S-nitrosylation in cardiovascular signaling.
S-nitrosylation in cardiovascular signaling.
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DOI:
10.1161/circresaha.109.207381
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发表时间:
2010-03-05
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
Stamler JS
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作者:
Lima B;Forrester MT;Hess DT;Stamler JS
Well over two decades has passed since the endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) was reported to be the gaseous molecule nitric oxide (NO). Although soluble guanylyl cyclase (which generates cyclic guanosine monophosphate, cGMP) was the first identified receptor for NO, it has become increasingly clear that NO exerts a ubiquitous influence in a cGMP-independent manner. In particular, many if not most effects of NO are mediated by S-nitrosylation, the covalent modification of a protein cysteine thiol by an NO group to generate an S-nitrosothiol (SNO). Moreover, within the current framework of NO biology, EDRF activity—i.e. G-protein coupled receptor-mediated, or shear-induced endothelium-derived NO bioactivity—is understood to involve a central role for SNOs, acting both as second messengers and signal effectors. Further, essential roles for S-nitrosylation have been implicated in virtually all major functions of NO in the cardiovascular system. Here we review the basic biochemistry of S-nitrosylation (and denitrosylation), discuss the role of S-nitrosylation in the vascular and cardiac functions of NO and identify current and potential clinical applications.