Taurine chloramine and taurine bromamine induce heme oxygenase-1 in resting and LPS-stimulated J774.2 macrophages.
Taurine chloramine (TauCl) and taurine bromamine (TauBr) are products of activated neutrophils and eosinophils, respectively. It has been reported that TauCl, has strong anti-inflammatory properties. In a number of separate studies it has been shown that heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a stress inducible protein, exerts similar anti-inflammatory effects. In this study we investigated the influence of HO-1 on TauCl/TauBr mediated suppression of NO generation in J774.2 macrophages. Expression of HO-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS-2) in LPS stimulated J774.2 cells provides an opportunity for determining these interactions. TauCl and TauBr, at non-cytotoxic concentrations, in a similar, dose-dependent manner, inhibited the expression of NOS-2, as evidenced by western blotting technique. Surprisingly, TauCl and TauBr induced expression of HO-1 in both non-activated and LPS-activated macrophages. Importantly, the fall in NOS-2 protein level was associated with a concomitant, dose-dependent induction of HO-1. In addition, an inhibitor of HO-1 activity, chromium III mesoporhyrin (CrMP), attenuated the inhibitory activity of TauBr but not that of TauCl, as measured by nitrite accumulation. These results suggest that at a site of inflammation, TauCl and TauBr may provide a link between taurine-dependent and HO-1-dependent cytoprotective mechanisms.
Chair of Pharmacology, Jagiellonian University Medical College Kraków, Kraków, Poland.
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D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D007249:Inflammation; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D009573:Nitrites; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009573:Nitrites; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D013844:Thiazoles; D013654:Taurine; C043410:N-chlorotaurine; C052954:N-bromotaurine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; C496542:Hmox1 protein, mouse; C022616:thiazolyl blue