Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 37, Issue 8, Pages 1152-1159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.06.011
Keywords
antioxidant defense; glutamate-cysteine ligase; GCS; Nrf2; redox cell signalling; thiol modification; free radicals
Funding
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES10167, ES05511] Funding Source: Medline
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Glutathione (GSH) is the primary nonprotein thiol in the cell. It has many important roles in cell function, including regulating redox-dependent signal transduction pathways. The content of GSH within the cell varies with stress. In many cases, a process involving GSH synthesis results in adaptation to subsequent stressors. Sustained increases in GSH content are controlled primarily through induction of two genes, Gclc and Gclm, leading to the synthesis of the rate: limiting enzyme for GSH synthesis, glutamate cysteine ligase. Each of these genes in humans has a number of putative enhancer elements in their promoters. Overall, the most important element in both Gclc and Gclm expression is the electrophile response element. We review the evidence that has led to this conclusion and the implications for the redox-dependent regulation of this critical intracellular antioxidant. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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