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| Author(s): |
Simone Ferderbar
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2008-07-31 |
| Examining board members: |
Dulcineia Saes Parra Abdalla;
Ana Campa;
Francisco Rafael Martins Laurindo;
Marcelo Nicolas Muscara;
Heraldo Possolo de Souza
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| Advisor: | Dulcineia Saes Parra Abdalla |
| Abstract | |
Fatty acids bind to and regulate the activity of peroxissome proliferator-activated (PPAR) and liver X receptors (LXR). However, the role of LNO2, an endogenous product of the nitration of linoleic acid by nitric oxide (•NO)-derived reactive species, on signalling pathways regulating these nuclear receptors is poorly understood. Thus, considering the properties of LNO2 as •NO donor, we investigated the role of p21RasMAP kinases signaling pathway in the activation of PPARs and LXR by LNO2. LNO2 at physiologically relevant concentrations (0.01 µM) activates PPAR. By contrast, linoleic acid, a natural ligand for PPAR, only activated the receptor at much higher concentrations (10µM). However, it did not affect LXR activation. LNO2 is a more potent activator of p21 Ras than linoleic acid at the same conditions. Ras activation occurred within the first 5 minutes after LNO2 addition to parental cells. However, in p21RasC118s transfected cells, were unable to detect activation of Ras. Ras and PPAR activation depends on •NO released from LNO2 as evidenced by the inhibitory effect of C-PTIO, a •NO scavenger. LNO2 activated ERK but displayed no effects relevant on p38 MAP kinase. In addition, the use of specific inhibitors to MEK, PD09895, blocked PPAR activation and ERK phosphorylation by LNO2, suggesting a connection between ERK and the activation of PPAR. We conclude that LNO2 induced THP-1 cells activating Ras by S-nitrosation and recruiting the MAP kinase ERK, a downstream element of this signalling cascade and activated PPAR (α, β and γ). (AU) | |