title: Opposite roles of selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase-1 in superoxide generator diquat- and peroxynitrite-induced apoptosis and signaling.
abstract: Oxidative injuries including apoptosis can be induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in aerobic metabolism. We determined impacts of a selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPX1) on apoptosis induced by diquat (DQ), a ROS (superoxide) generator, and peroxynitrite (PN), a potent RNS. Hepatocytes were isolated from GPX1 knockout (GPX1-/-) or wild-type (WT) mice, and treated with 0.5 mm DQ or 0.1-0.8 mm PN for up to 12 h. Loss of cell viability, high levels of apoptotic cells, and severe DNA fragmentation were produced by DQ in only GPX1-/- cells and by PN in only WT cells. These two groups of cells shared similar cytochrome c release, caspase-3 activation, and p21(WAF1/CIP1) cleavage. Higher levels of protein nitration were induced by PN in WT than GPX1-/- cells. Much less and/or slower cellular GSH depletion was caused by DQ or PN in GPX1-/- than in WT cells, and corresponding GSSG accumulation occurred only in the latter. In conclusion, it is most striking that, although GPX1 protects against apoptosis induced by superoxide-generator DQ, the enzyme actually promotes apoptosis induced by PN in murine hepatocytes. Indeed, GSH is a physiological substrate for GPX1 in coping with ROS in these cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sies
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism; D003574:Cytochrome c Group / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D053938:DNA Fragmentation; D004178:Diquat / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000502:physiology*; D022781:Hepatocytes; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012643:Selenium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D000094765:Glutathione Peroxidase GPX1
chemical_list: C493957:Cdkn1a protein, mouse; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D003574:Cytochrome c Group; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid; D004178:Diquat; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C505409:Casp3 protein, mouse; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases; D005978:Glutathione; D012643:Selenium; D000094765:Glutathione Peroxidase GPX1; C000722068:Gpx1 protein, mouse