title: Manganese-superoxide dismutase in endothelial cells: localization and mechanism of induction.
abstract: Mechanisms of Mn-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) expression in human umbilical endothelial cells were investigated by Northern blot analysis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and immunoelectron microscopy. The Mn-SOD in human endothelial cells was markedly induced by the cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interleukin-1, and lipopolysaccharide as well as by phorbol esters [12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA)]. The induction was partially blocked by dexamethasone and 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC). In endothelial cells in which PKC had been desensitized to TPA by pretreatment for 24 h, addition of TNF caused overexpression of Mn-SOD. These facts suggested that at least two separate signal-transducing pathways are involved in expression of the Mn-SOD gene. Immunoelectron-microscopic studies showed that Mn-SOD was localized to the mitochondrial matrix of the capillary vascular endothelial cells of cardiac tissues and cultured endothelial cells. Mn-SOD, which is normally abundant in endothelial cells relative to other cell types, may play an important protective role against stresses such as ischemia and inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tatsumi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002196:Capillaries / Q000201:enzymology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003907:Dexamethasone; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase