期刊
REDOX BIOLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 278-287出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2017.05.024
关键词
Mercury; Thioredoxin; Glutathione; Glutaredoxin; ASK-1
资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia, Portugal (FCT) [SFRH/BPD/85219/2012]
- MERTOX project [PTDC/QUI-BIQ/117281/2010]
- iMed.ULisboa [UID/DTP/04138/2013]
- FCT
- Swedish Research Council [3529]
- Swedish Cancer Society [961]
- Karolinska Institutet
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BPD/85219/2012] Funding Source: FCT
Mercury (Hg) compounds target both cysteine (Cys) and selenocysteine (Sec) residues in peptides and proteins. Thus, the components of the two major cellular antioxidant systems - glutathione (GSH) and thioredoxin (Trx) systems - are likely targets for mercurials. Hg exposure results in GSH depletion and Trx and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) are prime targets for mercury. These systems have a wide-range of common functions and interaction between their components has been reported. However, toxic effects over both systems are normally treated as isolated events. To study how the interaction between the glutathione and thioredoxin systems is affected by Hg, human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells were exposed to 1 and 5 mu M of inorganic mercury (Hg2+), methylmercury (MeHg) or ethylmercury (EtHg) and examined for TrxR, GSH and Grx levels and activities, as well as for Trx redox state. Phosphorylation of apoptosis signalling kinase 1 (ASK1), caspase-3 activity and the number of apoptotic cells were evaluated to investigate the induction of Trx-mediated apoptotic cell death. Additionally, primary cerebellar neurons from mice depleted of mitochondrial Grx2 (mGrx2D) were used to examine the link between Grx activity and Trx function. Results showed that Trx was affected at higher exposure levels than TrxR, especially for EtHg. GSH levels were only significantly affected by exposure to a high concentration of EtHg. Depletion of GSH with buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) severely increased Trx oxidation by Hg. Notably, EtHg-induced oxidation of Trx was significantly enhanced in primary neurons of mGrx2D mice. Our results suggest that GSH/Grx acts as backups for TrxR in neuronal cells to maintain Trx turnover during Hg exposure, thus linking different mechanisms of molecular and cellular toxicity. Finally, Trx oxidation by Hg compounds was associated to apoptotic hallmarks, including increased ASK-1 phosphorylation, caspase-3 activation and increased number of apoptotic cells.
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