Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 506, Issue 2, Pages 135-139Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)02898-8
Keywords
nitric oxide; apoptosis; CHOP; endoplasmic reticulum stress; p53; microglia; lipopolysaccharide
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Excessive nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in neurotoxicity after stresses such as ischemia. NO toxicity is generally thought to be mediated by the DNA damage-p53 pathway or mitochondrial dysfunction. We investigated the mechanism of NO toxicity by using murine microglial MG5 cells established from p53-deficient mice. When MG5 cells were exposed to bacterial lipopolysaccharide plus interferon-gamma, mRNA and protein for inducible NO synthase (iNOS) were markedly induced, and apoptosis occurred. Under these conditions, we found that mRNA and protein for CHOP/GADD153, a C/EBP family transcription factor which is involved in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced apoptosis, are induced. iNOS mRNA was induced 2 h after treatment, whereas CHOP mRNA began to increase at 6 h with a time lag. CHOP mRNA was also induced by NO donors S-nitroso-N-acetyl-DL-penicillamine (SNAP) or NOC18, or a peroxynitrite generator 3-(4-morpholinyl)-sydnonimine hydrochloride (SIN-1). Bip/GRP78, an ER chaperone which is known to be induced by ER stress, was also induced by SNAP or SIN-1, indicating that NO causes ER stress. These results suggest that NO-induced apoptosis in MG5 cells occurs through the ER stress pathway involving CHOP, but is independent of p53. (C) 2001 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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