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  • Title: cGMP increases antioxidant function and attenuates oxidant cell death in mouse lung microvascular endothelial cells by a protein kinase G-dependent mechanism.
    Author: Stephens RS, Rentsendorj O, Servinsky LE, Moldobaeva A, Damico R, Pearse DB.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol; 2010 Sep; 299(3):L323-33. PubMed ID: 20453163.
    Abstract:
    Increasing evidence suggests that endothelial cytotoxicity from reactive oxygen species (ROS) contributes to the pathogenesis of acute lung injury. Treatments designed to increase intracellular cGMP attenuate ROS-mediated apoptosis and necrosis in several cell types, but the mechanisms are not understood, and the effect of cGMP on pulmonary endothelial cell death remains controversial. In the current study, increasing intracellular cGMP by either 8pCPT-cGMP (50 microM) or atrial natriuretic peptide (10 nM) significantly attenuated cell death in H(2)O(2)-challenged mouse lung microvascular (MLMVEC) monolayers. 8pCPT-cGMP also decreased perfusate LDH release in isolated mouse lungs exposed to H(2)O(2) or ischemia-reperfusion. The protective effect of increasing cGMP in MLMVECs was accompanied by enhanced endothelial H(2)O(2) scavenging (measured by H(2)O(2) electrode) and decreased intracellular ROS concentration (measured by 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin fluorescence) as well as decreased phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and Akt. The cGMP-mediated cytoprotection and increased H(2)O(2) scavenging required >2 h of 8pCPT-cGMP incubation in wild-type MLMVEC and were absent in MLMVEC from protein kinase G (PKG(I))-/- mice suggesting a PKG(I)-mediated effect on gene regulation. Catalase and glutathione peroxidase 1 (Gpx-1) protein were increased by cGMP in wild-type but not PKG(I)-/- MLMVEC monolayers. Both the cGMP-mediated increases in antioxidant proteins and H(2)O(2) scavenging were prevented by inhibition of translation with cycloheximide. 8pCPT-cGMP had minimal effects on catalase and Gpx-1 mRNA. We conclude that cGMP, through PKG(I), attenuated H(2)O(2)-induced cytotoxicity in MLMVEC by increasing catalase and Gpx-1 expression through an unknown posttranscriptional effect.
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