PMID- 16822952 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061124 LR - 20200930 IS - 0363-6143 (Print) IS - 0363-6143 (Linking) VI - 291 IP - 5 DP - 2006 Nov TI - HO-2 provides endogenous protection against oxidative stress and apoptosis caused by TNF-alpha in cerebral vascular endothelial cells. PG - C897-908 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) causes oxidative stress and apoptosis in a variety of cell types. Heme oxygenase (HO) degrades heme to bilirubin, an antioxidant, and carbon monoxide (CO), a cell cycle modulator, and a vasodilator. Newborn pig cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (CMVEC) highly express constitutive HO-2. We investigated the role of HO-2 in protection against TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in cerebral vascular endothelium. In CMVEC from mice and newborn pigs, 15 ng/ml TNF-alpha alone, or with 10 microg/ml cycloheximide (CHX) caused apoptosis detected by nuclear translocation of p65 NF-kappaB, caspase-3 activation, DNA fragmentation, cell-cell contact destabilization, and cell detachment. TNF-alpha did not induce HO-1 expression in CMVEC. CMVEC from HO-2 knockout mice showed greater sensitivity to apoptosis caused by serum deprivation and TNF-alpha than did wild-type mice. TNF-alpha increased reactive oxygen species generation, including hydrogen peroxide and superoxide radicals, as detected by dihydrorhodamine-123 and dihydroethidium. The TNF-alpha response was inhibited by superoxide dismutase and catalase suggesting apoptosis is oxidative stress related. Inhibition of endogenous HO-2 in newborn pig CMVEC increased oxidative stress and exaggerated apoptosis caused by serum deprivation and TNF-alpha. In HO-1-overexpressing CMVEC (HO-1 selective induction by cobalt portophyrin), TNF-alpha did not cause apoptosis. A CO-releasing compound, CORM-A1, and bilirubin blocked TNF-alpha-induced reactive oxygen species accumulation and apoptosis consistent with the antioxidant and antiapoptotic roles of the end products of HO activity. We conclude that HO-2 is critical for protection of cerebrovascular endothelium against apoptotic changes induced by oxidative stress and cytokine-mediated inflammation. FAU - Basuroy, Shyamali AU - Basuroy S AD - Dept. of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. sbasuroy@physio1.utmem.edu FAU - Bhattacharya, Sujoy AU - Bhattacharya S FAU - Tcheranova, Dilyara AU - Tcheranova D FAU - Qu, Yan AU - Qu Y FAU - Regan, Raymond F AU - Regan RF FAU - Leffler, Charles W AU - Leffler CW FAU - Parfenova, Helena AU - Parfenova H LA - eng GR - R01 HL034059/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS046385/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS063936/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20060705 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Cell physiology JID - 100901225 RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase-1) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (heme oxygenase-2) RN - RFM9X3LJ49 (Bilirubin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Bilirubin/pharmacology MH - Brain/*cytology/*drug effects MH - Carbon Monoxide/pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endothelial Cells/*drug effects/enzymology/metabolism/pathology MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Heme Oxygenase-1/metabolism MH - Isoenzymes/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Protein Transport/drug effects MH - Rats MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Swine MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*toxicity MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects EDAT- 2006/07/11 09:00 MHDA- 2006/12/09 09:00 CRDT- 2006/07/11 09:00 PHST- 2006/07/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/12/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/07/11 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00032.2006 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00032.2006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Nov;291(5):C897-908. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00032.2006. Epub 2006 Jul 5.