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Nitric oxide regulates mitochondrial oxidative stress protection via the transcriptional coactivator PGC-1alpha.The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Vol. 20, No. 11. (September 2006), pp. 1889-1891.
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AbstractNitric oxide (NO) has both prooxidant and antioxidant activities in the endothelium; however, the molecular mechanisms involved are still a matter of controversy. PGC-1alpha [peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma coactivator 1-alpha] induces the expression of several members of the mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification system. Here, we show that NO regulates this system through the modulation of PGC-1alpha expression. Short-term (<12 h) treatment of endothelial cells with NO donors down-regulates PGC-1alpha expression, whereas long-term (>24 h) treatment up-regulates it. Treatment with the NOS inhibitor l-NAME has the opposite effect. Down-regulation of PGC-1alpha by NO is mediated by protein kinase G (PKG). It is blocked by the soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) inhibitor ODQ and the PKG inhibitor KT5823, and mimicked by the cGMP analog 8-Br-cGMP. Changes in PGC-1alpha expression are in all cases paralleled by corresponding variations in the mitochondrial ROS detoxification system. Cells that transiently overexpress PGC-1alpha from the cytomeglovirus (CMV) promoter respond poorly to NO donors. Analysis of tissues from eNOS(-/-) mice showed reduced levels of PGC-1alpha and the mitochondrial ROS detoxification system. These data suggest that NO can regulate the mitochondrial ROS detoxification system both positively and negatively through PGC-1alpha.
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