title: Inhibition of cystathionine-beta-synthase activity during renal ischemia-reperfusion: role of pH and nitric oxide.
abstract: Our recent study (Prathapasinghe GA, Siow YL, O K. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 292: F1354-F1363, 2007) indicates that homocysteine (Hcy) plays a detrimental role in ischemia-reperfusion-induced renal injury. Elevation of renal Hcy concentration during ischemia-reperfusion is attributed to reduced activity of cystathionine-beta-synthase (CBS) that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the transsulfuration pathway for the metabolism of the majority of Hcy in the kidney. However, the mechanisms of impaired CBS activity in the kidney are unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pH and nitric oxide (NO) on the CBS activity in the kidney during ischemia-reperfusion. The left kidney of a Sprague-Dawley rat was subjected to ischemia-reperfusion. The CBS activity was significantly reduced in kidneys subjected to ischemia alone (15-60 min) or subjected to ischemia followed by reperfusion for 1-24 h. The pH was markedly reduced in kidneys upon ischemia. Injection of alkaline solution into the kidney partially restored the CBS activity during ischemia. Further analysis revealed that reduction of CBS activity during reperfusion was accompanied by an elevation of NO metabolites (nitrate and nitrite) in the kidney tissue. Injection of a NO scavenger, 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (PTIO), restored the CBS activity in the kidneys subjected to ischemia-reperfusion. Treatment with PTIO could abolish ischemia-reperfusion-induced lipid peroxidation and prevent cell death in the kidney. These results suggested that metabolic acidosis during ischemia and accumulation of NO metabolites during reperfusion contributed, in part, to reduced CBS activity leading to an elevation of renal Hcy levels, which in turn, played a detrimental role in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, and Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, 351 Tache Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2H 2A6.
authors.forename: Gamika A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Prathapasinghe
authors.forename: Yaw L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Siow
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Karmin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology; D003541:Cystathionine beta-Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D007093:Imidazoles; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D006710:Homocysteine; D009599:Nitroprusside; C079391:2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D003541:Cystathionine beta-Synthase; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester