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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Amino acid transport in mouse peritoneal macrophages is mediated by several membrane carriers with different substrate specificity and sensitivity to environmental stimuli. We reported previously that transport activities of cystine and arginine in the macrophages were induced markedly by low concentrations of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). It is known that a variety of macrophage functions are affected by ambient oxygen tension. In this study, we have investigated the effects of oxygen on the induction of amino acid transport activity by LPS and found that the induction of cystine, but not arginine, transport activity was dependent on the ambient oxygen tension. When the macrophages were cultured with 2% O(2) in the presence of 1 ng/ml LPS, induction of cystine transport activity was reduced by approximately 70% compared with cells cultured under normoxic conditions. In macrophages, transport of cystine is mediated by a Na(+)-independent anionic amino acid transporter named system x(c)(-). System x(c)(-) is composed of two protein components, xCT and 4F2hc, and the expression of xCT was closely correlated with system x(c)(-) activity. A putative NF-kappaB binding site was found in the 5'-flanking region of the xCT gene, but the enhanced expression of xCT by LPS and oxygen was not mediated by NF-kappaB binding. An increase in intracellular GSH in macrophages paralleled induction of xCT, but not gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase. These results suggest the importance of system x(c)(-) in antioxidant defense in macrophages exposed to LPS and oxidative stress.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amino Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antioxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cystine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dipeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipopolysaccharides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Maleates, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/diethyl maleate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-glutamylcysteine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10407-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Cystine, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Dipeptides, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Maleates, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11136724-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of oxygen on induction of the cystine transporter by bacterial lipopolysaccharide in mouse peritoneal macrophages.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575 Japan. hideyo-s@md.tsukuba.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't