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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 28, Pages 29857-29862Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M313320200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01-HL55620] Funding Source: Medline
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Angiotensin II (AII) increases production of reactive oxygen species from NAD(P) H oxidase, a response that contributes to vascular hypertrophy. Here we show in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells that S-glutathiolation of the redox-sensitive Cys(118) on the small GTPase, Ras, plays a critical role in AII-induced hypertrophic signaling. AII simultaneously increased the Ras activity and the S-glutathiolation of Ras (GSS-Ras) detected by biotin-labeled GSH or mass spectrometry. Both the increase in activity and GSS-Ras was labile under reducing conditions, suggesting the essential nature of this thiol modification to Ras activation. Overexpression of catalase, a dominant-negative p47(phox), or glutaredoxin-1 decreased GSS-Ras, Ras activation, p38, and Akt phosphorylation and the induction of protein synthesis by AII. Furthermore, expression of a Cys(118) mutant Ras decreased AII-mediated p38 and Akt phosphorylation as well as protein synthesis. These results show that H2O2 from NAD( P) H oxidase forms GSS-Ras on Cys(118) and increases its activity leading to p38 and Akt phosphorylation, which contributes to the induction of protein synthesis. This study suggests that GSS-Ras is a redox-sensitive signaling switch that participates in the cellular response to AII.
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