Heat shock protein 90 mediates the balance of nitric oxide and superoxide anion from endothelial nitric-oxide synthase.
The balance of nitric oxide (.NO) and superoxide anion (O(2)) plays an important role in vascular biology. The association of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) with endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) is a critical step in the mechanisms by which eNOS generates.NO. As eNOS is capable of generating both.NO and O(2), we hypothesized that Hsp90 might also mediate eNOS-dependent O(2) production. To test this hypothesis, bovine coronary endothelial cells (BCEC) were pretreated with geldanamycin (GA, 10 microg/ml; 17.8 microm) and then stimulated with the calcium ionophore, (5 microm). GA significantly decreased -stimulated eNOS-dependent nitrite production (p < 0.001, n = 4) and significantly increased -stimulated eNOS-dependent O(2) production (p < 0.001, n = 8). increased phospho-eNOS(Ser-1179) levels by >1.6-fold over vehicle (V)-treated levels. Pretreatment with GA by itself or with increased phospho-eNOS levels. In unstimulated V-treated BCEC cultures low amounts of Hsp90 were found to associate with eNOS. Pretreatment with GA and/or increased the association of Hsp90 with eNOS. These data show that Hsp90 is essential for eNOS-dependent.NO production and that inhibition of ATP-dependent conformational changes in Hsp90 uncouples eNOS activity and increases eNOS-dependent O(2) production.
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA. KPRITCH@mcw.edu
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D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III
D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; D007476:Ionophores; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D000001:Calcimycin; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III