Carbon monoxide induces heme oxygenase-1 to modulate STAT3 activation in endothelial cells via S-glutathionylation

IL-6/STAT3 pathway is involved in a variety of biological responses, including cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and inflammation. In our present study, we found that CO releasing molecules (CORMs) suppress IL-6-induced STAT3 phosphorylation, nuclear translocation and transactivity in endothelial cells (ECs). CO is a byproduct of heme degradation mediated by heme oxygenase (HO-1). However, CORMs can induce HO-1 expression and then inhibit STAT3 phosphorylation. CO has been found to increase a low level ROS and which may induce protein glutathionylation. We hypothesized that CORMs increases protein glutathionylation and inhibits STAT3 activation. We found that CORMs increase the intracellular GSSG level and induce the glutathionylation of multiple proteins including STAT3. GSSG can inhibit STAT3 phosphorylation and increase STAT3 glutathionylation whereas the antioxidant enzyme catalase can suppress the glutathionylation. Furthermore, catalase blocks the inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation by CORMs treatment. The inhibition of glutathione synthesis by BSO was also found to attenuate STAT3 glutathionylation and its inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation. We further found that HO-1 increases STAT3 glutathionylation and that HO-1 siRNA attenuates CORM-induced STAT3 glutathionylation. Hence, the inhibition of STAT3 activation is likely to occur via a CO-mediated increase in the GSSG level, which augments protein glutathionylation, and CO-induced HO-1 expression, which may enhance and maintain its effects in IL-6-treated ECs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 9(2014), 7 vom: 21., Seite e100677

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Yan-Chang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yu-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Hsieh, Chia-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Po-Min [VerfasserIn]
Wung, Being-Sun [VerfasserIn]

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7U1EE4V452
Carbon Monoxide
EC 1.14.14.18
GAN16C9B8O
Glutathione
Heme Oxygenase-1
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Reactive Oxygen Species
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
STAT3 Transcription Factor

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Date Completed 09.11.2015

Date Revised 12.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0100677

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM240516281