S-NO-actin: S-nitrosylation kinetics and the effect on isolated vascular smooth muscle
S-NO-actin: S-nitrosylation kinetics and the effect on isolated vascular smooth muscle
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DOI:
10.1023/a:1005671319604
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发表时间:
2000-02-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Rossi, R
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作者:
Dalle-Donne, I;Milzani, A;Rossi, R
We describe the modification of reactive actin sulfhydryls by S-nitrosoglutathione. Kinetics of S-nitrosylation and denitrosylation suggest that only one cysteine of actin is involved in the reactions. By using the bifunctional sulfhydryl cross-linking reagent N,N'-1,4-phenylenebismaleimide and the monofunctional reagent N-iodoacetyl-N'-(5-sulpho-1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine, we identified this residue as Cys(374). The time course of filament formation followed by high-shear viscosity changes revealed that S-nitrosylated G-actin polymerizes less efficiently than native monomers. The observed decrease in specific viscosity at steady state is due mainly to a marked inhibition of filament end-to-end annealing and, partially, to a reduction in F-actin concentration. Finally, S-nitrosylated actin acts as nitric oxide donor showing a fast, potent vasodilating activity at unusually low concentrations, being comparable with that of low molecular weight nitrosothiols.