Genetic requirement of p47phox for superoxide production by murine microglia.
Genetic requirement of p47phox for superoxide production by murine microglia.
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p47phox 小鼠小胶质细胞产生超氧化物的遗传要求。
DOI:
10.1096/fj.00-0608fje
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2001
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Leto,TL
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作者:
Lavigne,MC;Malech,HL;Holland,SM;Leto,TL
An NADPH oxidase is thought to function in microglial cells of the central nervous system. These conclusions are based on pharmacological and immunochemical evidence, although these approaches are indirect and raise issues of specificity. For example, diphenyleneiodonium inhibits a variety of flavoenzymes, including xanthine oxidase, NADH dehydrogenase, and NADPH oxidase. Here, we provide genetic evidence that p47phox, an essential component of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase, is required for superoxide anion release from microglia. Microglia derived from newborn wild‐type mice, but not from newborn p47phox‐deficient (“knockout”; ‐/‐) mice, produced superoxide after stimulation by opsonized zymosan or phorbol myristate acetate. Endogenous p47phoxwas detected only in wild‐type microglia, consistent with selective superoxide production in these cells. Superoxide release was restored in p47phox‐deficient microglia that were retrovirally transduced with human p47phoxcDNA. Similar kinetics of superoxide generation were observed, consistent with the same enzyme functioning in wild‐type and restored microglia. Immuno‐detection of p47phoxin transduced cells confirmed that restoration of superoxide release correlated with production of recombinant protein. These data provide genetic proof that p47phoxis necessary for superoxide release by microglial cells and indicate that a system related to the phagocyte oxidase is active in these cells.