title: Oxidative stress suppresses the cellular bioenergetic effect of the 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase/hydrogen sulfide pathway.
abstract: Recent data show that lower concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), as well as endogenous, intramitochondrial production of H2S by the 3-mercaptopyruvate (3-MP)/3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3-MST) pathway serves as an electron donor and inorganic source of energy to support mitochondrial electron transport and ATP generation in mammalian cells by donating electrons to Complex II. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of oxidative stress on the activity of the 3-MP/3-MST/H2S pathway in vitro. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 100-500 μM) caused a concentration-dependent decrease in the activity of recombinant mouse 3-MST enzyme. In mitochondria isolated from murine hepatoma cells, H2O2 (50-500 μM) caused a concentration-dependent decrease in production of H2S from 3-MP. In cultured murine hepatoma cells H2O2, (3-100 μM), did not result in overall cytotoxicity, but caused a partial decrease in basal oxygen consumption and respiratory reserve rapacity. The positive bioenergetic effect of 3-MP (100-300 nM) was completely abolished by pre-treatment of the cells with H2O2 (50 μM). The current findings demonstrate that oxidative stress inhibits 3-MST activity and interferes with the positive bioenergetic role of the 3-MP/3-MST/H2S pathway. These findings may have implications for the pathophysiology of various conditions associated with increased oxidative stress, such as various forms of critical illness, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes or physiological aging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Hospital for Children, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Módis
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asimakopoulou
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coletta
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papapetropoulos
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szabo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003545:Cysteine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013466:Sulfurtransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C008366:3-mercaptopyruvic acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D013466:Sulfurtransferases; C021550:3-mercaptopyruvate sulphurtransferase; D003545:Cysteine; D010100:Oxygen; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide