Journal
APOPTOSIS
Volume 13, Issue 11, Pages 1356-1367Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-008-0263-0
Keywords
Human monocytes; Nitric oxide; Protein nitration; Signaling pathways; Apoptosis
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- Gobierno de Navarra
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The sustained overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) observed in inflammatory conditions can contribute to cell demise by affecting apoptosis. Nitration of tyrosine residues occurs in a range of diseases involving macrophage activation. Since NO induces apoptosis in monocytes/macrophages, we tested the hypothesis that nitration of specific proteins could result in apoptotic cell death. The peroxynitrite generator SIN-1 promoted apoptosis in monocytes based on oligonucleosomal DNA fragmentation, caspase-3 and -9 activation, Bcl-2 depletion and accumulation of Bax and p53 proteins. We also found that the signaling pathway triggered by SIN-1 was initiated through tyrosine kinase and Rac activation and resulted in increased JNK and p38 activities. Among the tyrosine-nitrated proteins, Rac and Lyn were identified. Using specific inhibitors for different signaling and effector molecules involved in the apoptotic process we demonstrate that NO, via protein-nitration, could play an important role in controlling the inflammatory response by regulation of monocyte homeostasis.
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