Nitric oxide-independent vasodilator rescues heme-oxidized soluble guanylate cyclase from proteosomal degradation

  • Background: Nitric oxide (NO) is an essential vasodilator. In vascular diseases, oxidative stress attenuates NO signaling by both chemical scavenging of free NO and oxidation and down-regulation of its major intracellular receptor, the alpha/beta heterodimeric heme-containing soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). Oxidation can also induce loss of sGC's heme and responsiveness to NO. Results: sGC activators such as BAY 58-2667 bind to oxidized/heme-free sGC and reactivate the enzyme to exert disease-specific vasodilation. Here we show that oxidation-induced down-regulation of sGC protein extends to isolated blood vessels. Mechanistically, degradation was triggered through sGC ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. The heme-binding site ligand, BAY 58-2667, prevented sGC ubiquitination and stabilized both alpha and beta subunits. Conclusion: Collectively, our data establish oxidation-ubiquitination of sGC as a modulator of NO/cGMP signaling and point to a new mechanism of action for sGC activating vasodilators by stabilizing their receptor, oxidized/heme-free sGC.

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Author:Sabine MeurerGND, Sylke PiochGND, Tatjana Pabst, Nils Opitz, Peter M. Schmidt, Tobias Beckhaus, Kristina Wagner, Simone Matt, Kristina Gegenbauer, Sandra Geschka, Michael KarasGND, Johannes-Peter Stasch, Harald H. H. W. SchmidtGND, Werner Müller-EsterlORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-70854
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2210-9-S1-P49
ISSN:1471-2210
Parent Title (English):BMC pharmacology
Publisher:BioMed Central
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2009/09/20
Date of first Publication:2009/08/11
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:4th International Conference of cGMP Generators, Effectors and Therapeutic Implications Regensburg, Germany. 19–21 June 2009
Release Date:2009/09/20
Volume:9
Issue:(Suppl 1):P49
Page Number:1
First Page:1
Last Page:1
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© 2009 Meurer et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Source:BMC Pharmacology 2009, 9(Suppl 1):P49 ; doi:10.1186/1471-2210-9-S1-P49 ; from 4th International Conference of cGMP Generators, Effectors and Therapeutic Implications Regensburg, Germany. 19–21 June 2009
HeBIS-PPN:219001995
Institutes:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie
Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Pharmazie
Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
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