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  • Title: Differential enhancement of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase by tert-butylhydroquinone in rat lung epithelial L2 cells.
    Author: Liu RM, Hu H, Robison TW, Forman HJ.
    Journal: Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol; 1996 Feb; 14(2):186-91. PubMed ID: 8630269.
    Abstract:
    Sublethal quinone-mediated oxidative stress stimulates increases in the activities and mRNA levels of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS) in rat lung epithelial L2 cells [Kugelman, A. et al. 1994. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 11:586-592; Shi, M. M. et al. 1994. J. Biol. Chem. 269:26512-26517]. The present study demonstrated that the quinone-induced increases in these two enzymes were differentially regulated. L2 cells were exposed to various concentrations of tertiary-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) for different periods of times. TBHQ increased the activities and the mRNAs for GGT and the catalytic subunit of GCS; however, the time- and concentration-dependencies differed. With 50 microM TBHQ, GCS activity increased significantly by 6 h whereas the activity of GGT was not increased until later. Under the same conditions, the highest GCS-mRNA level observed was at 6 h whereas the mRNA level of GGT increased after 6 h, reached a higher level at 12 h, and then returned to the control level by 24 h. Differences were also observed in the concentration-dependence of mRNA increases between the GGT and GCS. Actinomycin D (an inhibitor of RNA synthesis) abolished the increase of GCS-mRNA but not the increase in GGT-mRNA, suggesting a difference in regulation by TBHQ between these two genes. Nuclear run-on experiments confirmed that the increase of GCS-mRNA, but not GGT-mRNA was due to increased transcription. The increase in GGT-mRNA probably results from a decreased degradation rate. The differences between these two enzymes demonstrate how cells can use multiple mechanisms for regulating gene expression in response to oxidative stress.
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