, micronucleus frequency, nucleoplasmic bridges or nuclear buds. Exposure to s-nitroprusside significantly increased the number of micronuclei in non-autistic siblings compared with cases (P = 0.003); however, other DNA damage biomarkers, apoptosis and nuclear division did not differ significantly between groups. The findings of this study show (i) that LCLs from children with autism are more sensitive to necrosis under conditions of oxidative and nitrosative stress than their non-autistic siblings and (ii) refutes the hypothesis that children with autistic disorder are abnormally susceptible to DNA damage.
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- Penelope A E Main
- Sansom Institute of Health Research, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
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Modulation of glutathione intracellular levels alters the spontaneous proliferation of lymphocyte from HTLV-1 infected patients. Immunobiology 2013; 218:1166-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2013.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Willems P, Wanschers BFJ, Esseling J, Szklarczyk R, Kudla U, Duarte I, Forkink M, Nooteboom M, Swarts H, Gloerich J, Nijtmans L, Koopman W, Huynen MA. BOLA1 is an aerobic protein that prevents mitochondrial morphology changes induced by glutathione depletion. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:129-38. [PMID: 22746225 PMCID: PMC3513987 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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AIMS The BolA protein family is widespread among eukaryotes and bacteria. In Escherichia coli, BolA causes a spherical cell shape and is overexpressed during oxidative stress. Here we aim to elucidate the possible role of its human homolog BOLA1 in mitochondrial morphology and thiol redox potential regulation. RESULTS We show that BOLA1 is a mitochondrial protein that counterbalances the effect of L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine (BSO)-induced glutathione (GSH) depletion on the mitochondrial thiol redox potential. Furthermore, overexpression of BOLA1 nullifies the effect of BSO and S-nitrosocysteine on mitochondrial morphology. Conversely, knockdown of the BOLA1 gene increases the oxidation of mitochondrial thiol groups. Supporting a role of BOLA1 in controlling the mitochondrial thiol redox potential is that BOLA1 orthologs only occur in aerobic eukaryotes. A measured interaction of BOLA1 with the mitochondrial monothiol glutaredoxin GLRX5 provides hints for potential mechanisms behind BOLA1's effect on mitochondrial redox potential. Nevertheless, we have no direct evidence for a role of GLRX5 in BOLA1's function. INNOVATION We implicate a new protein, BOLA1, in the regulation of the mitochondrial thiol redox potential. CONCLUSION BOLA1 is an aerobic, mitochondrial protein that prevents mitochondrial morphology aberrations induced by GSH depletion and reduces the associated oxidative shift of the mitochondrial thiol redox potential.
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- Peter Willems
- Department of Biochemistry, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Djukic MM, Jovanovic MD, Ninkovic M, Stevanovic I, Ilic K, Curcic M, Vekic J. Protective role of glutathione reductase in paraquat induced neurotoxicity. Chem Biol Interact 2012; 199:74-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2012.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 05/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Marra M, Sordelli IM, Lombardi A, Lamberti M, Tarantino L, Giudice A, Stiuso P, Abbruzzese A, Sperlongano R, Accardo M, Agresti M, Caraglia M, Sperlongano P. Molecular targets and oxidative stress biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma: an overview. J Transl Med 2011; 9:171. [PMID: 21985599 PMCID: PMC3213217 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a complex and heterogeneous tumor with multiple genetic aberrations. Several molecular pathways involved in the regulation of proliferation and cell death are implicated in the hepatocarcinogenesis. The major etiological factors for HCC are both hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus infection (HCV). Continuous oxidative stress, which results from the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by environmental factors or cellular mitochondrial dysfunction, has recently been associated with hepatocarcinogenesis. On the other hand, a distinctive pathological hallmark of HCC is a dramatic down-regulation of oxido-reductive enzymes that constitute the most important free radical scavenger systems represented by catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. The multikinase inhibitor sorafenib represents the most promising target agent that has undergone extensive investigation up to phase III clinical trials in patients with advanced HCC. The combination with other target-based agents could potentiate the clinical benefits obtained by sorafenib alone. In fact, a phase II multicenter study has demonstrated that the combination between sorafenib and octreotide LAR (So.LAR protocol) was active and well tolerated in advanced HCC patients. The detection of molecular factors predictive of response to anti-cancer agents such as sorafenib and the identification of mechanisms of resistance to anti-cancer agents may probably represent the direction to improve the treatment of HCC.
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- Monica Marra
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Special Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Departement of Experimental Medicine, Sezione di Medicina del lavoro, Igiene e Tossicologia Industriale, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Interventional US Unit, Department of Medicine, S. Giovanni di Dio Hospital, 80059 Torre del Greco (Naples), Italy
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- Animal Facility Unit, National Institute of Tumours "Fondazione G. Pascale" of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Special Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Morphopathology, II University Naples, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Special Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Special Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Demirbilek ME, Demirbilek M, Karahaliloğlu Z, Erdal E, Vural T, Yalçın E, Sağlam N, Denkbaş EB. Oxidative Stress Parameters of L929 Cells Cultured on Plasma-Modified PDLLA Scaffolds. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2011; 164:780-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Tebbi A, Guittet O, Cottet MH, Vesin MF, Lepoivre M. TAp73 induction by nitric oxide: regulation by checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1) and protection against apoptosis. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:7873-7884. [PMID: 21212274 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.184879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent activator of the p53 tumor suppressor protein, thereby inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. However, little is known about the regulation of the two other p53-family members, p63 and p73, by nitrogen oxides. We report here an up-regulation of p73 by NO in p53-null K-562 leukemia cells. Chemical NO prodrugs or macrophage iNOS activity induced an accumulation of the TAp73α isoform in these cells, whereas macrophages from iNOS(-/-) mice did not. NO also up-regulated TAp73 mRNA expression, suggesting a transcriptional regulation. The checkpoint kinases Chk1 and Chk2 can regulate TAp73 induction after DNA damage. We show that these kinases were rapidly phosphorylated upon NO treatment. Genetic silencing or pharmacological inhibition of Chk1 impaired NO-mediated accumulation of TAp73α. Because NO is known to block DNA synthesis through ribonucleotide reductase inhibition, the up-regulation of TAp73α might be caused by DNA damage induced by an arrest of DNA replication forks. In support of this hypothesis, DNA replication inhibitors such as hydroxyurea and aphidicolin similarly enhanced TAp73α expression and Chk1 phosphorylation. Moreover, inhibition of Chk1 also prevented TAp73α accumulation in response to replication inhibitors. The knockdown of TAp73 with siRNA sensitized K-562 cells to apoptosis induced by a nitrosative (NO) or oxidative (H(2)O(2)) injury. Therefore, TAp73α has an unusual cytoprotective role in K-562 cells, contrasting with its pro-apoptotic functions in many other cell models. In conclusion, NO up-regulates several p53 family members displaying pro- and anti-apoptotic effects, suggesting a complex network of interactions and cross-regulations between NO production and p53-related proteins.
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- Ali Tebbi
- From the Université Paris-Sud, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics, UMR 8619, F-91405 Orsay, France,; CNRS, F-91405 Orsay, France, and; the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- From the Université Paris-Sud, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics, UMR 8619, F-91405 Orsay, France,; CNRS, F-91405 Orsay, France, and
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- From the Université Paris-Sud, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics, UMR 8619, F-91405 Orsay, France,; CNRS, F-91405 Orsay, France, and
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- From the Université Paris-Sud, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics, UMR 8619, F-91405 Orsay, France,; CNRS, F-91405 Orsay, France, and
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- From the Université Paris-Sud, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics, UMR 8619, F-91405 Orsay, France,; CNRS, F-91405 Orsay, France, and.
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Gragnani A, Rossi MB, Albuquerque JCM, Brito GSS, Aloise AC, Ferreira LM. Keratinocyte growth factor protected cultured human keratinocytes exposed to oxidative stress. Acta Cir Bras 2010; 25:93-7. [PMID: 20126895 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-86502010000100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 11/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate effects of oxidative stress and supplementation of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) on cultivated human keratinocytes. METHODS Oxidative stress was produced through addition of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) to the culture medium. Cultivated human keratinocytes were divided in 4 groups: Group control (G C), Group KGF (G KGF), Group H(2)O(2) (G H(2)O(2)), Group H(2)O(2) and KGF (G H(2)O(2)-KGF). Each experiment was accomplished with the same lineage cultivated keratinocytes, in triplicate. Cell viability was evaluated by trypan blue exclusion assay. RESULTS The results showed that the culture medium supplemented with KGF presented a small rate of cell viability when compared to cells only in culture medium (p<0,001). It demonstrated that only the growth factor does not have protector effects for cells in vitro. However, in front of the oxidative stress produced by addition of hydrogen peroxide to the medium, KGF showed a beneficial effect, protecting cells when compared to the group that suffered hydrogen peroxide action but had not been exposed to KGF (p<0,001). CONCLUSION KGF determined protection to the primary human keratinocytes exposed to oxidative stress.
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Kim GN, Jang HD. Protective mechanism of quercetin and rutin using glutathione metabolism on HO-induced oxidative stress in HepG2 cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1171:530-7. [PMID: 19723100 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04690.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The levels of cellular glutathione (GSH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) simultaneously determined by fluorometric measurement, may provide important information on pro-oxidative and antioxidative balance. The dual effect of quercetin antioxidant and pro-oxidant activity was proposed from different studies. Our study demonstrated that quercetin acted as an antioxidant in HepG2 cells when cells were treated with 10 and 100 micromol/L quercetin for 30 min, but quercetin acted as a pro-oxidant when cells were incubated at 100 micromol/L quercetin for longer periods (12 and 24 h). Quercetin is capable of reducing H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress of HepG2 cells through different mechanisms, such as detoxification of H(2)O(2,) inhibition of ROS generation, and removal of generated ROS. We find that quercetin can block ROS generation through Fenton reaction to produce hydroxyl radicals by chelating with transition metal ions such as Cu(2+). Evidence that quercetin might exert an antioxidant effect by changing generated ROS into less reactive ROS suggests that when quercetin reacts with ROS, it becomes oxidized, which is less harmful but still reactive, and the oxidized quercetin interacts with thiol compounds as reduced GSH to return to the parent compound quercetin. In contrast, the prolonged treatment of quercetin in high concentrations (100 micromol/L) shows that quercetin may act as a pro-oxidant rather than as an antioxidant, resulting in cell death (apoptosis).
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- Gyo-Nam Kim
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea
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Gumieniczek A, Wilk M. Nitrosative stress and glutathione redox system in four different tissues of alloxan-induced hyperglycemic animals. Toxicol Mech Methods 2009; 19:302-7. [DOI: 10.1080/15376510902839762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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James SJ, Rose S, Melnyk S, Jernigan S, Blossom S, Pavliv O, Gaylor DW. Cellular and mitochondrial glutathione redox imbalance in lymphoblastoid cells derived from children with autism. FASEB J 2009; 23:2374-83. [PMID: 19307255 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-128926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Research into the metabolic phenotype of autism has been relatively unexplored despite the fact that metabolic abnormalities have been implicated in the pathophysiology of several other neurobehavioral disorders. Plasma biomarkers of oxidative stress have been reported in autistic children; however, intracellular redox status has not yet been evaluated. Lymphoblastoid cells (LCLs) derived from autistic children and unaffected controls were used to assess relative concentrations of reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized disulfide glutathione (GSSG) in cell extracts and isolated mitochondria as a measure of intracellular redox capacity. The results indicated that the GSH/GSSG redox ratio was decreased and percentage oxidized glutathione increased in both cytosol and mitochondria in the autism LCLs. Exposure to oxidative stress via the sulfhydryl reagent thimerosal resulted in a greater decrease in the GSH/GSSG ratio and increase in free radical generation in autism compared to control cells. Acute exposure to physiological levels of nitric oxide decreased mitochondrial membrane potential to a greater extent in the autism LCLs, although GSH/GSSG and ATP concentrations were similarly decreased in both cell lines. These results suggest that the autism LCLs exhibit a reduced glutathione reserve capacity in both cytosol and mitochondria that may compromise antioxidant defense and detoxification capacity under prooxidant conditions.
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- S Jill James
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, 1120 Marshall St., Little Rock, AR 72202, USA.
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Pirev E, Calles C, Schroeder P, Sies H, Kröncke KD. Ultraviolet-A irradiation but not ultraviolet-B or infrared-A irradiation leads to a disturbed zinc homeostasis in cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:86-91. [PMID: 18454944 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Changes of the redox balance in cells alter the availability of intracellular free Zn(2+). Here, cells were exposed to ultraviolet (UV)-A, UV-B, or infrared (IR)-A light irradiation, and the intracellular free zinc pool was monitored. Under sublethal conditions only UV-A irradiation resulted in a transient cytoplasmic and nuclear increase of intracellular free Zn(2+). Likewise, tert-butyl hydroperoxide and singlet oxygen, but not H(2)O(2) or intracellular generation of O(2)(*-) by redox cyclers, mimicked the effects of UV-A irradiation, while disulfide stress by diamide only led to a transient cytoplasmic zinc release. These results show that only certain types of subtoxic cellular stress massively disturb the zinc homeostasis in cells.
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- Elvis Pirev
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Kim GS, Kim DH, Lim JJ, Lee JJ, Han DY, Lee WM, Jung WC, Min WG, Won CG, Rhee MH, Lee HJ, Kim S. Biological and Antibacterial Activities of the Natural Herb Houttuynia cordata Water Extract against the Intracellular Bacterial Pathogen Salmonella within the RAW 264.7 Macrophage. Biol Pharm Bull 2008; 31:2012-7. [DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Gon Sup Kim
- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
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- Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University
- Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University
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Leautaud V, Demple B. Regulation of heme oxygenase-1 mRNA deadenylation and turnover in NIH3T3 cells by nitrosative or alkylation stress. BMC Mol Biol 2007; 8:116. [PMID: 18096048 PMCID: PMC2246143 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-8-116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) catalizes heme degradation, and is considered one of the most sensitive indicators of cellular stress. Previous work in human fibroblasts has shown that HO-1 expression is induced by NO, and that transcriptional induction is only partially responsible; instead, the HO-1 mRNA half-life is substantially increased in response to NO. The mechanism of this stabilization remains unknown. Results In NIH3T3 murine fibroblasts, NO exposure increased the half-life of the HO-1 transcript from ~1.6 h to 11 h, while treatments with CdCl2, NaAsO2 or H2O2 increased the half-life only up to 5 h. Although poly(A) tail shortening can be rate-limiting in mRNA degradation, the HO-1 mRNA deadenylation rate in NO-treated cells was ~65% of that in untreated controls. In untreated cells, HO-1 poly(A) removal proceeded until 30–50 nt remained, followed by rapid mRNA decay. In NO-treated cells, HO-1 deadenylation stopped with the mRNA retaining poly(A) tails 30–50 nt long. We hypothesize that NO treatment stops poly(A) tail shortening at the critical 30- to 50-nt length. This is not a general mechanism for the post-transcriptional regulation of HO-1 mRNA. Methyl methane sulfonate also stabilized HO-1 mRNA, but that was associated with an 8-fold decrease in the deadenylation rate compared to that of untreated cells. Another HO-1 inducer, CdCl2, caused a strong increase in the mRNA level without affecting the HO-1 mRNA half-life. Conclusion The regulation of HO-1 mRNA levels in response to cellular stress can be induced by transcriptional and different post-transcriptional events that act independently, and vary depending on the stress inducer. While NO appears to stabilize HO-1 mRNA by preventing the final steps of deadenylation, methyl methane sulfonate achieves stabilization through the regulation of earlier stages of deadenylation.
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- Veronica Leautaud
- Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kwiecień I, Rokita H, Lorenc-Koci E, Sokolowska M, Włodek L. The effect of modulation of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and nitric oxide synthase activity on GSH homeostasis in HepG2 cells. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2007; 21:95-103. [PMID: 17227450 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2006.00458.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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High glutathione (GSH) level and elevated gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gammaGT) activity are hallmarks of tumor cells. Toxicity of drugs and radiation to the cells is largely dependent on the level of thiols. In the present studies, we attempted to inhibit gammaGT activity in human hepatoblastoma (HepG2) cells to examine whether the administration of gammaGT inhibitors, acivicin (AC) and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (TIQ) influences cell proliferation and enhances cytostatic action of doxorubicin (DOX) and cisplatin (CP) on HepG2 cells. The effects of these inhibitors were determined by 1-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-3,5-diphenylformazan (MTT), BrdU and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) tests and by estimation of GSH level. Additionally, we investigated the changes in caspase-3 activity, which is a marker of apoptosis. The obtained results showed that the gammaGT inhibitors introduced to the medium alone elicited cytotoxic effect, which was accompanied by an increase in GSH level in the cells. TIQ concomitantly increased caspase-3 activity. Doxorubicin and CP proved to be cytotoxic, and both inhibitors augmented this effect. As well DOX as CP radically decreased GSH levels, whereas gammaGT inhibitors had diverse effects. Therefore, the obtained results confirm that gammaGT inhibitors can enhance pharmacological action of DOX and CP, which may permit clinicians to decrease their doses thereby alleviating side effects. Aminoguanidine (nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) given alone was little cytotoxic to HepG2 cells, while its introduction to the medium together with DOX and CP significantly increased their cytotoxicity. Aminoguanidine on its own did not show any effect on GSH level in HepG2 cells, but markedly and significantly elevated its concentration when added in combination with CP but not with DOX. This indicates that when CP was used as a cytostatic, GSH level rose after treatment with its combination with both AC and aminoguanidine.
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- Inga Kwiecień
- Medical Biochemistry Department, Collegium Medium, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Nishida H, Ichikawa H, Konishi T. Shengmai-san Enhances Antioxidant Potential in C2C12 Myoblasts Through the Induction of Intracellular Glutathione Peroxidase. J Pharmacol Sci 2007; 105:342-52. [DOI: 10.1254/jphs.fp0071371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Santos-Silva MC, Freitas MSD, Assreuy J. Involvement of NF-κB and glutathione in cytotoxic effects of nitric oxide and taxol on human leukemia cells. Leuk Res 2006; 30:145-52. [PMID: 16076490 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 06/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to be cytotoxic for normal and transformed cell lines. One of the intracellular targets for NO action is glutathione (GSH). GSH determinates cellular redox potential and modulates several biological events. During oxidative and nitrosative stress, glutathione system imbalance is associated with the upregulation of gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (gamma-GCS) expression, which is mediated by nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB). Our previous studies demonstrated a cytotoxic effect of NO and taxol on human lymphoblastic leukemia cells triggered by inhibition of NF-kappaB activity. In this study, we have demonstrated the involvement of GSH in taxol- and NO-induced cytotoxic effects on human CEM leukemia cells. NO- and taxol-induced a depletion of GSH levels in CEM cells, which was potentialized by l-buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (BSO), an inhibitor of gamma-GCS. BSO induced an increase in nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB. However, when cells were treated with NO or taxol in association with BSO, these compounds inhibited the constitutive activity of NF-kappaB. These results suggest that oxidative and nitrosative damage in lymphoblastic leukemia cells shall be mediated by NO- and taxol-induced GSH depletion as a consequence of preventing GSH synthesis.
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- Maria Cláudia Santos-Silva
- Department of Clinical Analysis, Center of Health Sciences, Center of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88049-900, Brazil.
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Serrano MC, Pagani R, Peña J, Portolés MT. Transitory oxidative stress in L929 fibroblasts cultured on poly(ε-caprolactone) films. Biomaterials 2005; 26:5827-34. [PMID: 15949548 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2004] [Accepted: 02/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) is considered as a potential substrate for wide medical applications. In previous studies we carried out the in vitro biocompatibility assessment of PCL films using L929 mouse fibroblasts, obtaining good cell behaviour but a transitory stimulation of mitochondrial activity and cell retraction. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), mainly formed in mitochondria, can impair the function of several cellular components and produce cell oxidative stress by changing the normal red-ox status of the major cell antioxidants as glutathione. The aim of this study was to measure intracellular ROS production and glutathione content of L929 fibroblasts cultured on PCL films. Cell size, internal complexity, cell cycle and lactate dehydrogenase release were also evaluated. The films were treated with NaOH before culture to improve the cell-polymer interaction. PCL induces a transitory but significant oxidative stress in L929 fibroblasts. The treatment of PCL films with NaOH reduces this effect. PCL also induces transitory changes on cell size and complexity. Nevertheless, after 7 days in culture, cells reach control levels for all the studied parameters. Neither cell cycle nor membrane integrity appears affected by this oxidative stress respect to control cells at any culture time. These results underline the cytocompatibility of PCL films and, therefore, its potential utility as a suitable scaffold in tissue engineering.
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- M Concepción Serrano
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Complutense, 28040-Madrid, Spain
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Cho HY, Cho CW, Song YS. Antioxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Saururus chinensis Methanol Extract in RAW 264.7 Macrophages. J Med Food 2005; 8:190-7. [PMID: 16117611 DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2005.8.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Natural products are known to be sources of bioactive components exerting antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities. We evaluated the suppressive effects of the methanol extract (0-45 microg/mL) of the aerial parts of Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill (Saururaceae) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated nitric oxide (NO) production and oxidative stress buildup in the RAW 264.7 murine macrophages. Treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with S. chinensis methanol extract (SME) significantly reduced LPS-stimulated NO production in a concentration-dependent manner. Treatment with SME reduced thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances accumulation and enhanced glutathione levels and activities of antioxidative enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase, in LPS-stimulated macrophages compared with LPS-only treated cells. Expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA was also suppressed in SMEtreated cells. The specific DNA binding activities of nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) on nuclear extracts from SME-treated cells were significantly suppressed. These results suggest that SME has antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities by enhancing antioxidative defense systems and suppressing NO production via the down-regulation of iNOS expression and NFkappaB activity.
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- Hye-Yeon Cho
- School of Food and Life Science, Biohealth Products Research Center and Food Science Institute, Korea
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Park JY, Cho HY, Kim JK, Noh KH, Yang JR, Ahn JM, Lee MO, Song YS. Chlorella dichloromethane extract ameliorates NO production and iNOS expression through the down-regulation of NFκB activity mediated by suppressed oxidative stress in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Clin Chim Acta 2005; 351:185-96. [PMID: 15563889 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2004.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2004] [Revised: 09/20/2004] [Accepted: 09/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND It has been proposed that chlorella extracts have antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects. METHODS RAW 264.7 murine macrophage cell line was preincubated with various concentrations (0-100 mug/ml) of chlorella dichloromethane extract (CDE) and stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to induce oxidative stress and inflammation. RESULTS Treatments of CDE reduced thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) accumulation, enhancing glutathione level and activities of antioxidative enzymes including superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-px), and glutathione reductase in LPS-stimulated macrophages than LPS-only treated cells. Nitric oxide (NO) production was significantly suppressed in a dose-dependent manner (p<0.05) with an IC(50) of 30.5 microg/ml. Treatment of CDE at 50 microg/ml suppressed NO production to 6% of LPS-control. Treatment with CDE suppressed the levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) protein and mRNA expressions. The specific DNA binding activities of nuclear factor kappa B (NF kappa B) on nuclear extracts from CDE treatments were significantly suppressed with an IC(50) of 62.7 mug/ml in a dose-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS CDE ameliorates NO production and iNOS expression through the down-regulation of NF kappa B activity, which may be mediated by attenuated oxidative stress in RAW 264.7 macrophages.
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- Ji-Young Park
- School of Food and Life Science, Biohealth Product Research Center and Food Science Institute, Inje University, 607 Obang-dong, Kimhae 621-749, South Korea
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Yeh LH, Alayash AI. Effects of cell-free hemoglobin on hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1alpha) and heme oxygenase (HO-1) expressions in endothelial cells subjected to hypoxia. Antioxid Redox Signal 2004; 6:944-53. [PMID: 15548892 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2004.6.944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We have investigated the impact of diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DBBF-Hb), a blood substitute, on cell signaling pathways that are modulated in part by biological peroxides (i.e., hydrogen peroxide, lipid peroxide, and peroxynitrite). Bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) subjected to hypoxia expressed hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF-1alpha) in a time course that paralleled the expressions of heme oxygenase (HO-1). Co-incubation of the oxy form (HbFe(2+)) with hypoxic BAECs resulted in an increase in the expression of HIF-1alpha in a manner that corresponded linearly with the decay of HbFe(2+) and accumulation of the ferric form (HbFe(3+)). Inclusion of HbFe(3+) with hypoxic BAECs produced twice as much expression in the HIF-1alpha and HO-1 proteins as opposed to HbFe(2+) alone, or HbFe(2+) plus hypoxia. In addition, higher and more persistent levels of the ferryl form (HbFe(4+)), due to the consumption of endogenous peroxides, were found in the hypoxic media containing hemoglobin. Nitric oxide (NO) released from an NO donor reduced the levels of HIF-1alpha in the hypoxic cells treated with either HbFe(2+) or HbFe(3+), but had little or no effect on the levels of HO-1. DBBF-Hb modulates key cell-signaling pathways by competing with peroxides required for the deactivation of HIF-1alpha, which may modulate important physiological mediators.
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- Li-Hong Yeh
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Vascular Biology, Division of Hematology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Song YS, Choi CY, Suh H, Song YO. 3-(4′-hydroxyl-3′, 5′-dimethoxyphenyl) Propionic Acid Suppresses NO Production and Elevates GSH Levels in Murine Macrophages. Prev Nutr Food Sci 2004. [DOI: 10.3746/jfn.2004.9.3.270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Saeij JPJ, van Muiswinkel WB, van de Meent M, Amaral C, Wiegertjes GF. Different capacities of carp leukocytes to encounter nitric oxide-mediated stress: a role for the intracellular reduced glutathione pool. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 27:555-568. [PMID: 12697312 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(02)00158-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Carp head kidney (HK) phagocytes can be stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to produce nitric oxide (NO). High production of NO can suppress the carp immune system. Carp peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL) are highly susceptible but HK phagocytes are relatively resistant to the immunosuppressive effects of NO. This study demonstrates that the antioxidant glutathione plays an important role in the protection against nitrosative stress. Carp HK phagocytes, especially the neutrophilic granulocytes, contain higher levels of glutathione than PBL. Moreover, freshly isolated carp neutrophilic granulocytes have higher mRNA levels than PBL of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (gamma-GCS). Since these molecules are part of the glutathione redox cycle, neutrophilic granulocytes have a higher capacity than PBL to maintain glutathione in a reduced state following nitrosative stress. When stimulated with LPS, neutrophilic granulocytes upregulate the expression of G6PD, MnSOD and gamma-GCS.
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- Jeroen P J Saeij
- Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Sahoo R, Sengupta R, Ghosh S. Nitrosative stress on yeast: inhibition of glyoxalase-I and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in the presence of GSNO. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 302:665-70. [PMID: 12646220 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00251-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Under nitrosative stressed condition intracellular GSNO accumulation is common to all cell types. Conserved NADH-dependent GSNO reductase was reported previously as an important cellular protective measure against this. In spite of the constitutive nature of the enzyme, we observed in vivo inactivation of two important enzymes-glyoxalase-I and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase under 5 mM GSNO stress in two budding yeasts, though with difference in their sensitivity. Former was more susceptible to inactivation in in vitro condition, too. In this study, we explored the competitive nature of yeast glyoxalase-I inhibition by GSNO. GSNO actually competes with GSH substrate-binding site of the enzyme.
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- Rupam Sahoo
- Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, Calcutta University, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, India
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Huseby NE, Asare N, Wetting S, Mikkelsen IM, Mortensen B, Wellman M. Role of gamma-glutamyltransferase in the homeostasis of glutathione during oxidative and nitrosative stress. Biofactors 2003; 17:151-60. [PMID: 12897437 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520170115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- N-E Huseby
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Tromsø, Norway
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Howe D, Barrows LF, Lindstrom NM, Heinzen RA. Nitric oxide inhibits Coxiella burnetii replication and parasitophorous vacuole maturation. Infect Immun 2002; 70:5140-7. [PMID: 12183564 PMCID: PMC128226 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.9.5140-5147.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide is a recognized cytotoxic effector against facultative and obligate intracellular bacteria. This study examined the effect of nitric oxide produced by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) up-regulated in response to cytokine stimulation, or by a synthetic nitric oxide donor, on replication of obligately intracellular Coxiella burnetii in murine L-929 cells. Immunoblotting and nitrite assays revealed that C. burnetii infection of L-929 cells augments expression of iNOS up-regulated in response to gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). Infection in the absence of cytokine stimulation did not result in demonstrable up-regulation of iNOS expression or in increased nitrite production. Nitrite production by cytokine-treated cells was significantly inhibited by the iNOS inhibitor S-methylisothiourea (SMT). Treatment of infected cells with IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha or the synthetic nitric oxide donor 2,2'-(hydroxynitrosohydrazino)bis-ethanamine (DETA/NONOate) had a bacteriostatic effect on C. burnetii replication. Inhibition of replication was reversed upon addition of SMT to the culture medium of cytokine-treated cells. Microscopic analysis of infected cells revealed that nitric oxide (either cytokine induced or donor derived) inhibited formation of the mature (large) parasitophorous vacuole that is characteristic of C. burnetii infection of host cells. Instead, exposure of infected cells to nitric oxide resulted in the formation of multiple small, acidic vacuoles usually containing one C. burnetii cell. Removal of nitrosative stress resulted in the coalescence of small vacuoles to form a large vacuole harboring multiple C. burnetii cells. These experiments demonstrate that nitric oxide reversibly inhibits replication of C. burnetii and formation of the parasitophorous vacuole.
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- Dale Howe
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3944, USA
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an inducible stress protein the expression of which can be markedly augmented in eukaryotes by a wide range of substances that cause a transient change in the cellular redox state. The importance of this protein in physiology and disease is underlined by the versatility of HO-1 inducers and the functional role attributed to HO-1 products (carbon monoxide and bilirubin) in conditions that are associated with moderate or severe cellular stress. An intriguing aspect is the recent evidence showing that nitric oxide, a ubiquitous signaling molecule, finely modulates the activation of HO-1 expression. As the effects of oxidative stress on the regulation of the HO-1 gene have been well established and characterized, this review will focus on the biological relevance of redox signals involving nitric oxide and reactive nitrogen species that lead to up-regulation of the HO-1 pathway, with particular emphasis on vascular tissues and the cardiovascular system.
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- Roberto Motterlini
- Vascular Biology Unit, Department of Surgical Research, Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
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Iqbal M, Cohen RI, Marzouk K, Liu SF. Time course of nitric oxide, peroxynitrite, and antioxidants in the endotoxemic heart. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:1291-6. [PMID: 12072683 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200206000-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the time course for myocardial production of nitric oxide, peroxynitrite, and glutathione, to determine the activities of the myocardial antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione reductase throughout endotoxemia and into recovery, and to correlate the levels of these variables to left ventricular contractility in endotoxemia. DESIGN Rats were treated with lipopolysaccharide. Endotoxemic hearts were examined at baseline, 4, 16, 24, and 48 hrs after lipopolysaccharide. Saline time-control groups were treated identically. SETTING A pulmonary research laboratory of a university teaching hospital. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Lipopolysaccharide administration resulted in decreased contractility at 16 hrs as assessed by the isolated papillary muscle technique. Contractility recovered by 24 hrs. Myocardial glutathione content initially increased, but it was decreased from baseline by 16 hrs, as was glutathione peroxidase activity. Both superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase activities were increased early (4 hrs) and remained elevated throughout the course of the experiment. Myocardial nitric oxide content (assessed by the chemiluminescence technique) was increased by 4 hrs and was markedly elevated by 16 hrs. Nitric oxide levels remained elevated despite recovery of contractility at 24 hrs. Similarly, peroxynitrite (assessed by measurement of 3-nitrotyrosine by high-pressure liquid chromatography) was elevated at 16 hrs and remained elevated despite normalization of contractility at 24 and 48 hrs. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial dysfunction in endotoxemia correlates mainly with decreased glutathione content and glutathione peroxidase activity rather than nitric oxide or peroxynitrite formation. These data indicate that lipopolysaccharide-induced myocardial dysfunction is not solely caused by elevated myocardial nitric oxide levels but rather caused by the sum of complex interactions between various oxygen- and nitrogen-derived radicals.
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- Mobeen Iqbal
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA
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Heigold S, Sers C, Bechtel W, Ivanovas B, Schäfer R, Bauer G. Nitric oxide mediates apoptosis induction selectively in transformed fibroblasts compared to nontransformed fibroblasts. Carcinogenesis 2002; 23:929-41. [PMID: 12082014 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/23.6.929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) mediates apoptosis induction in fibroblasts with constitutive src or induced ras oncogene expression, whereas nontransformed parental cells and revertants are not affected. This direct link between the transformed phenotype and sensitivity to NO-mediated apoptosis induction seems to be based on the recently described extracellular superoxide anion generation by transformed cells, as NO-mediated apoptosis induction in transformed cells is inhibited by extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD), by SOD mimetics and by apocynin, an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase. Furthermore, nonresponsive nontransformed cells can be rendered sensitive for NO-mediated apoptosis induction when they are supplemented with xanthine oxidase/xanthine as an extracellular source for superoxide anions. As superoxide anions and NO readily interact in a diffusion-controlled reaction to generate peroxynitrite, peroxynitrite seems to be the responsible apoptosis inducer in NO-mediated apoptosis induction. In line with this conclusion, NO-mediated apoptosis induction in superoxide anion-generating transformed cells is inhibited by the peroxynitrite scavengers ebselen and FeTPPS. Moreover, direct application of peroxynitrite induces apoptosis both in transformed and nontransformed cells, indicating that peroxynitrite is no selective apoptosis inducer per se, but that selective apoptosis induction in transformed cells by NO is achieved through selective peroxynitrite generation. The interaction of NO with target cell derived superoxide anions represents a novel concept for selective apoptosis induction in transformed cells. This mechanism may be the basis for selective apoptosis induction by natural antitumor systems (like macrophages, natural killer cells, granulocytes) that utilize NO for antitumor action. Apoptosis induction mediated by NO involves mitochondrial depolarization and is blocked by Bcl-2 overexpression.
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- Stefanie Heigold
- Abteilung Virologie, Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Kröncke KD, Fehsel K, Suschek C, Kolb-Bachofen V. Inducible nitric oxide synthase-derived nitric oxide in gene regulation, cell death and cell survival. Int Immunopharmacol 2001; 1:1407-20. [PMID: 11515808 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(01)00087-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Studies from many laboratories have demonstrated the complex role of NO in inflammatory processes. Prolonged exposure to NO shifts the cellular redox potential to a more oxidized state and this is critically regulated by intracellular levels of reduced glutathione. NO-mediated stress will alter gene expression patterns, and the number of genes known to be involved is steadily increasing. Indeed, due to its S-nitrosating activity in the presence of oxygen, NO can modify the activity of transcription factors containing zinc finger motifs or cysteines within the DNA-binding domain. In addition, we are faced with not only NO acting as a powerful inducer of apoptosis or of necrosis in some cells, but also representing an equally powerful protection from cell death in many instances. Some of these apparent discrepancies may be explained by different capacities of cells to cope with the stress of NO exposure. Here, we review our findings on the complex impact of NO on transcriptional regulation of genes, cell death and cell survival. These NO-mediated actions will contribute to a better understanding of the impact of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) enzyme activity during inflammatory reactions.
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- K D Kröncke
- Medical Department of the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Genius J, Fandrey J. Nitric oxide affects the production of reactive oxygen species in hepatoma cells: implications for the process of oxygen sensing. Free Radic Biol Med 2000; 29:515-21. [PMID: 11025195 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(00)00343-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Treatment of human hepatoma cells (HepG2) with NO-donors for 24 h inhibited hypoxia-induced erythropoietin (EPO) gene activation. NO was found to increase the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), the putative signaling molecules between a cellular O2-sensor and hypoxia inducible factor 1 (HIF-1). HIF-1 is the prime regulator of O2-dependent genes such as EPO. NO-treatment for more than 20 h reduced HIF-1-driven reporter gene activity. In contrast, immediately after the addition of NO, ROS levels in HepG2 cells decreased below control values for as long as 4 h. Corresponding to these lowered ROS-levels, HIF-1 reporter gene activity and EPO gene expression transiently increased but were reduced when ROS levels rose thereafter. Our findings of a bimodal effect of NO on ROS production shed new light on the involvement of ROS in the mechanism of O2-sensing and may explain earlier conflicting data about the effect of NO on O2-dependent gene expression.
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MESH Headings
- Acridines/metabolism
- Anaerobiosis
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/enzymology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Erythropoietin/analysis
- Erythropoietin/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Genes, Reporter
- Humans
- Hydrogen Peroxide/metabolism
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit
- NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/metabolism
- NADPH Oxidases
- Nitric Oxide/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide Donors/pharmacology
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Onium Compounds/pharmacology
- Oxygen/metabolism
- Penicillamine/analogs & derivatives
- Penicillamine/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Spermine/analogs & derivatives
- Spermine/pharmacology
- Transcription Factors
- Transcriptional Activation
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- J Genius
- Institute für Physiologie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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Klatt P, Lamas S. Regulation of protein function by S-glutathiolation in response to oxidative and nitrosative stress. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:4928-44. [PMID: 10931175 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 558] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Protein S-glutathiolation, the reversible covalent addition of glutathione to cysteine residues on target proteins, is emerging as a candidate mechanism by which both changes in the intracellular redox state and the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species may be transduced into a functional response. This review will provide an introduction to the concepts of oxidative and nitrosative stress and outline the molecular mechanisms of protein regulation by oxidative and nitrosative thiol-group modifications. Special attention will be paid to recently published work supporting a role for S-glutathiolation in stress signalling pathways and in the adaptive cellular response to oxidative and nitrosative stress. Finally, novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of S-glutathiolation as well as methodological problems related to the interpretation of the biological relevance of this post-translational protein modification will be discussed.
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- P Klatt
- Department of Estructura y Función de Proteínas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigaciones Nefrológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
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Kröncke KD, Suschek CV, Kolb-Bachofen V. Implications of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and enzyme activity. Antioxid Redox Signal 2000; 2:585-605. [PMID: 11229370 DOI: 10.1089/15230860050192341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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We summarize here our current knowledge about inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in human diseases and disorders. As basic research discovers more and more effects of low or high concentrations of NO toward molecular and cellular targets, successful therapies involving inhibition of NO synthesis or application of NO to treat human diseases are still lacking. This is in part due to the fact that the impact of NO on cell function or death are complex and often even appear to be contradictory. NO may be cytotoxic but may also protect cells from a toxic insult; it is apoptosis-inducing but also exhibits prominent anti-apoptotic activity. NO is an antioxidant but may also compromise the cellular redox state via oxidation of thiols like glutathione. NO may activate specific signal transduction pathways but is also reported to inhibit exactly these, and NO may activate or inhibit gene transcription. The situation may even be more complicated, because NO, depending on its concentration, may react with oxygen or the superoxide anion radical to yield reactive species with a much broader chemical reaction spectrum than NO itself. Thus, the action of NO during inflammatory reactions has to be considered in the context of timing and duration of its synthesis as well as stages and specific events in inflammation.
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- K D Kröncke
- Research Group Immunobiology in the Biomedical Research Centre, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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