Hypothermia translocates nitric oxide synthase from cytosol to membrane in snail neurons.
Neuronal nitric oxide (NO) levels are modulated through the control of catalytic activity of NO synthase (NOS). Although signals limiting excess NO synthesis are being extensively studied in the vertebrate nervous system, our knowledge is rather limited on the control of NOS in neurons of invertebrates. We have previously reported a transient inactivation of NOS in hibernating snails. In the present study, we aimed to understand the mechanism leading to blocked NO production during hypothermic periods of Helix pomatia. We have found that hypothermic challenge translocated NOS from the cytosol to the perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum, and that this cytosol to membrane trafficking was essential for inhibition of NO synthesis. Cold stress also downregulated NOS mRNA levels in snail neurons, although the amount of NOS protein remained unaffected in response to hypothermia. Our studies with cultured neurons and glia cells revealed that glia-neuron signaling may inhibit membrane binding and inactivation of NOS. We provide evidence that hypothermia keeps NO synthesis "hibernated" through subcellular redistribution of NOS.
Department of Microbial Biotechnology and Cell Biology (formerly Animal Anatomy and Physiology), Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary. troszer@cnic.es
Tamás
T
Rószer
Eva
E
Kiss-Tóth
Dávid
D
Rózsa
Tamás
T
Józsa
A József
AJ
Szentmiklósi
Gáspár
G
Bánfalvi
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D058639:Cold-Shock Response / Q000502:physiology; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D017952:Ganglia, Invertebrate / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015870:Gene Expression; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006372:Helix, Snails / Q000502:physiology*; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000378:metabolism*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase