TY - JOUR
T1 - Upregulation of immunoproteasomes by nitric oxide
T2 - Potential antioxidative mechanism in endothelial cells
AU - Kotamraju, Srigiridhar
AU - Matalon, Sadis
AU - Matsunaga, Toshiyuki
AU - Shang, Tiesong
AU - Hickman-Davis, J. M.
AU - Kalyanaraman, B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH Grants HL073056-01, HL31197, HL51173, and HL075540.
PY - 2006/3/15
Y1 - 2006/3/15
N2 - Nitric oxide (•NO) was shown to stimulate the proteasomal function and the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and to ameliorate endothelial apoptotic signaling induced by oxidants. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms by which •NO stimulates proteasomes and affords cytoprotection in endothelial cells has therapeutic implications, as many vascular diseases are characterized by a deficiency in •NO. Here we report that •NO/cGMP/cAMP-induced immunoproteasome subunit expression is responsible for the increased proteasomal activities. Cells pretreated with protein kinase G and protein kinase A inhibitors markedly attenuated •NO-dependent proteasome activation. Results show that the •NO/cGMP/cAMP signaling mechanism enhanced the phosphorylation of the transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein, elevated the cAMP-response element-promoter activity and induced the expression of immunoproteasomal subunits (LMP2 and LMP7). •NO-dependent proteasomal activity was abrogated in cells transfected with antisense LMP2 and LMP7 oligonucleotides. Lower levels of LMP2 and LMP7 were detected in aorta of iNOS-/- mice compared to wild-type controls, suggesting that endogenous production of •NO is important in the basal regulation of immunoproteasome. The •NO/cGMP/cAMP signaling pathway mitigates transferrin-iron-mediated oxidative stress and apoptosis through induction of immunoproteasomes. These results provide new insights on the regulatory mechanisms by which the •NO-mediated immunoproteasome signaling pathway affords cytoprotection in endothelial cells.
AB - Nitric oxide (•NO) was shown to stimulate the proteasomal function and the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and to ameliorate endothelial apoptotic signaling induced by oxidants. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms by which •NO stimulates proteasomes and affords cytoprotection in endothelial cells has therapeutic implications, as many vascular diseases are characterized by a deficiency in •NO. Here we report that •NO/cGMP/cAMP-induced immunoproteasome subunit expression is responsible for the increased proteasomal activities. Cells pretreated with protein kinase G and protein kinase A inhibitors markedly attenuated •NO-dependent proteasome activation. Results show that the •NO/cGMP/cAMP signaling mechanism enhanced the phosphorylation of the transcription factor cAMP-response element-binding protein, elevated the cAMP-response element-promoter activity and induced the expression of immunoproteasomal subunits (LMP2 and LMP7). •NO-dependent proteasomal activity was abrogated in cells transfected with antisense LMP2 and LMP7 oligonucleotides. Lower levels of LMP2 and LMP7 were detected in aorta of iNOS-/- mice compared to wild-type controls, suggesting that endogenous production of •NO is important in the basal regulation of immunoproteasome. The •NO/cGMP/cAMP signaling pathway mitigates transferrin-iron-mediated oxidative stress and apoptosis through induction of immunoproteasomes. These results provide new insights on the regulatory mechanisms by which the •NO-mediated immunoproteasome signaling pathway affords cytoprotection in endothelial cells.
KW - Immunoproteasome
KW - Iron signaling
KW - Nitric oxide
KW - Oxidative stress
KW - Transferrin receptor
KW - cAMP/cGMP
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U2 - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.10.052
DO - 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2005.10.052
M3 - Article
C2 - 16540399
AN - SCOPUS:33644852960
SN - 0891-5849
VL - 40
SP - 1034
EP - 1044
JO - Free Radical Biology and Medicine
JF - Free Radical Biology and Medicine
IS - 6
ER -