title: Overexpression of SSAT in kidney cells recapitulates various phenotypic aspects of kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury.
abstract: To ascertain the role of spermidine/spermine N-1-acetyl-transferase (SSAT; the rate-limiting enzyme in polyamine catabolism) in cell injury, cultured kidney (HEK 293) cells conditionally overexpressing SSAT were generated. The SSAT expression was induced and its enzymatic activity increased 24 h after addition of tetracycline and remained elevated over the length of the experiments. Induction of SSAT upregulated the expression of polyamine oxidase and resulted in the reduction of cellular concentration of spermidine and spermine, increased concentration of putrescine, and inhibited cell growth. SSAT overexpression increased the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) by 350% 24 h after addition of tetracycline, indicating the induction of oxidative stress. The presence of catalase significantly prevented the upregulation of HO-1 in SSAT overexpressing cells, indicating that generation of H2O2 is partially responsible for the induction of oxidative stress. Overexpression of SSAT caused rounding and loss of cell anchorage and significantly altered the morphology of actin-containing filopodia, suggesting an adhesion defect. SSAT upregulation may mediate majority of the oxidative stress in kidney ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) as manifested by decreased cell growth, generation of toxic metabolites (H2O2 and putrescine), upregulation of HO-1, disruption of cell anchorage, and defect in cell adhesion. These data point to the inhibition of polyamine catabolism as a therapeutic approach for the prevention of tissue injury in kidney IRI.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0585, USA.
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kamyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zahedi
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tehrani
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rabb
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matlin
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Casero
authors.forename: Manoocher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soleimani
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008954:Models, Biological; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000378:metabolism; D010590:Phalloidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010641:Phenotype; D011073:Polyamines / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011700:Putrescine / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015427:Reperfusion Injury; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D015854:Up-Regulation; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase; D000099228:Diamine N-Acetyltransferase
chemical_list: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D000199:Actins; D002374:Catalase; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D010590:Phalloidine; D011073:Polyamines; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D011700:Putrescine; D012313:RNA; D013752:Tetracycline; D000097667:Polyamine Oxidase; D000099228:Diamine N-Acetyltransferase; C496541:HMOX1 protein, human