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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in many physiological processes and also causes pathological effects by inducing apoptosis. It can enhance or suppress apoptosis depending on its concentration and the cell type involved. In this report, we used cDNA microarray analysis to show that SNAP, an NO donor, strongly induces Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19kDa-interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) in macrophages. BNIP3 is a mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein that contains a Bcl-2 homology 3 domain and a COOH-terminal transmembrane (TM) domain. Macrophages activated by LPS/IFN-gamma produce nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) and release endogenous NO. Expression of BNIP3 was also induced in macrophages by LPS/IFN-gamma, and the induction was blocked by a NOS2 inhibitor, S-methyl-isothiourea. Peritoneal macrophages from NOS2-null mice failed to produce BNIP3 in response to LPS/IFN-gamma. We conclude that BNIP3 expression in macrophages is controlled by the intracellular level of nitric oxide. Overexpression of BNIP3 but not of BNIP3 deltaTM, a BNIP3 mutant without the TM domain and C-terminal tail, led to apoptosis of the cells. Promoter analysis showed that the region between -281 and -1 of the 5'-upstream enhancer region of murine BNIP3 was sufficient for NO-dependent expression of BNIP3.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
321
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
298-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Lysophospholipids, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Macrophages, Peritoneal, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine, pubmed-meshheading:15358175-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Nitric oxide induces BNIP3 expression that causes cell death in macrophages.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't