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Effect of Overexpressed Ref-1 on AKT Phosphorylation for NO Production in Mouse Aortic Endothelial Cell Line

마우스 내피세포주 MAE의 NO 생성과정에서 과발현된 Ref-1의 AKT 활성 조절에 대한 연구

  • Song, Ju-Dong (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Kwon (Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Young-Chul (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
  • 송주동 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 미생물학 및 면역학교실) ;
  • 이상권 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 박영철 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 미생물학 및 면역학교실)
  • Published : 2008.12.30
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Abstract

Redox factor-1 (Ref-1) is essential for repair of oxidatively damaged DNA and also govern the reductive activation of many transcription factors. In this study, we examined the effect of overexpressed Ref-1 on AKT activation for nitric oxide (NO) production in mouse aortic endothelial (MAE) cells. Adenoviral-mediated overexpression of Ref-1 enhanced NO production in unstimulated- as well as bradykinin-stimulated MAE cells. Importantly, forced overexpression of Ref-1 induced direct phosphorylation of AKT in cells. And, a PI3K inhibitor wortmannin completely abolished the increase in AKT phosphorylation by stimulation of bradykinin and/or overexpressed Ref-1. In addition, inhibition of AKT activity with HA-tagged activation-deficient AKT suppressed Ref-1-induced endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) phosphorylation and resulted in a corresponding inhibition of unstimulated- and bradykinin-stimulated NO production. These results suggest that Ref-1 stimulates direct phosphorylation of AKT for eNOS enzyme activity in murine endothelial cells.

Redox factor-1 (Ref-1)은 산화적으로 손상된 DNA의 복구와 세포내 산화환원에 민감한 전사인자들의 활성화에 필수적인 역할을 수행한다. 본 연구에서는 마우스 유래 혈관내피세포주 (MAE)에서 nitric oxide (NO) 생성과정에 관여하는 AKT 활성화의 측면에서 adenoviral vector를 사용하여 과발현된 Ref-1의 역할을 살펴보았다. NO 측정을 위하여 fluorophore DAF-2를 사용하였다. 과발현된 Ref-1은 bradykinin으로 자극한 세포뿐만 아니라 자극되지 않은 세포의 NO 생성도 증가시켰다. 놀랍게도 이 과발현된 Ref-1은 AKT의 직접적인 인산화를 유도하였으며, AKT 저해제로 널리 사용되는 wortmannin에 의해 반응이 억제되었다. 또한, Ref-1에 의한 직접적인 AKT 활성화를 증명하기 위하여 HA-tagged activation-deficient AKT를 과발현시키는 adenoviral vector를 사용하였다. 이 방법을 이용한 AKT 활성의 저해는 과발현된 Ref-1에 의한 NO 생성 및 bradykinin 자극에 의한 NO 생성을 억제하였다. 이들 결과는 Ref-1이 마우스 혈관내피세포에서 직접적인 AKT 인산화를 통하여 eNOS 활성화를 유도한다는 것을 의미한다.

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