title: Characterization of ThOX proteins as components of the thyroid H(2)O(2)-generating system.
abstract: We have recently cloned two thyroid-specific cDNAs encoding new members of the NADPH oxidase family. ThOX1 and ThOX2 proteins are colocalized with thyroperoxidase at the apical membrane of human thyroid cells. In the present study we have determined their subcellular localization and maturation in relation to their enzymatic activity. A majority of ThOX proteins accumulated inside the cell and only a small fraction was expressed at the surface. Western blots demonstrated that ThOX's are glycoproteins of 180,000 and 190,000. When totally deglycosylated the molecular weight of both ThOX1 and ThOX2 drops to 160,000. Ca(2+) stimulates the basal H(2)O(2) generation in PC Cl3 cells at a level corresponding to 20% of the leukocyte H(2)O(2) production stimulated by PMA. Nonthyroid cell lines transfected with ThOX1 and ThOX2 show only a single immunoreactive band in Western blot analysis, corresponding to the protein of 180,000. This "immature" protein remains exclusively intracellular and does not present any enzymatic activity. This is not modified by coexpression of thyroperoxidase and p22(Phox). Transfection of ThOX cDNAs into PLB-XCGD cells does not reconstitute their NADPH oxidase activity. We conclude that (1) the thyroid contains some elements of the leukocyte H(2)O(2)-generating system but not all of them; (2) ThOX's are predominantly or exclusively located inside the cell in thyrocytes or in transfected cells, respectively, and as such they are inactive; (3) ThOX's cannot replace gp91(Phox) in the leukocyte; and (4) the thyroid H(2)O(2)-generating system is analogous to the leukocyte system with regard to ThOX's and gp91(Phox) but very different in other aspects. Additional thyroid-specific components are probably required to get complete protein processing and full enzymatic activity in the thyroid.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, 808, Route de Lennik, Brussels, Belgium. xaddken@ulb.ac.be
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: De Deken
authors.forename: Dantong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jacques E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dumont
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miot
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004285:Dogs; D000074623:Dual Oxidases; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006031:Glycosylation; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D005420:Flavoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D000074623:Dual Oxidases; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; C086986:CYBA protein, human; C431513:DUOX1 protein, human; C431515:DUOX2 protein, human; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase