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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated during mitochondrial oxidative metabolism as well as in cellular response to xenobiotics, cytokines, and bacterial invasion. Oxidative stress refers to the imbalance due to excess ROS or oxidants over the capability of the cell to mount an effective antioxidant response. Oxidative stress results in macromolecular damage and is implicated in various disease states such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, cancer, neurodegeneration, and aging. Paradoxically, accumulating evidence indicates that ROS also serve as critical signaling molecules in cell proliferation and survival. While there is a large body of research demonstrating the general effect of oxidative stress on signaling pathways, less is known about the initial and direct regulation of signaling molecules by ROS, or what we term the "oxidative interface." Cellular ROS sensing and metabolism are tightly regulated by a variety of proteins involved in the redox (reduction/oxidation) mechanism. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms through which ROS directly interact with critical signaling molecules to initiate signaling in a broad variety of cellular processes, such as proliferation and survival (MAP kinases, PI3 kinase, PTEN, and protein tyrosine phosphatases), ROS homeostasis and antioxidant gene regulation (thioredoxin, peroxiredoxin, Ref-1, and Nrf-2), mitochondrial oxidative stress, apoptosis, and aging (p66Shc), iron homeostasis through iron-sulfur cluster proteins (IRE-IRP), and ATM-regulated DNA damage response.
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PMID:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis and redox regulation in cellular signaling. 2228 6

An apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site is an obligatory cytotoxic intermediate in DNA Base Excision Repair (BER) that is processed by human AP endonuclease 1 (APE1). APE1 is essential for BER and an emerging drug target in cancer. We have isolated novel small molecule inhibitors of APE1. In this study, we have investigated the ability of APE1 inhibitors to induce synthetic lethality (SL) in a panel of DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair deficient and proficient cells; i) Chinese hamster (CH) cells: BRCA2 deficient (V-C8), ATM deficient (V-E5), wild type (V79) and BRCA2 revertant [V-C8(Rev1)]. ii) Human cancer cells: BRCA1 deficient (MDA-MB-436), BRCA1 proficient (MCF-7), BRCA2 deficient (CAPAN-1 and HeLa SilenciX cells), BRCA2 proficient (PANC1 and control SilenciX cells). We also tested SL in CH ovary cells expressing a dominant-negative form of APE1 (E8 cells) using ATM inhibitors and DNA-PKcs inhibitors (DSB inhibitors). APE1 inhibitors are synthetically lethal in BRCA and ATM deficient cells. APE1 inhibition resulted in accumulation of DNA DSBs and G2/M cell cycle arrest. SL was also demonstrated in CH cells expressing a dominant-negative form of APE1 treated with ATM or DNA-PKcs inhibitors. We conclude that APE1 is a promising SL target in cancer.
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PMID:Synthetic lethal targeting of DNA double-strand break repair deficient cells by human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease inhibitors. 2237 8

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a highly selective two-step cancer treatment involving a photosensitizer and illumination with visible light in the presence of molecular oxygen. PDT is clinically approved worldwide for treating several premalignant conditions and cancer forms, especially endoscopically accessible tumors and dermatological malignancies. PDT-mediated cytotoxicity takes place via autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis, but the exact trigger mechanisms for various death-pathways are still unknown. PDT induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) through photochemical reactions. ROS can react with different macromolecules resulting in cellular damage, including oxidation of proteins. One of the known protein modifications is reversible oxidation of cysteine thiols (-SH), which in many cases constitute a redox switch to modulate protein activity and cellular signaling. Here we have examined the role of reversible oxidation of protein thiols as a potential mediator of cytotoxicity after hexylaminolevulinate-mediated photodynamic treatment (HAL-PDT) in the human epidermoid carcinoma cell line A431. Nearly 2300 proteins were found to be reversibly oxidized after HAL-PDT, of which 374 high-confidence proteins were further allocated to cellular compartments and functional networks. 115 of the high confidence proteins were associated with apoptosis and 257 have previously not been reported to be reversibly oxidized on cysteines. We find an enrichment of DNA damage checkpoint and oxidative stress response proteins. Many of these constitute potential signaling hubs in apoptosis, including ATM, p63, RSK1 p38, APE1/Ref-1 and three 14-3-3 family members. Our study represents the first comprehensive mapping of reversibly oxidized proteins subsequent to HAL-PDT. Several of the proteins constitute potentially novel redox-regulated apoptotic triggers as well as potential targets for adjuvants that may improve the efficacy of HAL-PDT and PDT using other photosensitizers.
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PMID:Photodynamic treatment with hexyl-aminolevulinate mediates reversible thiol oxidation in core oxidative stress signaling proteins. 2674 48

Angiotensin II (Ang II) is implicated in the development of cardiovascular disorders including hypertension and atherosclerosis. However, the role of Ang II in the interaction between apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease/redox factor-1 (APE/Ref-1) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) signals in relation to vascular disorders remains to be clarified. This study aimed to determine whether APE/Ref-1 plays a role in epigenetic regulation of the S1P receptor (S1PR) in response to Ang II in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration and vascular neointima formation. Ang II augmented the expression of S1PR1 in aortic smooth muscle cells of Sprague Dawley rats (RASMCs), which was attenuated by Ang II receptor (AT) 1 inhibitors, antioxidants, and APE/Ref-1 knockdown with small interference RNA. Ang II stimulation produced H2O2, and exogenous H2O2 elevated S1PR1 expression in RASMCs. Moreover, Ang II caused translocation of cytoplasmic APE/Ref-1 into the nucleus in RASMCs. H3 histone acetylation and APE/Ref-1 binding at the S1PR1 promoter were increased in RASMCs treated with Ang II. In addition, Ang II induced migration in RASMCs, which was suppressed by AT1 and S1PR1 inhibitors. The expression of S1PR1, and colocalization of APE/Ref-1 and acetylated histone H3 in vascular neointima, were greater in Ang II-infused rats compared with a control group. These findings demonstrate that Ang II stimulates the epigenetic regulation of S1PR1 expression via H2O2-mediated APE/Ref-1 translocation, which may consequently be involved in Ang II-induced VSMC migration and vascular neointima formation. Therefore, APE/Ref-1-mediated overexpression of S1PR1 may be implicated in the vascular dysfunction evoked by Ang II.
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PMID:Angiotensin II facilitates neointimal formation by increasing vascular smooth muscle cell migration: Involvement of APE/Ref-1-mediated overexpression of sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1. 2960 2


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