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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Iron and oxygen are essential but potentially toxic constituents of most organisms, and their transport is meticulously regulated both at the cellular and systemic levels. Compartmentalization may be a homeostatic mechanism for isolating these biological reactants in cells. To investigate this hypothesis, we have undertaken a genetic analysis of the interaction between iron and oxygen metabolism in Drosophila. We show that Drosophila iron regulatory protein-1 (IRP1) registers cytosolic iron and oxidative stress through its labile iron sulfur cluster by switching between cytosolic aconitase and RNA-binding functions. IRP1 is strongly activated by silencing and genetic mutation of the cytosolic superoxide dismutase (Sod1), but is unaffected by silencing of mitochondrial Sod2. Conversely, mitochondrial aconitase activity is relatively insensitive to loss of Sod1 function, but drops dramatically if Sod2 activity is impaired. This strongly suggests that the mitochondrial boundary limits the range of superoxide reactivity in vivo. We also find that exposure of adults to paraquat converts cytosolic aconitase to IRP1 but has no affect on mitochondrial aconitase, indicating that paraquat generates superoxide in the cytosol but not in mitochondria. Accordingly, we find that transgene-mediated overexpression of Sod2 neither enhances paraquat resistance in Sod1+ flies nor compensates for lack of SOD1 activity in Sod1-null mutants. We conclude that in vivo, superoxide is confined to the subcellular compartment in which it is formed, and that the mitochondrial and cytosolic SODs provide independent protection to compartment-specific protein iron-sulfur clusters against attack by superoxide generated under oxidative stress within those compartments.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aconitate Hydratase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Herbicides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron Regulatory Protein 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron-Sulfur Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxygen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Paraquat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxide Dismutase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Superoxides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/superoxide dismutase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/superoxide dismutase 2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
47365-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Aconitate Hydratase, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Herbicides, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Iron Regulatory Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Iron-Sulfur Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Paraquat, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Superoxides, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12972424-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Compartment-specific protection of iron-sulfur proteins by superoxide dismutase.
pubmed:affiliation
Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't