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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 276, 期 19, 页码 15881-15885出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M010030200
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA81376] Funding Source: Medline
The aberrant production of nitric oxide (NO) contributes to the pathogenesis of diseases as diverse as cancer and arthritis. Sustained NO production via the inducible enzyme, nitric-oxide synthase 2 (NOS2), requires extracellular arginine uptake. Three closely related cationic amino acid transporter genes (Cat1-3) encode the transporters that mediate most arginine uptake in mammalian cells. Because CAT2 is induced coordinately with NOS2 in numerous cell types, we investigated a possible role for CAT2-mediated arginine transport in regulating NO production. The complexity of arginine transport systems and their biochemically similar transport properties called for a genetic approach to determine the role of CAT2. CAT2-deficient mice were generated and found to be healthy and fertile in contrast to Cat1(-/-) animals. Analysis of cytokine-activated macrophages from Cat2(-/-) mice revealed a 92% reduction in NO production and a 95% reduction in L-Arg uptake. The reduction in NO production was not due to differences in NOS2 protein expression, NOS2 activity, or intracellular L-arginine content. In conclusion, our results show that sustained abundant NO synthesis by macrophages requires arginine transport via the CAT2 transporter.
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