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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Oxidative stress is implicated in human diseases. Some of the oxidative pathways are harbored in the mitochondria. NAD(P)H oxidases have been identified not only in phagocytic but also in somatic cells. Nox4 is the most ubiquitous of these oxidases and is a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in many cell types and in kidney tissue of diabetic animals. We generated specific Nox4 antibodies, and found that Nox4 localizes to mitochondria. (i) Immunoblot analysis in cultured mesangial cells and kidney cortex revealed that Nox4 is present in crude mitochondria, in mitochondria-enriched heavy fractions, and in purified mitochondria; (ii) immunofluorescence confocal microscopy also revealed that Nox4 localizes with the mitochondrial marker Mitotracker; and (iii) the mitochondrial localization prediction program MitoProt indicated that the probability score for Nox4 is identical to mitochondrial protein cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV. We also show that in purified mitochondria, siRNA-mediated knockdown of Nox4 significantly reduces NADPH oxidase activity in pure mitochondria and blocks glucose-induced mitochondrial superoxide generation. In a rat model of diabetes, mitochondrial Nox4 expression is increased in kidney cortex. Our data provide evidence that a functional Nox4 is present and regulated in mitochondria, indicating the existence of a previously undescribed source of ROS in this organelle.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1091-6490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14385-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Kidney Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Mesangial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-NADPH Oxidase, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19706525-Transfection
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Subcellular localization of Nox4 and regulation in diabetes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural