title: Distinct effects of N-acetylcysteine and nitric oxide on angiotensin II-induced epidermal growth factor receptor phosphorylation and intracellular Ca(2+) levels.
abstract: These studies describe inhibitory effects of N-acetylcysteine on several biochemical events associated with the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) by angiotensin II in the cardiac fibroblast and compare these effects with those of the nitric oxide donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine, an agent we showed previously to inhibit angiotensin II-induced ERK activation and the concomitant phosphorylation of proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Wang, D., Yu, X., and Brecher, P. (1999) J. Biol. Chem. 274, 24342-24348). The transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by angiotensin II, a process required for the activation of ERK, was inhibited by N-acetylcysteine but not by nitric oxide. The transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor by angiotensin II was shown to be independent of intracellular calcium increases. Nitric oxide, but not N-acetylcysteine, inhibited the angiotensin II-induced increase in intracellular Ca(2+). Neither nitric oxide nor N-acetylcysteine inhibited either phospholipase C activation or inositol triphosphate generation in response to angiotensin II. N-Acetylcysteine did inhibit the phosphorylation of the calcium sensitive tyrosine kinases PYK2 and Src, effects that also occurred using nitric oxide. These studies describe a novel effect of N-acetylcysteine on cross-talk between a G protein-linked receptor and a tyrosine kinase receptor and offer additional molecular insight to explain how N-acetylcysteine and nitric oxide act at different sites and might have an additive effect on specific hormonal responses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Medicine and Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brecher
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; C110881:S-nitro-N-acetylpenicillamine; D000804:Angiotensin II; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D010396:Penicillamine; D002118:Calcium; D000111:Acetylcysteine