Kim Sangwon, Wing Simon S, Ponka Prem
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada.
Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Jan;24(1):330-7. doi: 10.1128/MCB.24.1.330-337.2004.
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule that interacts with different targets depending on its redox state. NO can interact with thiol groups resulting in S-nitrosylation of proteins, but the functional implications of this modification are not yet fully understood. We have reported that treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with NO caused a decrease in levels of iron regulatory protein 2 (IRP2), which binds to iron-responsive elements present in untranslated regions of mRNAs for several proteins involved in iron metabolism. In this study, we show that NO causes S-nitrosylation of IRP2, both in vitro and in vivo, and this modification leads to IRP2 ubiquitination followed by its degradation in the proteasome. Moreover, mutation of one cysteine (C178S) prevents NO-mediated degradation of IRP2. Hence, S-nitrosylation is a novel signal for IRP2 degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
一氧化氮(NO)是一种重要的信号分子,它根据其氧化还原状态与不同的靶点相互作用。NO可与硫醇基团相互作用,导致蛋白质的S-亚硝基化,但这种修饰的功能意义尚未完全明确。我们曾报道,用NO处理RAW 264.7细胞会导致铁调节蛋白2(IRP2)水平降低,IRP2可与参与铁代谢的几种蛋白质的mRNA非翻译区中存在的铁反应元件结合。在本研究中,我们发现NO在体外和体内均会导致IRP2的S-亚硝基化,这种修饰会导致IRP2泛素化,随后在蛋白酶体中降解。此外,一个半胱氨酸(C178S)突变可阻止NO介导的IRP2降解。因此,S-亚硝基化是通过泛素-蛋白酶体途径降解IRP2的一种新信号。