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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 98, 期 19, 页码 10845-10850出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.191207498
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Excessive nitric oxide (NO) production in cytokine-activated beta cells has been implicated in beta cell disruption in type 1 diabetes. beta cells are very vulnerable to NO-induced apoptosis. However, the mechanism underlying this phenomenon is unclear. Low concentrations of NO that lead to apoptosis apparently do not cause severe DNA damage in mouse MING beta cells. CHOP, a C/EBP homologous protein that is induced by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and plays a role in growth arrest and cell death, was induced by a NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetyl-D,L-penicillamine (SNAP). SNAP increased cytosolic Ca2+, and only agents depleting ER Ca2+ induced CHOP expression and led to apoptosis, suggesting that NO depletes ER Ca2+. Overexpression of calreticulin increased the Ca2+ content of ER and afforded protection to cells against NO-mediated apoptosis. Furthermore, pancreatic islets from CHOP knockout mice showed resistance to NO. We conclude that NO depletes ER Ca2+, causes ER stress, and leads to apoptosis. Thus, ER Ca2+ stores are a new target of NO, and the ER stress pathway is a major mechanism of NO-mediated beta cell apoptosis.
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