Chen-Roetling Jing, Regan Raymond F
Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Sansom Street, Thompson 239, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2006 Nov 10;350(1):233-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.036. Epub 2006 Sep 18.
The heme oxygenase (HO) enzymes catalyze the rate-limiting step of heme breakdown. Prior studies have demonstrated that the vulnerability of neurons and astrocytes to hemoglobin is modified in cells lacking HO-2, the constitutive isoform. The present study assessed the effect of the inducible isoform, HO-1. Wild-type astrocytes treated for 3-5 days with 3-30 microM hemoglobin sustained no loss of viability, as quantified by LDH and MTT assays. The same treatment resulted in death of 25-50% of HO-1 knockout astrocytes, and a 4-fold increase in protein oxidation. Cell injury was attenuated by transfer of the HO-1 gene, but not by bilirubin, the antioxidant heme breakdown product. Conversely, neuronal protein oxidation and cell death after hemoglobin exposure were similar in wild-type and HO-1 knockout cultures. These results suggest that HO-1 induction protects astrocytes from the oxidative toxicity of Hb, but has no effect on neuronal injury.
血红素加氧酶(HO)催化血红素分解的限速步骤。先前的研究表明,在缺乏组成型异构体HO-2的细胞中,神经元和星形胶质细胞对血红蛋白的易损性会发生改变。本研究评估了诱导型异构体HO-1的作用。用3 - 30 microM血红蛋白处理3 - 5天的野生型星形胶质细胞,通过乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)和噻唑蓝(MTT)测定法量化,其活力没有损失。相同处理导致25% - 50%的HO-1基因敲除星形胶质细胞死亡,蛋白质氧化增加4倍。HO-1基因转移可减轻细胞损伤,但抗氧化血红素分解产物胆红素则不能。相反,在野生型和HO-1基因敲除培养物中,血红蛋白暴露后神经元蛋白质氧化和细胞死亡情况相似。这些结果表明,HO-1的诱导可保护星形胶质细胞免受血红蛋白的氧化毒性,但对神经元损伤没有影响。