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Zhang P, Cheng M, Levi-Kalisman Y, Raviv U, Xu Y, Han J, Dou H. Macromolecular Nano-Assemblies for Enhancing the Effect of Oxygen-Dependent Photodynamic Therapy Against Hypoxic Tumors. Chemistry 2024:e202401700. [PMID: 38797874 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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In oxygen (O2)-dependent photodynamic therapy (PDT), photosensitizers absorb light energy, which is then transferred to ambient O2 and subsequently generates cytotoxic singlet oxygen (1O2). Therefore, the availability of O2 and the utilization efficiency of generated 1O2 are two significant factors that influence the effectiveness of PDT. However, tumor microenvironments (TMEs) characterized by hypoxia and limited utilization efficiency of 1O2 resulting from its short half-life and short diffusion distance significantly restrict the applicability of PDT for hypoxic tumors. To address these challenges, numerous macromolecular nano-assemblies (MNAs) have been designed to relieve hypoxia, utilize hypoxia or enhance the utilization efficiency of 1O2. Herein, we provide a comprehensive review on recent advancements achieved with MNAs in enhancing the effectiveness of O2-dependent PDT against hypoxic tumors.
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- Peipei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond Safra Campus, 9190401, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond Safra Campus, 9190401, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Shanghai Biochip Co. Ltd. and National Engineering Center for Biochip at Shanghai, 151 Libing Road, 201203, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Biochip Co. Ltd. and National Engineering Center for Biochip at Shanghai, 151 Libing Road, 201203, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, 200240, Shanghai, China
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Masood M, Singh P, Hariss D, Khan F, Yameen D, Siraj S, Islam A, Dohare R, Mahfuzul Haque M. Nitric oxide as a double-edged sword in pulmonary viral infections: Mechanistic insights and potential therapeutic implications. Gene 2024; 899:148148. [PMID: 38191100 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2024.148148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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In the face of the global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), researchers are tirelessly exploring novel therapeutic approaches to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its associated complications. Nitric oxide (NO) has appeared as a multifaceted signaling mediator with diverse and often contrasting biological activities. Its intricate biochemistry renders it a crucial regulator of cardiovascular and pulmonary functions, immunity, and neurotransmission. Perturbations in NO production, whether excessive or insufficient, contribute to the pathogenesis of various diseases, encompassing cardiovascular disease, pulmonary hypertension, asthma, diabetes, and cancer. Recent investigations have unveiled the potential of NO donors to impede SARS-CoV- 2 replication, while inhaled NO demonstrates promise as a therapeutic avenue for improving oxygenation in COVID-19-related hypoxic pulmonary conditions. Interestingly, NO's association with the inflammatory response in asthma suggests a potential protective role against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Furthermore, compelling evidence indicates the benefits of inhaled NO in optimizing ventilation-perfusion ratios and mitigating the need for mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 patients. In this review, we delve into the molecular targets of NO, its utility as a diagnostic marker, the mechanisms underlying its action in COVID-19, and the potential of inhaled NO as a therapeutic intervention against viral infections. The topmost significant pathway, gene ontology (GO)-biological process (BP), GO-molecular function (MF) and GO-cellular compartment (CC) terms associated with Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS)1, NOS2, NOS3 were arginine biosynthesis (p-value = 1.15 x 10-9) regulation of guanylate cyclase activity (p-value = 7.5 x 10-12), arginine binding (p-value = 2.62 x 10-11), vesicle membrane (p-value = 3.93 x 10-8). Transcriptomics analysis further validates the significant presence of NOS1, NOS2, NOS3 in independent COVID-19 and pulmonary hypertension cohorts with respect to controls. This review investigates NO's molecular targets, diagnostic potentials, and therapeutic role in COVID-19, employing bioinformatics to identify key pathways and NOS isoforms' significance.
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- Mohammad Masood
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India.
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Haynes V, Giulivi C. Calcium-Dependent Interaction of Nitric Oxide Synthase with Cytochrome c Oxidase: Implications for Brain Bioenergetics. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1534. [PMID: 38002494 PMCID: PMC10669843 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Targeted nitric oxide production is relevant for maintaining cellular energy production, protecting against oxidative stress, regulating cell death, and promoting neuroprotection. This study aimed to characterize the putative interaction of nitric-oxide synthase with mitochondrial proteins. The primary finding of this study is that cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) subunit IV (CCOIV) is associated directly with NOS in brain mitochondria when calcium ions are present. The matrix side of CCOIV binds to the N-terminus of NOS, supported by the abrogation of the binding by antibodies towards the N-terminus of NOS. Evidence supporting the interaction between CCOIV and NOS was provided by the coimmunoprecipitation of NOS from detergent-solubilized whole rat brain mitochondria with antibodies to CCOIV and the coimmunoprecipitation of CCOIV from crude brain NOS preparations using antibodies to NOS. The CCOIV domain that interacts with NOS was identified using a series of overlapping peptides derived from the primary sequence of CCOIV. As calcium ions not only activate NOS, but also facilitate the docking of NOS to CCOIV, this study points to a dynamic mechanism of controlling the bioenergetics by calcium changes, thereby adapting bioenergetics to cellular demands.
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- Virginia Haynes
- School of Veterinary Medicine, Department Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, Department Molecular Biosciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute UCDH, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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Mobility Coupled with Motivation Promotes Survival: The Evolution of Cognition as an Adaptive Strategy. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12010080. [PMID: 36671772 PMCID: PMC9855669 DOI: 10.3390/biology12010080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Morphine plays a critical regulatory role in both simple and complex plant species. Dopamine is a critical chemical intermediate in the morphine biosynthetic pathway and may have served as a primordial agonist in developing catecholamine signaling pathways. While dopamine remains the preeminent catecholamine in invertebrate neural systems, epinephrine is the major product of catecholamine synthetic pathways in vertebrate species. Given that the enzymatic steps leading to the generation of morphine are similar to those constraining the evolutionary adaptation of the biosynthesis of catecholamines, we hypothesize that the emergence of these more advanced signaling pathways was based on conservation and selective "retrofitting" of pre-existing enzyme activities. This is consistent with observations that support the recruitment of enzymatically synthesized tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), which is a cofactor for tyrosine hydroxylase, the enzyme responsible for dopamine production. BH4 is also an electron donor involved in the production of nitric oxide (NO). The links that coordinate BH4-mediated NO and catecholaminergic-mediated processes provide these systems with the capacity to regulate numerous downstream signaling pathways. We hypothesize that the evolution of catecholamine signaling pathways in animal species depends on the acquisition of a mobile lifestyle and motivationally driven feeding, sexual, and self-protective responses.
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Mitochondrial Management of Reactive Oxygen Species. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10111824. [PMID: 34829696 PMCID: PMC8614740 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10111824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mitochondria in aerobic eukaryotic cells are both the site of energy production and the formation of harmful species, such as radicals and other reactive oxygen species, known as ROS. They contain an efficient antioxidant system, including low-molecular-mass molecules and enzymes that specialize in removing various types of ROS or repairing the oxidative damage of biological molecules. Under normal conditions, ROS production is low, and mitochondria, which are their primary target, are slightly damaged in a similar way to other cellular compartments, since the ROS released by the mitochondria into the cytosol are negligible. As the mitochondrial generation of ROS increases, they can deactivate components of the respiratory chain and enzymes of the Krebs cycle, and mitochondria release a high amount of ROS that damage cellular structures. More recently, the feature of the mitochondrial antioxidant system, which does not specifically deal with intramitochondrial ROS, was discovered. Indeed, the mitochondrial antioxidant system detoxifies exogenous ROS species at the expense of reducing the equivalents generated in mitochondria. Thus, mitochondria are also a sink of ROS. These observations highlight the importance of the mitochondrial antioxidant system, which should be considered in our understanding of ROS-regulated processes. These processes include cell signaling and the progression of metabolic and neurodegenerative disease.
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Vincent JL, Ince C, Pickkers P. Endothelial dysfunction: a therapeutic target in bacterial sepsis? Expert Opin Ther Targets 2021; 25:733-748. [PMID: 34602020 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2021.1988928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Endothelial cells maintain vascular integrity, tone, and patency and have important roles in hemostasis and inflammatory responses. Although some degree of endothelial dysfunction with increased vascular permeability may be necessary to control local infection, excessive dysfunction plays a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis-related organ dysfunction and failure as it results in dysregulated inflammation, vascular leakage, and abnormal coagulation. The vascular endothelium has thus been proposed as a potential target for therapeutic intervention in patients with sepsis. AREAS COVERED Different mechanisms underlying sepsis-related dysfunction of the vascular endothelium are discussed, including glycocalyx shedding, nitrosative stress, and coagulation factors. Potential therapeutic implications of each mechanism are mentioned. EXPERT OPINION Multiple targets to protect or restore endothelial function have been suggested, but endothelium-driven treatments remain a future potential at present. As some endothelial dysfunction and permeability may be necessary to remove infection and repair damaged tissue, targeting the endothelium may be a particular challenge. Ideally, therapies should be guided by biomarkers related to that specific pathway to ensure they are given only to patients most likely to respond. This enrichment based on biological plausibility and theragnostics will increase the likelihood of a beneficial response in individual patients and enable more personalized treatment.
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- Jean-Louis Vincent
- Dept of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université Libre De Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care, Laboratory of Translational Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept of Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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The Relationship of Glutathione- S-Transferase and Multi-Drug Resistance-Related Protein 1 in Nitric Oxide (NO) Transport and Storage. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26195784. [PMID: 34641326 PMCID: PMC8510172 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26195784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide is a diatomic gas that has traditionally been viewed, particularly in the context of chemical fields, as a toxic, pungent gas that is the product of ammonia oxidation. However, nitric oxide has been associated with many biological roles including cell signaling, macrophage cytotoxicity, and vasodilation. More recently, a model for nitric oxide trafficking has been proposed where nitric oxide is regulated in the form of dinitrosyl-dithiol-iron-complexes, which are much less toxic and have a significantly greater half-life than free nitric oxide. Our laboratory has previously examined this hypothesis in tumor cells and has demonstrated that dinitrosyl-dithiol-iron-complexes are transported and stored by multi-drug resistance-related protein 1 and glutathione-S-transferase P1. A crystal structure of a dinitrosyl-dithiol-iron complex with glutathione-S-transferase P1 has been solved that demonstrates that a tyrosine residue in glutathione-S-transferase P1 is responsible for binding dinitrosyl-dithiol-iron-complexes. Considering the roles of nitric oxide in vasodilation and many other processes, a physiological model of nitric oxide transport and storage would be valuable in understanding nitric oxide physiology and pathophysiology.
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Theodorou AA, Zinelis PT, Malliou VJ, Chatzinikolaou PN, Margaritelis NV, Mandalidis D, Geladas ND, Paschalis V. Acute L-Citrulline Supplementation Increases Nitric Oxide Bioavailability but Not Inspiratory Muscle Oxygenation and Respiratory Performance. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13103311. [PMID: 34684312 PMCID: PMC8537281 DOI: 10.3390/nu13103311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The present study aimed to investigate whether acute L-citrulline supplementation would affect inspiratory muscle oxygenation and respiratory performance. Twelve healthy males received 6 g of L-citrulline or placebo in a double-blind crossover design. Pulmonary function (i.e., forced expired volume in 1 s, forced vital capacity and their ratio), maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), fractional exhaled nitric oxide (NO•), and sternocleidomastoid muscle oxygenation were measured at baseline, one hour post supplementation, and after an incremental resistive breathing protocol to task failure of the respiratory muscles. The resistive breathing task consisted of 30 inspirations at 70% and 80% of MIP followed by continuous inspirations at 90% of MIP until task failure. Sternocleidomastoid muscle oxygenation was assessed using near-infrared spectroscopy. One-hour post-L-citrulline supplementation, exhaled NO• was significantly increased (19.2%; p < 0.05), and this increase was preserved until the end of the resistive breathing (16.4%; p < 0.05). In contrast, no difference was observed in the placebo condition. Pulmonary function and MIP were not affected by the L-citrulline supplementation. During resistive breathing, sternocleidomastoid muscle oxygenation was significantly reduced, with no difference noted between the two supplementation conditions. In conclusion, a single ingestion of 6 g L-citrulline increased NO• bioavailability but not the respiratory performance and inspiratory muscle oxygenation.
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- Anastasios A. Theodorou
- Department of Life Sciences, School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 1516, Cyprus
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- School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece; (P.T.Z.); (V.J.M.); (D.M.); (N.D.G.); (V.P.)
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- School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece; (P.T.Z.); (V.J.M.); (D.M.); (N.D.G.); (V.P.)
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 61122 Serres, Greece; (P.N.C.); (N.V.M.)
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- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at Serres, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 61122 Serres, Greece; (P.N.C.); (N.V.M.)
- Dialysis Unit, 424 General Military Hospital of Thessaloniki, 56429 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece; (P.T.Z.); (V.J.M.); (D.M.); (N.D.G.); (V.P.)
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- School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece; (P.T.Z.); (V.J.M.); (D.M.); (N.D.G.); (V.P.)
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- School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17237 Athens, Greece; (P.T.Z.); (V.J.M.); (D.M.); (N.D.G.); (V.P.)
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Vidanapathirana AK, Psaltis PJ, Bursill CA, Abell AD, Nicholls SJ. Cardiovascular bioimaging of nitric oxide: Achievements, challenges, and the future. Med Res Rev 2020; 41:435-463. [PMID: 33075148 DOI: 10.1002/med.21736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous, volatile, cellular signaling molecule that operates across a wide physiological concentration range (pM-µM) in different tissues. It is a highly diffusible messenger and intermediate in various metabolic pathways. NO plays a pivotal role in maintaining optimum cardiovascular function, particularly by regulating vascular tone and blood flow. This review highlights the need for accurate, real-time bioimaging of NO in clinical diagnostic, therapeutic, monitoring, and theranostic applications within the cardiovascular system. We summarize electrochemical, optical, and nanoscale sensors that allow measurement and imaging of NO, both directly and indirectly via surrogate measurements. The physical properties of NO render it difficult to accurately measure in tissues using direct methods. There are also significant limitations associated with the NO metabolites used as surrogates to indirectly estimate NO levels. All these factors added to significant variability in the measurement of NO using available methodology have led to a lack of sensors and imaging techniques of clinical applicability in relevant vascular pathologies such as atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease. Challenges in applying current methods to biomedical and clinical translational research, including the wide physiological range of NO and limitations due to the characteristics and toxicity of the sensors are discussed, as are potential targets and modifications for future studies. The development of biocompatible nanoscale sensors for use in combination with existing clinical imaging modalities provides a feasible opportunity for bioimaging NO within the cardiovascular system.
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- Achini K Vidanapathirana
- Vascular Research Centre, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council (ARC), Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Adelaide, Australia.,Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Vascular Research Centre, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council (ARC), Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Adelaide, Australia.,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Vascular Research Centre, Lifelong Health Theme, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Australian Research Council (ARC), Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Adelaide, Australia.,Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council (ARC), Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Adelaide, Australia.,Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.,Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council (ARC), Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), Adelaide, Australia.,Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Stefano GB, Esch T, Kream RM. Behaviorally-Mediated Entrainment of Whole-Body Metabolic Processes: Conservation and Evolutionary Development of Mitochondrial Respiratory Complexes. Med Sci Monit 2019; 25:9306-9309. [PMID: 31809494 PMCID: PMC6911308 DOI: 10.12659/msm.920174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The relaxation response derives its health benefits by reestablishing “normal” equilibria between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system. Recent work suggests that this behavioral training provides positive effects on mitochondrial bioenergetics, insulin secretion, and reductions in pro-inflammatory and stress-related pathways. We have previously contended, however, that correlative associations of relaxation training with positive changes in gene expression in selected biological systems are strongly suggestive of adaptive physiological changes, but do not elucidate an underlying, clinically compelling, unified mechanism of action consistent with its purported positive health effects. We surmise that any plausible model of behaviorally-mediated regulatory effects on whole-body metabolic processes must be intrinsically broad-based and multifaceted via integration of differential contributions of functionally interactive peripheral and CNS organ systems. Accordingly, the initiation of multiple cellular protective/anti-bio-senescence processes may have emerged during evolutionary development to ensure the survival of hybrid prokaryotic/eukaryotic progenitor cells, given the evolvement of oxidative metabolism and its associated negative byproducts. As an essential corollary, preservation and adaptation of multifaceted regulatory molecules, notably nitric oxide, paralleled the development of eukaryotic cell types via multifaceted stereo-selective recognition and conformational matching by complex biochemical and molecular enzyme systems. Hence, the relaxation response may be a manifestation of a metabolic corrective process/response, that may now include cognition (“awareness”).
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- George B Stefano
- Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Center for Cognitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Prague, Czech Republic
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- University Clinic for Integrative Health Care, Institute for Integrative Health Care and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health/School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Center for Cognitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Prague, Czech Republic
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Dynnik VV, Grishina EV, Fedotcheva NI. The mitochondrial NO-synthase/guanylate cyclase/protein kinase G signaling system underpins the dual effects of nitric oxide on mitochondrial respiration and opening of the permeability transition pore. FEBS J 2019; 287:1525-1536. [PMID: 31602795 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 09/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The available data on the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) and mitochondrial calcium-dependent NO synthase (mtNOS) in the control of mitochondrial respiration and the permeability transition pore (mPTP) are contradictory. We have proposed that the mitochondrial mtNOS/guanylate cyclase/protein kinase G signaling system (mtNOS-SS) is also implicated in the control of respiration and mPTP, providing the interplay between NO and mtNOS-SS, which, in turn, may result in inconsistent effects of NO. Therefore, using rat liver mitochondria, we applied specific inhibitors of the enzymes of this signaling system to evaluate its role in the control of respiration and mPTP opening. Steady-state respiration was supported by pyruvate, glutamate, or succinate in the presence of hexokinase, glucose, and ADP. When applied at low concentrations, l-arginine (to 500 µm) and NO donors (to 50 µm) activated the respiration and increased the threshold concentrations of calcium and d,l-palmitoylcarnitine required for the dissipation of the mitochondrial membrane potential and pore opening. Both effects were eliminated by the inhibitors of NO synthase, guanylate cyclase, and kinase G, which denotes the involvement of mtNOS-SS in the activation of respiration and deceleration of mPTP opening. At high concentrations, l-arginine and NO donors inhibited the respiration and promoted pore opening, indicating that adverse effects induced by an NO excess dominate over the protection provided by mtNOS-SS. Thus, these results demonstrate the opposite impact of NO and mtNOS-SS on the respiration and mPTP control, which can explain the dual effects of NO.
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- Vladimir V Dynnik
- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Puschino, Russia
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Puschino, Russia
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Puschino, Russia
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de Carvalho MAJ, Chaves-Filho A, de Souza AG, de Carvalho Lima CN, de Lima KA, Rios Vasconcelos ER, Feitosa ML, Souza Oliveira JV, de Souza DAA, Macedo DS, de Souza FCF, de França Fonteles MM. Proconvulsant effects of sildenafil citrate on pilocarpine-induced seizures: Involvement of cholinergic, nitrergic and pro-oxidant mechanisms. Brain Res Bull 2019; 149:60-74. [PMID: 31004733 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. Proconvulsant effect is a serious adverse event associated with sildenafil use. Here, we investigated the possible proconvulsant effects of sildenafil in pilocarpine (PILO)-induced seizures model, which mimics some aspects of temporal lobe epilepsy. We also evaluated sildenafil's effects on hippocampal markers related to PILO-induced seizure, for instance, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, oxidative stress and nitric oxide (NO) markers, namely nitrite, inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and neuronal NOS (nNOS). The influences of muscarinic receptors blockade on sildenafil proconvulsant effects and brain nitrite levels were also evaluated. Male mice were submitted to single or repeated (7 days) sildenafil administration (2.5, 5, 10 and 20 mg/kg). Thirty minutes later, PILO was injected and mice were further evaluated for 1 h for seizure activity. Sildenafil induced a dose- and time-progressive proconvulsant effect in PILO-induced seizures. Sildenafil also potentiated the inhibitory effect of PILO in AChE activity and induced a further increase in nitrite levels and pro-oxidative markers, mainly in the hippocampus. Repeated sildenafil treatment also increased the hippocampal expression of iNOS and nNOS isoforms, while the blockade of muscarinic receptors attenuated both sildenafil-induced proconvulsant effect and brain nitrite changes. Our data firstly demonstrated the proconvulsant effect of sildenafil in PILO-model of seizures. This effect seems to be related to an increased cholinergic-nitrergic tone and pro-oxidative brain changes. Also, our findings advert to caution in using sildenafil for patients suffering from neurological conditions that reduces seizure threshold, such as epilepsy.
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- Michele Albuquerque Jales de Carvalho
- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM, CNPq), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Neuropsychopharmacology Laboratory, Drug Research and Development Center, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil; Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
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Bignon E, Rizza S, Filomeni G, Papaleo E. Use of Computational Biochemistry for Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms of Nitric Oxide Synthase. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2019; 17:415-429. [PMID: 30996821 PMCID: PMC6451115 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an essential signaling molecule in the regulation of multiple cellular processes. It is endogenously synthesized by NO synthase (NOS) as the product of L-arginine oxidation to L-citrulline, requiring NADPH, molecular oxygen, and a pterin cofactor. Two NOS isoforms are constitutively present in cells, nNOS and eNOS, and a third is inducible (iNOS). Despite their biological relevance, the details of their complex structural features and reactivity mechanisms are still unclear. In this review, we summarized the contribution of computational biochemistry to research on NOS molecular mechanisms. We described in detail its use in studying aspects of structure, dynamics and reactivity. We also focus on the numerous outstanding questions in the field that could benefit from more extensive computational investigations.
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- Emmanuelle Bignon
- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.,Translational Disease Systems Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Stefano GB, Esch T, Kream RM. Augmentation of Whole-Body Metabolic Status by Mind-Body Training: Synchronous Integration of Tissue- and Organ-Specific Mitochondrial Function. Med Sci Monit Basic Res 2019; 25:8-14. [PMID: 30631032 PMCID: PMC6505060 DOI: 10.12659/msmbr.913264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The objective of our concise review is to elaborate an evidence-based integrative medicine model that incorporates functional linkages of key aspects of cortically-driven mind-body training procedures to biochemical and molecular processes driving enhanced cellular bioenergetics and whole-body metabolic advantage. This entails the adoption of a unified biological systems approach to selectively elucidate basic biochemical and molecular events responsible for achieving physiological relaxation of complex cellular structures. We provide accumulated evidence in support of the potential synergy of voluntary breathing exercises in combination with meditation and/or complementary cognitive tasks to promote medically beneficial enhancements in whole-body relaxation, anti-stress mechanisms, and restorative sleep. Accordingly, we propose that the widespread metabolic and physiological advantages emanating from a sustained series of complementary mind-body exercises will ultimately engender enhanced functional integration of cortical and limbic areas controlling voluntary respiratory processes with autonomic brainstem neural pattern generators. Finally, a unified mechanism is proposed that links behaviorally-mediated enhancements of whole-body metabolic advantage to optimization of synchronous regulation of mitochondrial oxygen utilization via recycling of nitrite and nitric oxide by iron-sulfur centers of coupled respiratory complexes and nitrite reductases.
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- George B Stefano
- Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Center for Cognitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Prague, Czech Republic
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Witten/Herdecke University, Institute for Integrative Health Care, Witten, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Center for Cognitive and Molecular Neuroscience, Prague, Czech Republic
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Morris G, Puri BK, Walder K, Berk M, Stubbs B, Maes M, Carvalho AF. The Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response in Neuroprogressive Diseases: Emerging Pathophysiological Role and Translational Implications. Mol Neurobiol 2018; 55:8765-8787. [PMID: 29594942 PMCID: PMC6208857 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1028-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the main cellular organelle involved in protein synthesis, assembly and secretion. Accumulating evidence shows that across several neurodegenerative and neuroprogressive diseases, ER stress ensues, which is accompanied by over-activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). Although the UPR could initially serve adaptive purposes in conditions associated with higher cellular demands and after exposure to a range of pathophysiological insults, over time the UPR may become detrimental, thus contributing to neuroprogression. Herein, we propose that immune-inflammatory, neuro-oxidative, neuro-nitrosative, as well as mitochondrial pathways may reciprocally interact with aberrations in UPR pathways. Furthermore, ER stress may contribute to a deregulation in calcium homoeostasis. The common denominator of these pathways is a decrease in neuronal resilience, synaptic dysfunction and even cell death. This review also discusses how mechanisms related to ER stress could be explored as a source for novel therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative and neuroprogressive diseases. The design of randomised controlled trials testing compounds that target aberrant UPR-related pathways within the emerging framework of precision psychiatry is warranted.
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- Gerwyn Morris
- Tir Na Nog, Bryn Road seaside 87, Llanelli, Wales, SA15 2LW, UK
- IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England, W12 0HS, UK.
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- The Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, P.O. Box 291, Geelong, 3220, Australia
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- IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Parkville, Australia
- Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK
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- IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
- Department of Psychiatry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada
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Place TL, Domann FE, Case AJ. Limitations of oxygen delivery to cells in culture: An underappreciated problem in basic and translational research. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 113:311-322. [PMID: 29032224 PMCID: PMC5699948 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Molecular oxygen is one of the most important variables in modern cell culture systems. Fluctuations in its concentration can affect cell growth, differentiation, signaling, and free radical production. In order to maintain culture viability, experimental validity, and reproducibility, it is imperative that oxygen levels be consistently maintained within physiological "normoxic" limits. Use of the term normoxia, however, is not consistent among scientists who experiment in cell culture. It is typically used to describe the atmospheric conditions of a standard incubator, not the true microenvironment to which the cells are exposed. This error may lead to the situation where cells grown in a standard "normoxic" oxygen concentration may actually be experiencing a wide range of conditions ranging from hyperoxia to near-anoxic conditions at the cellular level. This apparent paradox is created by oxygen's sluggish rate of diffusion through aqueous medium, and the generally underappreciated effects that cell density, media volume, and barometric pressure can have on pericellular oxygen concentration in a cell culture system. This review aims to provide an overview of this phenomenon we have termed "consumptive oxygen depletion" (COD), and includes a basic review of the physics, potential consequences, and alternative culture methods currently available to help circumvent this largely unrecognized problem.
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- Trenton L. Place
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Department of Pathology, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Department of Surgery, Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Corresponding authors: Department of Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198.
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- Corresponding authors: Department of Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198.
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Tengan CH, Moraes CT. NO control of mitochondrial function in normal and transformed cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOENERGETICS 2017; 1858:573-581. [PMID: 28216426 PMCID: PMC5487294 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Revised: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling molecule with multiple facets and involved in numerous pathological process, including cancer. Among the different pathways where NO has a functionally relevant participation, is the control of mitochondrial respiration and biogenesis. NO is able to inhibit the electron transport chain, mainly at Complex IV, regulating oxygen consumption and ATP generation, but at the same time, can also induce increase in reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. The presence of reactive species can induce oxidative damage or participate in redox signaling. In this review, we discuss how NO affects mitochondrial respiration and mitochondrial biogenesis, and how it influences the development of mitochondrial deficiency and cancer. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Mitochondria in Cancer, edited by Giuseppe Gasparre, Rodrigue Rossignol and Pierre Sonveaux.
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- Celia H Tengan
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, R. Pedro de Toledo, 781, setimo andar, frente, 04039-032, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurology and Cell Biology, 1420 NW 9th Avenue, Rm.229, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
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Mogen AB, Carroll RK, James KL, Lima G, Silva D, Culver JA, Petucci C, Shaw LN, Rice KC. Staphylococcus aureus nitric oxide synthase (saNOS) modulates aerobic respiratory metabolism and cell physiology. Mol Microbiol 2017; 105:139-157. [PMID: 28431199 PMCID: PMC5641370 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is generated from arginine and oxygen via NO synthase (NOS). Staphylococcus aureus NOS (saNOS) has previously been shown to affect virulence and resistance to exogenous oxidative stress, yet the exact mechanism is unknown. Herein, a previously undescribed role of saNOS in S. aureus aerobic physiology was reported. Specifically, aerobic S. aureus nos mutant cultures presented with elevated endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) and superoxide levels, as well as increased membrane potential, increased respiratory dehydrogenase activity and slightly elevated oxygen consumption. Elevated ROS levels in the nos mutant likely resulted from altered respiratory function, as inhibition of NADH dehydrogenase brought ROS levels back to wild-type levels. These results indicate that, in addition to its recently reported role in regulating the switch to nitrate-based respiration during low-oxygen growth, saNOS also plays a modulatory role during aerobic respiration. Multiple transcriptional changes were also observed in the nos mutant, including elevated expression of genes associated with oxidative/nitrosative stress, anaerobic respiration and lactate metabolism. Targeted metabolomics revealed decreased cellular lactate levels, and altered levels of TCA cycle intermediates, the latter of which may be related to decreased aconitase activity. Collectively, these findings demonstrate a key contribution of saNOS to S. aureus aerobic respiratory metabolism.
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- Austin B. Mogen
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0700
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 45701
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0700
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0700
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0700
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- Metabolomics Core, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Orlando, FL, 32827
- Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611
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- Metabolomics Core, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Orlando, FL, 32827
- Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620-5150
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0700
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Lopez JR, Kolster J, Zhang R, Adams J. Increased constitutive nitric oxide production by whole body periodic acceleration ameliorates alterations in cardiomyocytes associated with utrophin/dystrophin deficiency. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2017. [PMID: 28623080 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) cardiomyopathy is a progressive lethal disease caused by the lack of the dystrophin protein in the heart. The most widely used animal model of DMD is the dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse; however, these mice exhibit a mild dystrophic phenotype with heart failure only late in life. In contrast, mice deficient for both dystrophin and utrophin (mdx/utrn-/-, or dKO) can be used to model severe DMD cardiomyopathy where pathophysiological indicators of heart failure are detectable by 8-10weeks of age. Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule involved in vital functions of regulating rhythm, contractility, and microcirculation of the heart, and constitutive NO production affects the function of proteins involved in excitation-contraction coupling. In this study, we explored the efficacy of enhancing NO production as a therapeutic strategy for treating DMD cardiomyopathy using the dKO mouse model of DMD. Specifically, NO production was induced via whole body periodic acceleration (pGz), a novel non-pharmacologic intervention which enhances NO synthase (NOS) activity through sinusoidal motion of the body in a headward-footward direction, introducing pulsatile shear stress to the vascular endothelium and cardiomyocyte plasma membrane. Male dKO mice were randomized at 8weeks of age to receive daily pGz (480cpm, Gz±3.0m/s2, 1h/d) for 4weeks or no treatment, and a separate age-matched group of WT animals (pGz-treated and untreated) served as non-diseased controls. At the conclusion of the protocol, cardiomyocytes from untreated dKO animals had, respectively, 4.3-fold and 3.5-fold higher diastolic resting concentration of Ca2+ ([Ca2+]d) and Na+ ([Na+]d) compared to WT, while pGz treatment significantly reduced these levels. For dKO cardiomyocytes, pGz treatment also improved the depressed contractile function, decreased oxidative stress, blunted the elevation in calpain activity, and mitigated the abnormal increase in [Ca2+]d upon mechanical stress. These improvements culminated in a significant reduction in circulating cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and an extension of the median lifespan of dKO mice from 16 to 31weeks. Treatment with L-NAME (NOS inhibitor) significantly decreased overall lifespan and abolished the cardioprotective properties elicited by pGz. Our results provide evidence that enhancement of NO synthesis by pGz can ameliorate cellular dysfunction in dKO cardiomyocytes and may represent a novel therapeutic intervention in DMD cardiomyopathy patients.
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- Jose R Lopez
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL 33140, United States.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, México, D.F., Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL 33140, United States
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Song J, Wang L, Fan F, Wei J, Zhang J, Lu Y, Fu Y, Wang S, Juncos LA, Liu R. Role of the Primary Cilia on the Macula Densa and Thick Ascending Limbs in Regulation of Sodium Excretion and Hemodynamics. Hypertension 2017; 70:324-333. [PMID: 28607127 PMCID: PMC5507816 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.117.09584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We investigated the significance of the primary cilia on the macula densa and thick ascending limb (TAL) in regulation of renal hemodynamics, sodium excretion, and blood pressure in this study. A tissue-specific primary cilia knock-out (KO) mouse line was generated by crossing NKCC2-Cre mice with IFT88-Δ/flox mice (NKCC2CRE; IFT88Δ/flox), in which the primary cilia were deleted from the macula densa and TAL. NO generation was measured with a fluorescent dye (4,5-diaminofluorescein diacetate) in isolated perfused juxtaglomerular apparatus. Deletion of the cilia reduced NO production by 56% and 42% in the macula densa and TAL, respectively. NO generation by the macula densa was inhibited by both a nonselective and a selective nitric oxide synthesis inhibitors, whereas TAL-produced NO was inhibited by a nonselective and not by a selective NO synthesis 1 inhibitor. The tubuloglomerular feedback response was enhanced in the KO mice both in vitro measured with isolated perfused juxtaglomerular apparatuses and in vivo measured with micropuncture. In response to an acute volume expansion, the KO mice exhibited limited glomerular filtration rate elevation and impaired sodium excretion compared with the wild-type mice. The mean arterial pressure measured with telemetry was the same for wild-type and KO mice fed a normal salt diet. After a high salt diet, the mean arterial pressure increased by 17.4±1.6 mm Hg in the KO mice. On the basis of these findings, we concluded that the primary cilia on the macula densa and TAL play an essential role in the control of sodium excretion and blood pressure.
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- Jiangping Song
- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.)
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- From the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa (J.S., L.W., J.W., J.Z., S.W., R.L.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (J.S.); and Department of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (F.F., Y.L., Y.F., L.A.J.).
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Restini CBA, Gonçalves L. Nitric Oxide and Related Aspects Underlying Angina. Open Cardiovasc Med J 2017; 11:33-46. [PMID: 28567132 PMCID: PMC5418930 DOI: 10.2174/1874192401711010033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Increased number of patients affected by metabolic syndrome (MS) has prompted the necessity of better understanding what is involved in such syndrome. Nevertheless, the establishment of promising therapies depends on the knowledge about the interaction of molecules within MS. In such context, Nitric Oxide (NO) emerges from a bulk of works relating its roles on aspects of MS, including cardiovascular diseases, their symptoms and comorbidities, which are thought to be triggered by similar sources. NO, nitric oxide synthase and enzymatic chains are keys for those disease and symptoms processes. NO has been separately described as part of hypertensive, ischemic and pain signaling. Although there are similar pathways likely shared for generating cardiovascular symptoms such angina, they are barely associated to NO in literature. The present review aims to clarify the patterns of NO alteration in metabolic syndrome directly concerned to cardiovascular symptoms, especially angina.
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- Carolina Baraldi Araujo Restini
- Biotechnology Dept. (Lab: Cardiorenal Pharmacology)/Medical School, University of Ribeirao Preto (UNAERP), Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil
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- Biotechnology Dept. (Lab: Cardiorenal Pharmacology)/Medical School, University of Ribeirao Preto (UNAERP), Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil
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Khatami M. Is cancer a severe delayed hypersensitivity reaction and histamine a blueprint? Clin Transl Med 2016; 5:35. [PMID: 27558401 PMCID: PMC4996813 DOI: 10.1186/s40169-016-0108-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Longevity and accumulation of multiple context-dependent signaling pathways of long-standing inflammation (antigen-load or oxidative stress) are the results of decreased/altered regulation of immunity and loss of control switch mechanisms that we defined as Yin and Yang of acute inflammation or immune surveillance. Chronic inflammation is initiated by immune disruptors-induced progressive changes in physiology and function of susceptible host tissues that lead to increased immune suppression and multistep disease processes including carcinogenesis. The interrelated multiple hypotheses that are presented for the first time in this article are extension of author's earlier series of 'accidental' discoveries on the role of inflammation in developmental stages of immune dysfunction toward tumorigenesis and angiogenesis. Detailed analyses of data on chronic diseases suggest that nearly all age-associated illnesses, generally categorized as 'mild' (e.g., increased allergies), 'moderate' (e.g., hypertension, colitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, emphysema) or 'severe' (e.g., accelerated neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases or site-specific cancers and metastasis) are variations of hypersensitivity responses of tissues that are manifested as different diseases in immune-responsive or immune-privileged tissues. Continuous release/presence of low level histamine (subclinical) in circulation could contribute to sustained oxidative stress and induction of 'mild' or 'moderate' or 'severe' (immune tsunami) immune disorders in susceptible tissues. Site-specific cancers are proposed to be 'severe' (irreversible) forms of cumulative delayed hypersensitivity responses that would induce immunological chaos in favor of tissue growth in target tissues. Shared or special features of growth from fetus development into adulthood and aging processes and carcinogenesis are briefly compared with regard to energy requirements of highly complex function of Yin and Yang. Features of Yang (growth-promoting) arm of acute inflammation during fetus and cancer growth will be compared for consuming low energy from glycolysis (Warburg effect). Growth of fetus and cancer cells under hypoxic conditions and impaired mitochondrial energy requirements of tissues including metabolism of essential branched amino acids (e.g., val, leu, isoleu) will be compared for proposing a working model for future systematic research on cancer biology, prevention and therapy. Presentation of a working model provides insightful clues into bioenergetics that are required for fetus growth (absence of external threat and lack of high energy-demands of Yin events and parasite-like survival in host), normal growth in adulthood (balance in Yin and Yang processes) or disease processes and carcinogenesis (loss of balance in Yin-Yang). Future studies require focusing on dynamics and promotion of natural/inherent balance between Yin (tumoricidal) and Yang (tumorigenic) of effective immunity that develop after birth. Lawless growth of cancerous cells and loss of cell contact inhibition could partially be due to impaired mitochondria (mitophagy) that influence metabolism of branched chain amino acids for biosynthesis of structural proteins. The author invites interested scientists with diverse expertise to provide comments, confirm, dispute and question and/or expand and collaborate on many components of the proposed working model with the goal to better understand cancer biology for future designs of cost-effective research and clinical trials and prevention of cancer. Initial events during oxidative stress-induced damages to DNA/RNA repair mechanisms and inappropriate expression of inflammatory mediators are potentially correctable, preventable or druggable, if future studies were to focus on systematic understanding of early altered immune response dynamics toward multistep chronic diseases and carcinogenesis.
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- Mahin Khatami
- National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Macrophages Promote Oxidative Metabolism To Drive Nitric Oxide Generation in Response to Trypanosoma cruzi. Infect Immun 2016; 84:3527-3541. [PMID: 27698021 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00809-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy. Why macrophages (mφs), the early responders to infection, fail to achieve parasite clearance is not known. Mouse (RAW 264.7) and human (THP-1 and primary) mφs were infected for 3 h and 18 h with T. cruzi TcI isolates, SylvioX10/4 (SYL, virulent) and TCC (nonpathogenic), which represent mφ stimulation and infection states, respectively. Mφs incubated with lipopolysaccharide and gamma interferon (LPS/IFN-γ) and with interleukin-4 (IL-4) were used as controls. We monitored the cytokine profile (using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]), reactive oxygen species (ROS; fluorescent probes), nitric oxide (·NO; Griess assay), and metabolic state using a custom-designed mitoxosome array and Seahorse XF24 Analyzer. LPS/IFN-γ treatment of mφs elicited a potent increase in production of tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-α) at 3 h and of ROS and ·NO by 18 h. Upon SYL infection, murine mφs elicited an inflammatory cytokine profile (TNF-α ≫ TGF-β + IL-10) and low levels of ·NO and ROS production. LPS/IFN-γ treatment resulted in the inhibition of oxidative metabolism at the gene expression and functional levels and a switch to the glycolytic pathway in mφs, while IL-4-treated mφs utilized oxidative metabolism to meet energy demands. SYL infection resulted in an intermediate functional metabolic state with increased mitoxosome gene expression and glycolysis, and IFN-γ addition shut down the oxidative metabolism in SYL-infected mφs. Further, TCC- and SYL-stimulated mφs exhibited similar levels of cell proliferation and production of TNF-α and ROS, while TCC-stimulated mφs exhibited up to 2-fold-higher levels of oxidative metabolism and ·NO production than SYL-infected mφs. Inhibiting ATP-coupled O2 consumption suppressed the ·NO generation in SYL-infected mφs. Mitochondrial oxygen consumption constitutes a mechanism for stimulating ·NO production in mφs during T. cruzi infection. Enhancing the oxidative metabolism provides an opportunity for increased ·NO production and pathogen clearance by mφs to limit disease progression.
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Li Y, McRobb LS, Khachigian LM. Inhibition of intimal thickening after vascular injury with a cocktail of vascular endothelial growth factor and cyclic Arg-Gly-Asp peptide. Int J Cardiol 2016; 220:185-91. [PMID: 27379921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention is widely used for the treatment of coronary artery disease; however, significant challenges such as restenosis remain. Key to solving these problems is to inhibit smooth muscle cell activation while enhancing re-endothelialization. Early growth response-1 (Egr-1) is a transcription factor that regulates vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation and migration through its control of an array of downstream genes. METHODS A "cocktail" of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A, VEGF-D and cyclic RGD was tested for its ability to inhibit neointima formation and accelerate re-endothelialization following balloon injury to carotid arteries of rats. RESULTS In vitro, the cocktail stimulated endothelial cell growth yet inhibited smooth muscle cell growth. In vivo, cocktail-treated injured arteries exhibited reduced intimal thickening by >50% (P<0.05). It increased both re-endothelialization and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS) expression. Cocktail reduced Egr-1 expression, an effect blocked by the NOS inhibitor L-N(G)-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME) that also prevented cocktail inhibition of neointima inhibition. CONCLUSIONS This combination may potentially be useful for the treatment of restenosis with concomitant stimulation of revascularization.
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- Yue Li
- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Teng RJ, Wu TJ, Afolayan AJ, Konduri GG. Nitrotyrosine impairs mitochondrial function in fetal lamb pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2015; 310:C80-8. [PMID: 26491046 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00073.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Nitration of both protein-bound and free tyrosine by reactive nitrogen species results in the formation of nitrotyrosine (NT). We previously reported that free NT impairs microtubule polymerization and uncouples endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) function in pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC). Because microtubules modulate mitochondrial function, we hypothesized that increased NT levels during inflammation and oxidative stress will lead to mitochondrial dysfunction in PAEC. PAEC isolated from fetal lambs were exposed to varying concentrations of free NT. At low concentrations (1-10 μM), NT increased nitration of mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) protein subunit complexes I-V and state III oxygen consumption. Higher concentrations of NT (50 μM) caused decreased microtubule acetylation, impaired eNOS interactions with mitochondria, and decreased ETC protein levels. We also observed increases in heat shock protein-90 nitration, mitochondrial superoxide formation, and fragmentation of mitochondria in PAEC. Our data suggest that free NT accumulation may impair microtubule polymerization and exacerbate reactive oxygen species-induced cell damage by causing mitochondrial dysfunction.
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- Ru-Jeng Teng
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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Stefano GB, Mantione KJ, Capellan L, Casares FM, Challenger S, Ramin R, Samuel JM, Snyder C, Kream RM. Morphine stimulates nitric oxide release in human mitochondria. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2015; 47:409-17. [PMID: 26350413 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-015-9626-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The expression of morphine by plants, invertebrate, and vertebrate cells and organ systems, strongly indicates a high level of evolutionary conservation of morphine and related morphinan alkaloids as required for life. The prototype catecholamine, dopamine, serves as an essential chemical intermediate in morphine biosynthesis, both in plants and animals. We surmise that, before the emergence of specialized plant and animal cells/organ systems, primordial multi-potential cell types required selective mechanisms to limit their responsiveness to environmental cues. Accordingly, cellular systems that emerged with the potential for recruitment of the free radical gas nitric oxide (NO) as a multi-faceted autocrine/paracrine signaling molecule, were provided with extremely positive evolutionary advantages. Endogenous morphinergic signaling, in concert with NO-coupled signaling systems, has evolved as an autocrine/paracrine regulator of metabolic homeostasis, energy metabolism, mitochondrial respiration and energy production. Basic physiological processes involving morphinergic/NO-coupled regulation of mitochondrial function, with special emphasis on the cardiovascular system, are critical to all organismic survival. Key to this concept may be the phenomenon of mitochondrial enslavement in eukaryotic evolution via endogenous morphine.
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- George B Stefano
- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA.
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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- MitoGenetics Research Institute, MitoGenetics LLC, 3 Bioscience Park Drive, Suite 307, Farmingdale, NY, 11735, USA
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Affourtit C, Bailey SJ, Jones AM, Smallwood MJ, Winyard PG. On the mechanism by which dietary nitrate improves human skeletal muscle function. Front Physiol 2015; 6:211. [PMID: 26283970 PMCID: PMC4518145 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Inorganic nitrate is present at high levels in beetroot and celery, and in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and lettuce. Though long believed inert, nitrate can be reduced to nitrite in the human mouth and, further, under hypoxia and/or low pH, to nitric oxide. Dietary nitrate has thus been associated favorably with nitric-oxide-regulated processes including blood flow and energy metabolism. Indeed, the therapeutic potential of dietary nitrate in cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome-both aging-related medical disorders-has attracted considerable recent research interest. We and others have shown that dietary nitrate supplementation lowers the oxygen cost of human exercise, as less respiratory activity appears to be required for a set rate of skeletal muscle work. This striking observation predicts that nitrate benefits the energy metabolism of human muscle, increasing the efficiency of either mitochondrial ATP synthesis and/or of cellular ATP-consuming processes. In this mini-review, we evaluate experimental support for the dietary nitrate effects on muscle bioenergetics and we critically discuss the likelihood of nitric oxide as the molecular mediator of such effects.
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- Charles Affourtit
- School of Biomedical and Healthcare Sciences, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth University Plymouth, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter Exeter, UK
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- Department of Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter Exeter, UK
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Danylovych YV, Karakhim SA, Kolomiets OV, Danylovych GV, Kosterin SO. Identification of nitric oxide in mitochondria of myometrium cell. BIOPOLYMERS AND CELL 2015; 31:174-178. [DOI: 10.7124/bc.0008dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2024]
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Hobbs GA, Zhou B, Cox AD, Campbell SL. Rho GTPases, oxidation, and cell redox control. Small GTPases 2014; 5:e28579. [PMID: 24809833 DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.28579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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While numerous studies support regulation of Ras GTPases by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, the Rho subfamily has received considerably less attention. Over the last few years, increasing evidence is emerging that supports the redox sensitivity of Rho GTPases. Moreover, as Rho GTPases regulate the cellular redox state by controlling enzymes that generate and convert reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, redox feedback loops likely exist. Here, we provide an overview of cellular oxidants, Rho GTPases, and their inter-dependence.
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- G Aaron Hobbs
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Pharmacology; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Pharmacology; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA; Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC USA
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Saenko Y, Cieslar-Pobuda A, Skonieczna M, Rzeszowska-Wolny J. Changes of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species and Mitochondrial Functioning in Human K562 and HL60 Cells Exposed to Ionizing Radiation. Radiat Res 2013; 180:360-6. [DOI: 10.1667/rr3247.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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EL-Sherry TM, Senosy W, Mahmoud GB, Wasfy SI. Effect of dinoprost and cloprostenol on serum nitric oxide and corpus luteum blood flow during luteolysis in ewes. Theriogenology 2013; 80:513-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tian S, Qin G, Li B. Reactive oxygen species involved in regulating fruit senescence and fungal pathogenicity. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 82:593-602. [PMID: 23515879 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0035-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Senescence is a vital aspect of fruit life cycles, and directly affects fruit quality and resistance to pathogens. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), as the primary mediators of oxidative damage in plants, are involved in senescence. Mitochondria are the main ROS and free radical source. Oxidative damage to mitochondrial proteins caused by ROS is implicated in the process of senescence, and a number of senescence-related disorders in a variety of organisms. However, the specific sites of ROS generation in mitochondria remain largely unknown. Recent discoveries have ascertained that fruit senescence is greatly related to ROS and incidental oxidative damage of mitochondrial protein. Special mitochondrial proteins involved in fruit senescence have been identified as the targets of ROS. We focus in discussion on our recent advances in exploring the mechanisms of how ROS regulate fruit senescence and fungal pathogenicity.
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- Shiping Tian
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing, 100093, China.
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Shimizu S, Ishibashi M, Kumagai S, Wajima T, Hiroi T, Kurihara T, Ishii M, Kiuchi Y. Decreased cardiac mitochondrial tetrahydrobiopterin in a rat model of pressure overload. Int J Mol Med 2013; 31:589-96. [PMID: 23313998 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 12/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Sustained cardiac pressure overload induces mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis of cardiomyocytes leading to pathological cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction. Mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (NOS) appears to cause uncoupling, which produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) instead of nitric oxide (NO), by a decrease in the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). This study focused on examining the changes in mitochondrial BH4 levels during cardiac pressure overload. Chronic cardiac pressure overload was generated by abdominal aortic banding in rats. Levels of BH4 and its oxidized form were measured in the mitochondria isolated from the left ventricle (LV) and the post-mitochondrial supernatants. Chronic aortic banding increased blood pressure, and induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. Notably, the BH4 levels were decreased while its oxidized forms were increased in LV mitochondria, but not in the post-mitochondrial supernatants containing the cytosol and microsome. Anti-neuronal NOS antibody-sensitive protein was detected in the cardiac mitochondria. Moreover, continuous administration of BH4 to rats with pressure overload increased mitochondrial BH4 levels and reduced cardiac fibrosis and matrix metallopeptidase activity, but not cardiac hypertrophy. These findings show the possibility that NOS uncoupling by decreased cardiac mitochondrial BH4 levels is implicated, at least in part, in the development of cardiac fibrosis, leading to cardiac dysfunction induced by pressure overload.
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- Shunichi Shimizu
- Department of Pathophysiology, Showa University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan.
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Sustained activation of Akt elicits mitochondrial dysfunction to block Plasmodium falciparum infection in the mosquito host. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003180. [PMID: 23468624 PMCID: PMC3585164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The overexpression of activated, myristoylated Akt in the midgut of female transgenic Anopheles stephensi results in resistance to infection with the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum but also decreased lifespan. In the present study, the understanding of mitochondria-dependent midgut homeostasis has been expanded to explain this apparent paradox in an insect of major medical importance. Given that Akt signaling is essential for cell growth and survival, we hypothesized that sustained Akt activation in the mosquito midgut would alter the balance of critical pathways that control mitochondrial dynamics to enhance parasite killing at some cost to survivorship. Toxic reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RNOS) rise to high levels in the midgut after blood feeding, due to a combination of high NO production and a decline in FOXO-dependent antioxidants. Despite an apparent increase in mitochondrial biogenesis in young females (3 d), energy deficiencies were apparent as decreased oxidative phosphorylation and increased [AMP]/[ATP] ratios. In addition, mitochondrial mass was lower and accompanied by the presence of stalled autophagosomes in the posterior midgut, a critical site for blood digestion and stem cell-mediated epithelial maintenance and repair, and by functional degradation of the epithelial barrier. By 18 d, the age at which An. stephensi would transmit P. falciparum to human hosts, mitochondrial dysfunction coupled to Akt-mediated repression of autophagy/mitophagy was more evident and midgut epithelial structure was markedly compromised. Inhibition of RNOS by co-feeding of the nitric-oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME at infection abrogated Akt-dependent killing of P. falciparum that begins within 18 h of infection in 3–5 d old mosquitoes. Hence, Akt-induced changes in mitochondrial dynamics perturb midgut homeostasis to enhance parasite resistance and decrease mosquito infective lifespan. Further, quality control of mitochondrial function in the midgut is necessary for the maintenance of midgut health as reflected in energy homeostasis and tissue repair and renewal. Malaria is a major public health problem in the world and various strategies are under development for control, including vaccines and transgenic mosquitoes that block parasite transmission. We previously reported that overexpression of the major signaling protein Akt in the midgut of female Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes could impart resistance to infection with the most important human malaria parasite and also reduce the duration of mosquito infectivity to human hosts. However, to use this strategy for malaria transmission control in endemic areas, we must understand the mechanism by which parasites are killed to ensure that transmission of other human pathogens (e.g., viruses, nematodes) is not unexpectedly enhanced and to allow the design of rational, preventive interventions. Here, we report that overexpression of a constitutively active Akt in the mosquito midgut alters important cellular, and in particular, mitochondrial processes – in a manner similar to Akt control of these processes in mammalian cells – to generate high levels of toxic compounds that kill parasites within hours after infection. However, the same alterations in mitochondrial processes that result in parasite killing ultimately reduce mosquito infective lifespan for transmission, indicating that mitochondrial dynamics in the mosquito midgut could be targeted for multi-faceted genetic control of mosquito biology to reduce malaria transmission.
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Tannheimer M, Hornung K, Gasche M, Kuehlmuss B, Mueller M, Welsch H, Landgraf K, Guger C, Schmidt R, Steinacker JM. Decrease of asymmetric dimethylarginine predicts acute mountain sickness. J Travel Med 2012; 19:338-43. [PMID: 23379703 DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00652.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Each year, 40 million tourists worldwide are at risk of getting acute mountain sickness (AMS), because they travel to altitudes of over 2500 m. As asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, it should increase pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and raise the risk of acute mountain sickness and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). With this in mind, we investigated whether changes in ADMA levels (Δ-ADMA) at an altitude of 4000 m can predict an individual's susceptibility to AMS or HAPE. METHODS Twelve subjects spent two nights in a hypobaric chamber, the first night without exposure to altitude conditions and the second night at a simulated altitude of 4000 m. At identical time points during both nights (after 2, 5, and 11 hours), we determined ADMA serum levels, PAP by Doppler echocardiography and estimated hypoxia related symptoms by Lake Louise Score (LLS). RESULTS Contrary to our initial hypothesis, subjects with a marked increase in ADMA at 4000 m showed PAP levels below the critical threshold for HAPE and were not affected by AMS. By contrast, subjects with a decrease in ADMA suffered from AMS and had PAP levels above 40 mmHg. After 2 hours of hypoxia we found a significant relationship between Δ-PAP t(2) (Spearmans ρ = 0.30, p ≤ 0.05) respectively Δ-ADMA t(2) (ρ = -0.92, p ≤ 0.05) and LLS. CONCLUSION After 2 hours of hypoxia, the Δ-ADMA (positive or negative) can predict an LLS of >5 with a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 100% and can help assess the risk of an increase in PAP to more than 40 mmHg and thus the risk of HAPE (ϕ coefficient: 0.69; p ≤ 0.05).
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- Markus Tannheimer
- Departments of General and Thoracic Surgery, German Armed Forces Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
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Zhuravliova E, Barbakadze T, Jojua N, Zaalishvili E, Shanshiashvili L, Natsvlishvili N, Kalandadze I, Narmania N, Chogovadze I, Mikeladze D. Synaptic and Non-Synaptic Mitochondria in Hippocampus of Adult Rats Differ in Their Sensitivity to Hypothyroidism. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2012; 32:1311-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-012-9857-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fukuto JM, Carrington SJ, Tantillo DJ, Harrison JG, Ignarro LJ, Freeman BA, Chen A, Wink DA. Small molecule signaling agents: the integrated chemistry and biochemistry of nitrogen oxides, oxides of carbon, dioxygen, hydrogen sulfide, and their derived species. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:769-93. [PMID: 22263838 PMCID: PMC4061765 DOI: 10.1021/tx2005234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Several small molecule species formally known primarily as toxic gases have, over the past 20 years, been shown to be endogenously generated signaling molecules. The biological signaling associated with the small molecules NO, CO, H₂S (and the nonendogenously generated O₂), and their derived species have become a topic of extreme interest. It has become increasingly clear that these small molecule signaling agents form an integrated signaling web that affects/regulates numerous physiological processes. The chemical interactions between these species and each other or biological targets is an important factor in their roles as signaling agents. Thus, a fundamental understanding of the chemistry of these molecules is essential to understanding their biological/physiological utility. This review focuses on this chemistry and attempts to establish the chemical basis for their signaling functions.
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- Jon M Fukuto
- Department of Chemistry, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA.
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Cespuglio R, Amrouni D, Meiller A, Buguet A, Gautier-Sauvigné S. Nitric oxide in the regulation of the sleep-wake states. Sleep Med Rev 2012; 16:265-79. [PMID: 22406306 DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2012.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2011] [Revised: 01/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) production involves four different NO-synthases (NOSs) that are either constitutive (neuronal, nNOS; endothelial, eNOS; mitochondrial, mNOS) or inducible (iNOS) in nature. Three main processes regulate NO/NOSs output, i.e., the L-arginine/arginase substrate-competing system, the L-citrulline/arginosuccinate-recycling system and the asymmetric dimethyl-/monomethyl-L-arginine-inhibiting system. In adult animals, nNOS exhibits a dense innervation intermingled with pontine sleep structures. It is well established that the NO/nNOS production makes a key contribution to daily homeostatic sleep (slow-wave sleep, SWS; rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep). In the basal hypothalamus, the NO/nNOS production further contributes to the REM sleep rebound that takes place after a sleep deprivation (SD). This production may also contribute to the sleep rebound that is associated with an immobilization stress (IS). In adult animals, throughout the SD time-course, an additional NO/iNOS production takes place in neurons. Such production mediates a transitory SD-related SWS rebound. A transitory NO/iNOS production is also part of the immune system. Such a production contributes to the SWS increase that accompanies inflammatory events and is ensured by microglial cells and astrocytes. Finally, with aging, the iNOS expression becomes permanent and the corresponding NO/iNOS production is important to ensure an adequate maintenance of REM sleep and, to a lesser extent, SWS. Despite such maintenance, aged animals, however, are not able to elicit a sleep rebound to deal with the challenge of SD or IS. Sleep regulatory processes in adult animals thus become impaired with age. Reduced iNOS expression during aging may contribute to accelerated senescence, as observed in senescence-accelerated mice (SAMP-8 mice).
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- Raymond Cespuglio
- University of Lyon, Faculty of Medicine, Neurosciences Research Center of Lyon, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, F-69373 Lyon, France.
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Yao SY, Natarajan C, Sriram S. nNOS mediated mitochondrial injury in LPS stimulated oligodendrocytes. Mitochondrion 2012; 12:336-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2012.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Revised: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Aguilar-Melero P, Ferrín G, Muntané J. Effects of nitric oxide synthase-3 overexpression on post-translational modifications and cell survival in HepG2 cells. J Proteomics 2011; 75:740-55. [PMID: 21968428 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2011] [Revised: 09/01/2011] [Accepted: 09/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Hepatocarcinoma is the fifth most common neoplasm and the third cause of cancer-related death. The development of genetic- and/or molecular-based therapies is urgently required. The administration of high doses of nitric oxide (NO) promotes cell death in hepatocytes. NO contributes to cell signaling by inducing oxidative/nitrosative-dependent post-translational modifications. The aim of the present study was to investigate protein modifications and its relation with alteration of cell proliferation and death in hepatoma cells. Increased intracellular NO production was achieved by stable nitric oxide synthase-3 (NOS-3) overexpression in HepG2 cells. We assessed the pattern of nitration, nitrosylation and carbonylation of proteins by proteomic analysis. The results showed that NOS-3 cell overexpression increased oxidative stress, which affected proteins mainly involved in cell protein folding. Carbonylation also altered metabolism, as well as immune and antioxidant responses. The interaction of nitrosative and oxidative stress generated tyrosine nitration, which affected the tumor marker Serpin B3, ATP synthesis and cytoskeleton. All these effects were associated with a decrease in chaperone activity, a reduction in cell proliferation and an increased cell death. Our study showed that alteration of nitration, nitrosylation and carbonylation pattern of proteins by NO-dependent oxidative/nitrosative stress was related to a reduction of cell survival in a hepatoma cell line.
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- P Aguilar-Melero
- Liver Research Unit, IMIBIC (Instituto Maimónides para la Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba), Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain.
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Sarti P, Forte E, Mastronicola D, Giuffrè A, Arese M. Cytochrome c oxidase and nitric oxide in action: molecular mechanisms and pathophysiological implications. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2011; 1817:610-9. [PMID: 21939634 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The reactions between Complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase, CcOX) and nitric oxide (NO) were described in the early 60's. The perception, however, that NO could be responsible for physiological or pathological effects, including those on mitochondria, lags behind the 80's, when the identity of the endothelial derived relaxing factor (EDRF) and NO synthesis by the NO synthases were discovered. NO controls mitochondrial respiration, and cytotoxic as well as cytoprotective effects have been described. The depression of OXPHOS ATP synthesis has been observed, attributed to the inhibition of mitochondrial Complex I and IV particularly, found responsible of major effects. SCOPE OF REVIEW The review is focused on CcOX and NO with some hints about pathophysiological implications. The reactions of interest are reviewed, with special attention to the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of NO observed on cytochrome c oxidase, particularly during turnover with oxygen and reductants. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AND GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The NO inhibition of CcOX is rapid and reversible and may occur in competition with oxygen. Inhibition takes place following two pathways leading to formation of either a relatively stable nitrosyl-derivative (CcOX-NO) of the enzyme reduced, or a more labile nitrite-derivative (CcOX-NO(2)(-)) of the enzyme oxidized, and during turnover. The pathway that prevails depends on the turnover conditions and concentration of NO and physiological substrates, cytochrome c and O(2). All evidence suggests that these parameters are crucial in determining the CcOX vs NO reaction pathway prevailing in vivo, with interesting physiological and pathological consequences for cells.
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- Paolo Sarti
- Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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Vogt S, Portig I, Irqsusi M, Ruppert V, Weber P, Ramzan R. Heat shock protein expression and change of cytochrome c oxidase activity: presence of two phylogenic old systems to protect tissues in ischemia and reperfusion. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2011; 43:425-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s10863-011-9367-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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DABRUNDASHVILI NINOG, KVARATSKHELIA EKAB, GAGUA MAIA, MAISURADZE EKATERINE, CHKHIKVISHVILI IRAKLI, ZHURAVLIOVA ELENEI, MIKELADZE DAVIDG. NOBILETIN TRANSIENTLY INCREASES THE PRODUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE AND CHANGES THE ACTIVITY OF SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE IN HUMAN BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES. J Food Biochem 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2010.00407.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Production of nitric oxide by sperm of the steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and its actions on motility and respiration. Theriogenology 2011; 75:144-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 06/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Villanueva C, Giulivi C. Subcellular and cellular locations of nitric oxide synthase isoforms as determinants of health and disease. Free Radic Biol Med 2010; 49:307-16. [PMID: 20388537 PMCID: PMC2900489 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The effects of nitric oxide in biological systems depend on its steady-state concentration and where it is being produced. The organ where nitric oxide is produced is relevant, and within the organ, which types of cells are actually contributing to this production seem to play a major determinant of its effect. Subcellular compartmentalization of specific nitric oxide synthase enzymes has been shown to play a major role in health and disease. Pathophysiological conditions affect the cellular expression and localization of nitric oxide synthases, which in turn alter organ cross talk. In this study, we describe the compartmentalization of nitric oxide in organs, cells, and subcellular organelles and how its localization relates to several relevant clinical conditions. Understanding the complexity of the compartmentalization of nitric oxide production and the implications of this compartmentalization in terms of cellular targets and downstream effects will eventually contribute toward the development of better strategies for treating or preventing pathological events associated with the increase, inhibition, or mislocalization of nitric oxide production.
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- Cleva Villanueva
- Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D.F. 11320
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
- Corresponding author: Dr. Cecilia Giulivi, Department of Molecular Biosciences, 1120 Haring Hall, University of California, Davis, CA. 95616, Tel. 530 754 8603, Fax. 530 754 9342,
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Oxidative Damage Involves in the Inhibitory Effect of Nitric Oxide on Spore Germination of Penicillium expansum. Curr Microbiol 2010; 62:229-34. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9695-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2010] [Accepted: 05/28/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Haynes V, Traaseth NJ, Elfering S, Fujisawa Y, Giulivi C. Nitration of specific tyrosines in FoF1 ATP synthase and activity loss in aging. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2010; 298:E978-87. [PMID: 20159857 PMCID: PMC2867368 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00739.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It has been reported that C-nitration of proteins occurs under nitrative/oxidative stress; however, its role in pathophysiological situations is not fully understood. In this study, we determined that nitration of Tyr(345) and Tyr(368) in the beta-subunit of the mitochondrial F(o)F(1)-ATPase is a major target for nitrative stress in rat liver under in vivo conditions. The chemical characteristics of these Tyr make them suitable for a facilitated nitration (solvent accessibility, consensus sequence, and pK(a)). Moreover, beta-subunit nitration increased significantly with the age of the rats (from 4 to 80 weeks old) and correlated with decreased ATP hydrolysis and synthesis rates. Although its affinity for ATP binding was unchanged, maximal ATPase activity decreased between young and old rats by a factor of two. These changes directly impacted the available ATP concentration in vivo, and it was expected that they would affect multiple cellular ATP-dependent processes. For instance, at least 50% of available [ATP] in the liver of older rats would have to be committed to sustain maximal Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity, whereas only 30% would be required for young rats. If this requirement was not fulfilled, the osmoregulation and Na(+)-nutrient cotransport in liver of older rats would be compromised. On the basis of our studies, we propose that targeted nitration of the beta-subunit is an early marker for nitrative stress and aging.
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- Virginia Haynes
- University of California, Davis, Department of Molecular Biosciences, 1120 Haring Hall, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Dmitriev RI, Zhdanov AV, Ponomarev GV, Yashunski DV, Papkovsky DB. Intracellular oxygen-sensitive phosphorescent probes based on cell-penetrating peptides. Anal Biochem 2010; 398:24-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.10.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Griffiths EJ, Balaska D, Cheng WHY. The ups and downs of mitochondrial calcium signalling in the heart. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2010; 1797:856-64. [PMID: 20188059 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2009] [Revised: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Regulation of intramitochondrial free calcium ([Ca2+]m) is critical in both physiological and pathological functioning of the heart. The full extent and importance of the role of [Ca2+]m is becoming apparent as evidenced by the increasing interest and work in this area over the last two decades. However, controversies remain, such as the existence of beat-to-beat mitochondrial Ca2+ transients; the role of [Ca2+]m in modulating whole-cell Ca2+ signalling; whether or not an increase in [Ca2+]m is essential to couple ATP supply and demand; and the role of [Ca2+]m in cell death by both necrosis and apoptosis, especially in formation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. The role of [Ca2+]m in heart failure is an area that has also recently been highlighted. [Ca2+]m can now be measured reasonably specifically in intact cells and hearts thanks to developments in fluorescent indicators and targeted proteins and more sensitive imaging technology. This has revealed interactions of the mitochondrial Ca2+ transporters with those of the sarcolemma and sarcoplasmic reticulum, and has gone a long way to bringing the mitochondrial Ca2+ transporters to the forefront of cardiac research. Mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake occurs via the ruthenium red sensitive Ca2+ uniporter (mCU), and efflux via an Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (mNCX). The purification and cloning of the transporters, and development of more specific inhibitors, would produce a step-change in our understanding of the role of these apparently critical but still elusive proteins. In this article we will summarise the key physiological roles of [Ca2+]m in ATP production and cell Ca2+ signalling in both adult and neonatal hearts, as well as highlighting some of the controversies in these areas. We will also briefly discuss recent ideas on the interactions of nitric oxide with [Ca2+]m.
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- Elinor J Griffiths
- Department of Biochemistry and Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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