Cardioprotection Through S-Nitros(yl)ation of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
Cardioprotection Through S-Nitros(yl)ation of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
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DOI:
10.1161/circulationaha.111.069104
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发表时间:
2012-04-17
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Rassaf, Tienush
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作者:
Luedike, Peter;Hendgen-Cotta, Ulrike B.;Rassaf, Tienush
Background-Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a structurally unique inflammatory cytokine that controls cellular signaling in human physiology and disease through extra-and intracellular processes. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor has been shown to mediate both disease-exacerbating and beneficial effects, but the underlying mechanism(s) controlling these diverse functions are poorly understood.Methods and Results-Here, we have identified an S-nitros(yl)ation modification of MIF that regulates the protective functional phenotype of MIF in myocardial reperfusion injury. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor contains 3 cysteine (Cys) residues; using recombinant wtMIF and site-specific MIF mutants, we have identified that Cys-81 is modified by S-nitros(yl) ation whereas the CXXC-derived Cys residues of MIF remained unaffected. The selective S-nitrosothiol formation at Cys-81 led to a doubling of the oxidoreductase activity of MIF. Importantly, S-nitrosothiol-MIF formation was measured both in vitro and in vivo and led to a decrease in cardiomyocyte apoptosis in the reperfused heart. This decrease was paralleled by a S-nitrosothiol-MIF-but not Cys81 serine (Ser)-MIF mutant-dependent reduction of infarct size in an in vivo model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.Conclusions-S-nitros(yl)ation of MIF is a pivotal novel regulatory mechanism, providing enhanced activity resulting in increased cytoprotection in myocardial reperfusion injury. (Circulation. 2012; 125: 1880-1889.)