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Linking mitochondrial signalling to ER-stress by nitric oxide
Nitric oxide induces coupling of mitochondrial signalling with the endoplasmic reticulum stress response.
Xu W, Liu L, Charles IG, Moncada S.
Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic signalling molecule that binds to cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV) reversibly and in competition with oxygen. This action of NO has both physiological and pathophysiological consequences. Here we report that endogenously generated NO, which disrupts the respiratory chain, may cause changes in mitochondrial calcium flux. This induces cleavage of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-regulated transcription factor p90 ATF6 into an active p50 form. Cleavage depends on a calcium-dependent serine protease through a regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) process. p50 ATF6 then translocates to the nucleus to upregulate expression of the ER-resident molecular chaperone, glucose-regulated protein 78 (Grp78). The increase in Grp78 provides significant cytoprotection against toxic agents, including thapsigargin, a selective ER calcium-ATPase inhibitor. Cytoprotection is abolished after treatment with cyclosporin A (CsA), which disrupts mitochondrial calcium signalling, or with the calcium chelator BAPTA-AM. The NO-mediated ER stress response is diminished in rho(0) cells devoid of mitochondrial DNA, consistent with our evidence that NO-dependent mitochondrial disruption is coupled to the ER stress response.
Nat Cell Biol. 2004 Nov;6(11):1129-34. Epub 2004 Oct 24.
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This page is devoted to the nitric oxide user and researcher . There are three different type of nitric oxide synthases: neuronal nitric oxide synthase(NOS1), inducible nitric oxide synthase(NOS2) and endothelium nitric oxide synthase(NOS3). Each of them have different tissue distributions and located on different human chromosomes. They may related to many human diseases, such as Alzheimer 's dieseases, Parkinson's. diabetes, asthma, heart disease, infection diseases.Some nitric oxide reagents, such as nitric oxide cDNAs, genomic DNAs, nitric oxide polymorphic markers, nitric oxide antibodies, Nitric oxide synthase proteins and other information will be helpful for these researchers. In my favorite site , you can find them all. This page also contain some information about human genetics, human identity, microsatellite information .
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The FASEB Journal Express Article 10.1096/fj.01-0590fje Published online December 28, 2001
Microencapsulated iNOS-expressing cells cause tumor suppression in mice
Weiming Xu, Lizhi Liu, and Ian G. Charles E-mail contact: rmgzigc@ucl.ac.uk
Macrophages can kill tumor cells by releasing high levels of nitric oxide (NO) and related reactive nitrogen species such as nitroxyl and peroxynitrite, after up-regulation of expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase gene (iNOS). In this paper we describe two novel human cell lines that are capable of expressing high levels of iNOS under the control of analogues of either the insect hormone ecdysone or tetracycline. We have entrapped these iNOS-expressing cells within a semipermeable alginate-poly-L-lysine membrane as a means of delivery to tumor sites in a nude mouse model. These encapsulated cells can be induced to generate sustainable high concentrations NO and reactive nitrogen species at tumor sites after treatment either with ponasterone A or muristerone A or with doxycycline. Delivery of these iNOS-expressing cells to tumors formed from human ovarian cancer SKOV-3 cells results in 100% killing, whereas treatment of tumors formed from human colon cancer DLD-1 cells results in 54% killing. We show that in these iNOS-expressing cells, tumor killing is associated with concomitant up-regulation of the Fas/FasL proteins. FASEB J, 16, 213-215(2002).[Abstract] [PDF]
News on Nitric Oxide nature cell biology june 2000 volume 2 issue 6 pp 339 - 345 Nitric oxide upregulates expression of DNA-PKcs to protect cells from DNA-damaging anti-tumour agents Weiming Xu, Lizhi Liu, Graeme C. M. Smith and lan G. Charles Nitric Oxide and tumor.html,
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