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Laminar flow (shear stress) is an important stimulus for nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in endothelial cells. NO can react with free SH-groups of different proteins leading to S-nitrosylation. Since S-nitrosylation of proteins is an important regulator of protein functions, we investigated the effect of endogenously synthesized NO. Exposure to shear stress significantly increased the overall S-nitrosylation of proteins in endothelial cells. Interestingly, shear stress increased S-nitrosylation of specific target proteins, i.e. the catalytic p17 subunit of caspase-3, the GTPase p21ras and the oxidoreductase thioredoxin. S-nitrosylation resulted in an inhibition of caspase-3 and in an augmented activity of p21ras and thioredoxin. These data suggest that long term exposure to shear stress exerts its different atheroprotective effects at least in part via increased S-nitrosylation of specific signaling proteins.
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PMID:Shear stress increases the amount of S-nitrosylated molecules in endothelial cells: important role for signal transduction. 1296 21

Selenium treatment of the doxorubicin-resistant cell line, U-1285dox, derived from human small cell carcinoma of the lung, resulted in massive apoptosis. This effect appeared maximal at 2 days after addition of selenite. The apoptosis was caspase-3 independent as revealed by Western blot analysis, activity measurement and by using caspase inhibitors. Induction of apoptosis was significantly more pronounced and occurred after addition of lower concentrations of selenite in the doxorubicin-resistant cells compared to the parental doxorubicin-sensitive cells. High levels of selenite caused necrosis in the doxorubicin-sensitive cells. Analysis of enzymatic activity (insulin reduction) of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) and TrxR protein concentration, measured by ELISA, revealed increasing activity and protein levels after treatment with increasing concentrations of selenium. Maximum relative increase was induced up to 1 microM in both sublines and at this selenium level the concentrations of TrxR measured as insulin reducing activity or ELISA immunoreactivity were nearly identical. Increasing concentrations of selenite up to 10 microM resulted in increased activity and concentration of TrxR in the sensitive subline but decreasing levels in the resistant subline. The level of truncated Trx (tTrx) was higher in the resistant U-1285dox cells but the level did not change with increasing selenite concentrations. Our results demonstrate pronounced selective selenium-mediated apoptosis in therapy-resistant cells and suggest that redox regulation through the thioredoxin system is an important target for cancer therapy.
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PMID:Selenite-induced apoptosis in doxorubicin-resistant cells and effects on the thioredoxin system. 1503 3

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive human malignancy in which Smad7 is commonly overexpressed. Analysis by differential display identified thioredoxin-1 (TRX) as a gene whose basal expression is increased in COLO-357 pancreatic cancer cells engineered to overexpress Smad7. To delineate the biological consequences of TRX overexpression, we assessed TRX mRNA levels in PDAC and studied the effects of increased TRX levels in Smad7-overexpressing cells. By northern blotting, TRX mRNA levels were increased in PDAC samples by comparison with the normal pancreas. Moreover, analysis of laser-captured pancreatic cancer cells revealed parallel increases in Smad7 and TRX mRNA levels. Retroviral infection of an antisense TRX cDNA suppressed TRX protein levels and blunted the increased capacity of Smad7-overexpressing cells to form colonies in soft agar. 1-Methyl-propyl-2-imidazolozyl disulfide, a TRX inhibitor, markedly suppressed the growth of sham-transfected COLO-357 cells and enhanced the growth inhibitory actions of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (CDDP). CDDP also induced apoptosis, as evidenced by induction of DNA laddering, PARP cleavage, and caspase-3/9 activities. These pro-apoptotic actions were greatly attenuated in Smad7-overexpressing cells, which exhibited a more prolonged association of TRX with the apoptosis inducer apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1, and enhanced nuclear factor kappaB activation in response to CDDP. These findings suggest that TRX is downstream of Smad7 in a pathway that confers a growth advantage to pancreatic cancer cells and that increases their resistance to CDDP-mediated apoptosis, implying novel regulatory functions for Smad7.
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PMID:Thioredoxin is downstream of Smad7 in a pathway that promotes growth and suppresses cisplatin-induced apoptosis in pancreatic cancer. 1515 Jan 18

Apoptosis contributes to myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (MI/R) injury, and both thioredoxin (Trx) and nitric oxide have been shown to exert antiapoptotic effects in vitro. Recent evidence suggests that this particular action of Trx requires S-nitrosation at Cys-69. The present study sought to investigate whether or not exogenously applied Trx reduces MI/R injury in vivo and to which extent this effect depends on S-nitrosation. Adult mice were subjected to 30 min of MI and treated with either vehicle or human Trx (hTrx, 2 mg/kg, i.p.) 10 min before reperfusion. Native hTrx was incorporated into myocardial tissue as shown by immunostaining, and reduced MI/R injury as evidenced by decreased terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining, DNA fragmentation, caspase-3 activity, and infarct size. When hTrx was partially S-nitrosated by preincubation with S-nitrosoglutathione, its cardioprotective effect was markedly enhanced. Treatment with hTrx significantly reduced p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity, and this effect was also potentiated by S-nitrosation. To further address the role of S-nitrosation for the overall antiapoptotic effect to Trx, the action of Escherichia coli Trx (eTrx) was investigated in the same model. Whereas eTrx inhibited MI/R-induced apoptosis to a degree similar to hTrx, S-nitrosation of this protein, which lacks Cys-69, failed to further enhance its antiapoptotic action. Collectively, our results demonstrate that systemically applied Trx is taken up by the myocardium to exert potent cardioprotective effects in vivo, offering interesting therapeutic avenues. In the case of hTrx, these effects are further potentiated by S-nitrosation, but this posttranslational modification is not essential for protection.
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PMID:Cardioprotective effects of thioredoxin in myocardial ischemia and reperfusion: role of S-nitrosation [corrected]. 1527 64

Recently, we identified thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) as the most dramatically glucose-induced gene in our human islet microarray study. TXNIP is a regulator of the cellular redox state, but its role in pancreatic beta-cells and the mechanism of its regulation by glucose remain unknown. We therefore generated a stable transfected beta-cell line (INS-1) overexpressing human TXNIP and found that TXNIP overexpression induced apoptosis as assessed by Bax, Bcl2, caspase-3, and cleaved caspase-9 as well as Hoechst staining. Interestingly, islets of insulin-resistant/diabetic mice (AZIP-F1, BTBRob/ob) demonstrated elevated TXNIP expression, suggesting that TXNIP may play a role in glucotoxicity and the beta-cell loss observed under these conditions. Furthermore, we found that glucose-induced TXNIP transcription is not dependent on glucose metabolism and is mediated by a distinct carbohydrate response element (ChoRE) in the human TXNIP promoter consisting of a perfect nonpalindromic repeat of two E-boxes. Transfection studies demonstrated that this ChoRE was necessary and sufficient to confer glucose responsiveness. Thus, TXNIP is a novel proapoptotic beta-cell gene elevated in insulin resistance/diabetes and up-regulated by glucose through a unique ChoRE and may link glucotoxicity and beta-cell apoptosis.
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PMID:Thioredoxin-interacting protein is stimulated by glucose through a carbohydrate response element and induces beta-cell apoptosis. 1570 78

Nitric oxide (NO) signaling through the formation of cGMP is well established; however, there seems to be an increasing role for cGMP-independent NO signaling. Although key molecular details remain unanswered, S-nitrosation represents an example of cGMP-independent NO signaling. This modification has garnered recent attention as it has been shown to modulate the function of several important biochemical pathways. Although an analogy to O-phosphorylation can be drawn, little is known about protein nitrosothiol regulation in vivo. In solution, NO readily reacts with oxygen to yield a nitrosating agent, but this process alone provides no specificity for nitrosation. This lack of specificity is exemplified by the in vitro poly-S-nitrosation of caspase-3 (Casp-3, ref. 6) and the ryanodine receptor. Previous in vivo work with Casp-3 suggests that a protein-assisted process may be responsible for selective S-nitrosation of the catalytic cysteine (Cys163). We demonstrated that a single cysteine in thioredoxin (Trx) is capable of a targeted, reversible transnitrosation reaction with Cys163 of Casp-3. A greater understanding of how S-nitrosation is mediated has broad implications for cGMP-independent signaling. The example described here also suggests a new role for Trx in the regulation of apoptosis.
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PMID:Thioredoxin catalyzes the S-nitrosation of the caspase-3 active site cysteine. 1640 13

Exenatide (Ex-4) is a novel anti-diabetic drug that stimulates insulin secretion and enhances beta-cell mass, but the mechanisms involved are not fully understood. We found that Ex-4 protects INS-1 beta-cells against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis (TUNEL) and also reduces expression (mRNA and protein) of thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP), a pro-apoptotic factor involved in beta-cell glucose toxicity and oxidative stress. This reduction was observed in INS-1 cells, mouse, and human islets as well as in wild-type mice receiving Ex-4 and was accompanied by decreased expression of the apoptotic factors caspase-3 and Bax. To determine whether Ex-4-mediated TXNIP reduction is critical for this inhibition of apoptosis, we stably overexpressed TXNIP in INS-1 cells, which completely blunted the anti-apoptotic Ex-4 effects. Thus, Ex-4 inhibits apoptosis by reducing TXNIP expression and early initiation of Ex-4 treatment may help preserve endogenous beta-cell mass, protect against oxidative stress, and delay type 2 diabetes progression.
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PMID:Exenatide inhibits beta-cell apoptosis by decreasing thioredoxin-interacting protein. 1678 54

Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), a component of the redox control system involving thioredoxin (Trx), is implicated in defense against oxidative stress, control of cell growth and proliferation, and regulation of apoptosis. In the present study a stable transfectant was made by introducing the vector pcDNA3.0 harboring the fission yeast TrxR gene into COS-7 African green monkey kidney fibroblast cells. The exogenous TrxR gene led to an increase in TrxR activity of up to 3.2-fold but did not affect glutathione (GSH) content, or glutaredoxin and caspase-3 activities. Levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), but not those of nitric oxide (NO), were reduced. Conversely, 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobezene (CDNB), an irreversible inhibitor of mammalian TrxR, enhanced ROS levels in the COS-7 cells. After treatment with hydrogen peroxide, the level of intracellular ROS was lower in the transfectants than in the vector control cells. These results confirm that TrxR is a crucial determinant of the level of cellular ROS during oxidative stress as well as in the normal state.
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PMID:Effects of heterologous expression of thioredoxin reductase on the level of reactive oxygen species in COS-7 cells. 1695 58

Paraquat, N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6 tetrahydropyridine, and rotenone have been shown to reproduce several features of Parkinson's disease in animal and cell culture models. Although these chemicals are known to perturb dopamine homeostasis and induce dopaminergic cell death, their molecular mechanisms of action are not well defined. We have previously shown that paraquat does not require functional dopamine transporter and does not inhibit mitochondrial complex I in order to mediate its toxic action (Richardson et al., 2005). In this study, we show that paraquat specifically oxidized the cytosolic form of thioredoxin and activated Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), followed by caspase-3 activation. Conversely, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)) and rotenone oxidized the mitochondrial form of thioredoxin but did not activate JNK-mitogen-activated protein kinase and caspase-3. Loading cells with exogenous dopamine did not exacerbate the toxicity of any of these compounds. These data suggest that oxidative modification of cytosolic proteins is critical to paraquat toxicity, while oxidation of mitochondrial proteins is important for MPP(+) and rotenone toxicity. In addition, intracellular dopamine does not seem to exacerbate the toxicity of these dopaminergic neurotoxicants in this model.
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PMID:Divergent mechanisms of paraquat, MPP+, and rotenone toxicity: oxidation of thioredoxin and caspase-3 activation. 1701 46

The aim of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of non-aglycone cyanidin on TNF-alpha-induced endothelial cell apoptosis and its mechanism through enhancing expression of thioredoxin in endothelial cells. We found that exposure of the serum-starved BAECs to TNF-alpha increased significantly the number of dead cells, the cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (RARP)assayed by Western blot, whereas supplementation with cyanidin considerably suppressed these events. Inhibitors of the Akt, ERK1/2, Src kinase and transfection with a dominant-negative Akt cDNA blocked the inhibitory effect of cyanidin on cleaved caspase-3. Cyanidin significantly elevated expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and thioredoxin (Trx). The increased Trx expression was blocked by siRNA transfection of cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG) and by using a PKG inhibitor, KT5823. Cyanidin also ameliorated TNF-alpha-induced decrease of Trx S-nitrosylation and intracellular glutathione and elevation of 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), a major aldehydic product of lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, cyanidin also restored S-nitrosylation of caspase-3 and reduced the rise in expression and acetylation of tumor suppression gene p53. However, KT5823 or L-NAME, an inhibitor of eNOS, removed the preventive effects of cyanidin. Our data show that inhibitory effect of cyanidin on TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis involves multiple pathways, such as Akt activation, eNOS and thioredoxin expression in endothelial cells.
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PMID:Inhibitory effect of polyphenol cyanidin on TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis through multiple signaling pathways in endothelial cells. 1704 69


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