Journal
APOPTOSIS
Volume 26, Issue 1-2, Pages 111-131Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-020-01652-y
Keywords
Autophagy; Apoptosis; H2S; Nrf2; Keap1 glutathionylation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81502948, 31871407, 31741083, 31870831]
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This study revealed that CPC inhibits autophagy and promotes apoptosis by inhibiting Nrf2 activation, dependent on endogenous H2S. Furthermore, CPC inhibits Nrf2 nucleus translocation by inhibiting glutathionylation of Keap1, leading to suppression of cancer cell growth.
H2S is actual an endogenous signaling gas molecule and involved in a range of cell physiological processes. However, the mechanism of endogenous H2S regulating autophagy and apoptosis has not been thoroughly investigated. Here, we try to address this issue by using a H2S probe, (E)-2-(4-(4-(7-(diethylamino)-2-oxo-2H-chromene-3-carbonyl)-piperazin-1-yl)-styryl)-1, 3, 3-trimethyl-3H-indol-1-ium iodide (CPC), which could react with endogenous H2S. Herein, we reported that CPC inhibited autophagy and decreased the expression and activity of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), then induced cell apoptosis. CPC inhibited autophagy and promoted apoptosis by inhibiting Nrf2 activation, which was H2S dependent. Furthermore, we found that CPC inhibited Nrf2 nucleus translocation by inhibiting glutathionylation of Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Keap1) at the Cys434 residue. CPC also inhibited various cancer cell growth, but had no effect on normal cell growth in vitro, and inhibited A549 cancer growth, but did not affect normal angiogenesis in vivo. Therefore, we not only found a new inhibitor of autophagy and Nrf2, but also suggested a novel mechanism that endogenous H2S could regulate autophagy, apoptosis and Nrf2 activity through regulating glutathionylation of Keap1 at the Cys434 residue.
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