Nitric oxide inhibits H 2 O 2 -induced transferrin receptor-dependent apoptosis in endothelial cells: Role of ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
- 4 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 100 (19) , 10653-10658
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1933581100
Abstract
We investigated here the mechanism of cytoprotection of nitric oxide (*NO) in bovine aortic endothelial cells treated with H2O2. NONOates were used as *NO donors that released *NO slowly at a well defined rate in the extracellular and intracellular milieus. H2O2-mediated intracellular dichlorofluorescein fluorescence and apoptosis were enhanced by the transferrin receptor (TfR)-mediated iron uptake. *NO inhibited the TfR-mediated iron uptake, dichlorofluorescein fluorescence, and apoptosis in H2O2-treated cells. *NO increased the proteasomal activity and degradation of nitrated TfR via ubiquitination. Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, a nonspecific inhibitor of endogenous *NO biosynthesis, decreased the trypsin-like activity of 26S proteasome. *NO, by activating proteolysis, mitigates TfR-dependent iron uptake, dichlorodihydrofluorescein oxidation, and apoptosis in H2O2-treated bovine aortic endothelial cells. The relevance of biological nitration on redox signaling is discussed.Keywords
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