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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 281, Issue 14, 9101-9109, April 7, 2006
Nitric Oxide-dependent Negative Feedback of PARP-1 trans-Activation of the Inducible Nitric-oxide Synthase Gene*From the Departments of Internal Medicine and of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology and The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030
Received for publication, October 11, 2005 , and in revised form, January 17, 2006.
Nitric oxide (NO) participates in a variety of physiologic and pathophysiologic processes in diverse tissues, including the kidney. Although mechanisms for cytokine induction of inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) have been increasingly clarified, the controls for termination of NO production remain unclear. Because excessive NO production can be cytotoxic to host cells, feedback inhibition of iNOS transcription would represent a means of cytoprotection. Many of the cGMP-independent functions of NO are mediated by S-nitrosylation of cysteine thiols of target proteins. We hypothesized that NO-mediated S-nitrosylation of transcription factors might serve to feedback inhibit their trans-activation potential and deactivate iNOS gene transcription. Transient transfection of murine mesangial cells with iNOS promoter deletion-luciferase constructs revealed the region 915 to 849 to be NO sensitive with respect to IL-1 -induced promoter activity. In vitro DNase I footprinting identified a footprint at 865/842 in the absence of NO, but not in the presence of endogenous or exogenously delivered NO. Southwestern blotting using this probe coupled with partial peptide sequencing of the protein bands revealed that poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase isoform 1 (PARP-1) bound the probe in a sequence-specific manner. Gel shift/supershift experiments and chromatin immunoprecipitation assay analysis confirmed this binding in vitro and in vivo. Functionally, mutation of the 859/850 site to prevent PARP-1 binding or PARP-1 knockdown by RNA interference relieved the inhibitory effects of NO on iNOS promoter activity. Biotin-switch assays and co-immunoprecipitation with an anti-nitrocysteine antibody indicated that PARP-1 was S-nitrosylated. We conclude that NO feedback inhibits iNOS gene transcription by S-nitrosylating the trans-activator PARP-1 and decreasing its binding and/or action at the iNOS promoter.
Inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS)2 is expressed in numerous cell types in mammals after induction by cytokines and/or lipopolysaccharide, and once expressed, it is active at resting levels of intracellular Ca2+ (1). NO exerts its actions by chemically modifying targets, preferentially interacting with thiol groups, transition metals, and free radicals. Reaction of NO with superoxide forms peroxynitrite with resultant protein thiol nitrosylation, tyrosine nitration, DNA damage, and excessive activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) (2).
PARP-1 is the prototypical and most highly expressed member of the PARP gene family, which contains at least seven members in mammalian species (3, 4). The second most abundant non-histone nuclear protein, PARP-1 is a DNA nick sensor that uses NAD as a substrate to catalyze the addition of poly(ADP-ribose) to acceptor proteins, in particular histones, several transcription factors, and PARP itself, thereby regulating their activities and functions (4, 5). PARP-1 activated by DNA breaks facilitates transcription, replication, and DNA base excision repair. Excessive activation of PARP-1 by peroxynitrite-induced DNA damage during oxidative and nitrosative stress in ischemia-reperfusion injury, inflammation, and diabetes mellitus can cause cell death by NAD+/ATP depletion (2, 6, 7). In addition, activation of PARP-1 plays an important role in the up-regulation of inflammatory cascades via a functional association with mitogen-activated protein kinases (8) and several transcription factors (912), including NF-
NO participates in redox chemistry to provide surrogate NO-like bioactivity, which functions in the cGMP-independent control of numerous cellular functions (19). The formation of S-nitrosothiols, for example, results in allosteric receptor modification, inhibition of the activities of enzymes containing sulfhydryl groups, and down-regulation of transcriptional activators (2023). S-nitrosylation of relevant protein thiols inhibits the DNA binding activities of the transcription factors NF-
The excessive production of NO during activated states can injure host tissues by an "innocent bystander" effect. Therefore, NO-dependent negative feedback regulation of iNOS gene transcription would offer an efficient mechanism to terminate high output NO production. For example NF-
Cell Culture and ReagentsMouse mesangial cells (ATCC CRL-1927) were maintained in Ham's F12 plus Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 2 mM L-glutamine, 100 units/ml of penicillin, 100 µg/ml of streptomycin, and 5% fetal bovine serum. Vehicle, IL-1 (10 ng/ml), L-NAME (100 µg/ml), L-NIL (1 mM), L-arginine (10 µM), S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP; 100 µM), S-nitroso-glutathione (GSNO; 10 µM), or 24-carboxyphenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (c-PTIO; 10 µM) was added to the cells as indicated in the text and figure legends. Mouse recombinant IL-1 was from R & D Systems (Minneapolis, MN). Oligonucleotides were custom synthesized by Genosys (The Woodlands, TX). Lipofectamine 2000 reagent was from Invitrogen. The Dual-LuciferaseTM reporter assay system and the luciferase vectors pGL3-Basic and pRL-SV40 were from Promega. The BCA protein estimation kit was from Pierce Chemical, and ECL reagents were from Amersham Biosciences. Mammalian short hairpin RNA expression plasmid pKD-PARP-v2, which contains the PARP-1 targeting sequence (sense strand) 5'-GAGCCTTCAGGAGTTGTTCTT-3', and its negative control plasmid pKD-NegCon-v1, which contains the unrelated sequence (sense strand) 5'-AGTCATCGACTAGCCTTACTT-3', were purchased from Upstate (Lake Placid, NY). Anti-nitrocysteine and anti-PARP-1 antibodies were from A. G. Scientific (San Diego, CA) and Alexis (San Diego, CA), respectively. Anti-Oct-1 and anti-Oct-3/4 antibodies were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA).
PlasmidsSerial 5'-deletion constructs corresponding to murine iNOS promoter regions 915/+137, 849/+137, 805/+137, and 752/+137 were amplified by PCR and subcloned into pGL3-Basic vector at Mlu I and BglII sites. The resultant plasmids were designated piNOS(915/+137)-luc, piNOS(849/+137)-luc, piNOS(805/+137)-luc, and piNOS(752/+137)-luc. Site-directed mutation of the 859/850 iNOS promoter element (5'-AATTATAATT-3' replaced with 5'-CCCCAGCCCC-3'; mutations are underlined) in piNOS-luc was accomplished by PCR splicing by overlap extension, using the wild-type iNOS promoter DNA as a template. The resulting construct was designated piNOS(915
Transient TransfectionsMesangial cells were seeded in 24-well plates, grown to 9095% confluency in complete medium without antibiotics, and transfected the following day using the Lipofectamine 2000 reagent according to the manufacturer's protocol and a total of 1 µg/well of plasmid DNAs. Where necessary, the amount of transfected plasmid DNA was kept constant by addition of appropriate amounts of the parental empty expression vector. Transfection efficiencies were normalized by cotransfection with 20 ng/well of the Renilla luciferase expression plasmid pRL-SV40. As indicated in the text and figure legends, vehicle, IL-1
Preparation of Nuclear Extracts and Electrophoretic Mobility Shift AssaysNuclear extracts were prepared from time-paired vehicle-, IL-1 In Vitro DNase I FootprintingDNase I footprinting analysis was performed with the Core Footprinting System (Promega) according to the manufacturer's instructions and our published work (32). A PCR fragment corresponding to 966 to 696 of the murine iNOS 5'-flanking region was generated using piNOS-luc as a template. This fragment was used as a 32P-ATP-labeled DNA template for footprinting and as a 35S-dATP-labeled fragment for DNA sequencing performed with the fmol DNA Cycle Sequencing System (Promega). Southwestern (DNA-Protein) BlottingApproximately 100 µg of nuclear protein was resolved on a 12% SDS-PAGE gel, transferred to nitrocellulose, and the filter air dried. The nitrocellulose was then immersed in binding buffer (25 mM HEPES, pH 7.6, 60 mM KCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT) supplemented with 6 M guanidinium chloride, followed by 8 sequential 2-fold dilutions of guanidinium chloride, with gentle rocking for 10 min at 4 °C each incubation. The nitrocellulose filter was then transferred to binding buffer containing 3 M guanidinium chloride and gently rocked for 10 min at 4 °C. The final wash step lacked guanidinium chloride. The nitrocellulose was prehybridized in binding buffer containing 5% gelatin and 5 mg/ml of sonicated salmon sperm DNA for 1 h at room temperature. The nitrocellulose filter was then immersed in binding buffer containing 0.25% gelatin and 5 mg/ml of sonicated salmon sperm DNA and incubated for 30 min. 32P-dCTP-labeled 865/842 iNOS DNA probe (sense strand 5'-GTAAGAAATTATAATTTATTCGTT-3') was added to the binding buffer containing 0.25% gelatin and 5 mg/ml of sonicated salmon sperm DNA and incubated with the nitrocellulose filter overnight at room temperature. The filter was then washed four times with binding buffer for 5 min at room temperature, air dried, and autoradiographed at 80 °C with an intensifying screen. Purification of DNA-binding ProteinThe DNA-binding protein was isolated by reacting the biotinylated DNA-protein complex with streptavidin paramagnetic particles (Dynal Biotech Inc.), using the protocol described by Gao et al. (26). Nuclear proteins from mesangial cells were incubated for 15 min at 25 °C with HPLC-purified biotinylated 865/842 iNOS DNA probe containing the identified binding site bound to Dynabeads M280 streptavidin in protein binding buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, 2.5 mM EDTA, 20% (v/v) glycerol, 5 mM MgCl2, 250 mM NaCl, 0.25 mg/ml poly(dI-dC), and 2.5 mM DTT). The magnetic beads were washed three times with protein binding buffer in 100 mM NaCl containing excess nonbinding poly(dI-dC) competitor DNA. Serial elutions were performed using elution buffer (20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA, 10% (v/v) glycerol, 0.01% Triton X-100, 1 M NaCl, and 1 mM DTT). The fractions were typically stored at 80 °C prior to subsequent use. Protein SequencingProteins were identified in the Proteomics Core Facility at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE, and the gel was stained with Coomassie Blue and silver. For protein identification, bands were excised from the gel and subjected to in-gel proteolytic digestion with trypsin essentially as described by Simpson and co-workers (33). After extraction of the peptides, an aliquot was separated by HPLC on a C18 75 µ x 10 cm reverse phase capillary column (Vydac 218MS3.07510). The column was developed with a gradient of 250% acetonitrile in 0.1% formic acid, 0.005% trifluoroacetic acid over 30 min at a flow rate of 200 nl/min. The nanospray source was fitted with a 30-µm coated tapered fused silica tip (New Objective, Cambridge, MA) used to elute the peptides directly into the mass spectrometer for tandem mass spectrometry analysis, which was performed on an Applied Biosystems QStar XL LC/MS/MS mass spectrometer equipped with an LC Packings HPLC for capillary chromatography. The HPLC was coupled to the mass spectrometer by a nanospray electrospray ionization head for direct analysis of the eluate. The QSTAR was operated in Information-dependent Acquisition mode, using a 1-s survey scan followed by two consecutive 3-s product ion scans of 2+, 3+, and 4+ parent ions (m/z 3501500). Identification was performed on MASCOT with an MS and MS/MS mass tolerance of 0.15 Da.
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) AssayChIP analysis was performed using chromatin from vehicle-, IL-1
Immunoprecipitation and Western BlottingVehicle or IL-1 Biotin-Switch Method to Detect S-Nitrosylated ProteinsS-Nitrosylated proteins in nuclear protein fractions from mesangial cells that had been treated with vehicle or SNAP were selectively biotinylated and purified using our minor modification (35) of the biotin-switch protocol established by Jaffrey et al. (36). The purified proteins were then analyzed by PARP-1 immunoblot analysis. Data AnalysisQuantitative data are presented as mean ± S.E. and were analyzed by analysis of variance. Significance was assigned at p < 0.05.
NO-sensitive Inhibition of the iNOS PromoterTo localize potential NO-sensitive cis-acting elements in the murine iNOS promoter, iNOS promoter deletion constructs fused to the firefly luciferase gene, designated piNOS(915/+137)-luc, piNOS(849/+137)-luc, piNOS-(805/+137)-luc, and piNOS(752/+137)-luc, were transiently transfected into mesangial cells. The nitric-oxide synthase inhibitor L-NAME was used to inhibit endogenous NO production. The cells were subsequently treated with vehicle, IL-1 , or IL-1 + L-NAME, and the fold induction of iNOS promoter-driven luciferase activity was measured. Using this strategy, the region 915/849 was determined to be uniquely NO sensitive, because L-NAME blockade of IL-1 -stimulated endogenous NO production resulted in greatly enhanced luciferase activity compared with cells exposed to endogenously produced NO (IL-1 without L-NAME) (Fig. 1A). None of the iNOS promoter deletion-luciferase constructs exhibited appreciable luciferase activity in the absence of IL-1 . The piNOS(915/+137)-luc was studied in further detail, using SNAP as an exogenous NO donor in the presence of IL-1 + L-NAME (Fig. 1B). The piNOS (915/+137)-luc exhibited enhanced activity in the IL-1 + L-NAME-treated cells, but this was reversed by co-administration of SNAP with IL-1 + L-NAME. In fact, the IL-1 + L-NAME + SNAP-treated cells exhibited slightly lower levels of luciferase activity compared with cells exposed to IL-1 alone (Fig. 1B). However, co-administration of the NO scavenger C-PTIO significantly limited the ability of SNAP to reverse the induction of piNOS (915/+137)-luc activity in IL-1 + L-NAME-treated cells (Fig. 1B). As seen in Fig. 1C, L-NIL, a nitric-oxide synthase inhibitor structurally unrelated to L-NAME, yielded essentially the same results as observed with L-NAME (Fig. 1B), and this effect was overcome by excess L-arginine (Fig. 1C). Moreover, S-nitroso-glutathione, a different NO donor, yielded results comparable with those observed with SNAP (Fig. 1C).
In Vitro DNase I Footprinting AnalysisTo determine whether a trans-activating factor may reside in the region of the iNOS promoter implicated in the promoter-reporter gene studies, in vitro DNase I footprinting analysis was performed using a radiolabeled PCR amplicon corresponding to nucleotides 966/696 of the iNOS promoter as template. Nuclear extracts were prepared from control, IL-1
Gel shift studies using the 865/842 oligomer implicated in the footprinting studies demonstrated sequence-specific DNA-protein complexes under basal conditions in nuclear extracts harvested from mesangial cells (Fig. 2B). The higher molecular weight complex, designated complex I, was up-regulated following IL-1 treatment, whereas complex II consistently was slightly down-regulated after IL-1 treatment. Competition experiments revealed sequence specificity of the DNA binding reaction for complex I, because it was virtually abolished when a 50-fold molar excess of unlabeled 865/842 oligomer was included in the binding reaction but was unchanged when a 50-fold molar excess of unlabeled, mutated 865/842 oligomer, which harbored a 9-base mutation in the 859/850 region, was present (Fig. 2B). These competition maneuvers did not significantly disrupt complex II (Fig. 2B). These competition studies also suggested that the 859/850 region was necessary for the DNA-protein interaction comprising complex I.
Isolation and Characterization of DNA-binding ProteinTo characterize the factor(s) contained within the 865/842 DNA-protein complex I, nuclear extracts prepared from IL-1 -treated mesangial cells were resolved on a SDS-polyacrylamide gel and then transferred to nitrocellulose membrane and detected by Southwestern blotting using radiolabeled 865/842 oligonucleotide probe containing the described binding sequence. After autoradiography, a band of 110 kDa (after subtracting the molecular mass of the DNA probe) was detected that was dependent on addition of nuclear extract (Fig. 3A). Utilizing the biotin-streptavidin DNA affinity technique with the identified DNA binding sequence, the transcription factor was purified and isolated from nuclear extract isolated from IL-1 -treated mesangial cells using radiolabeled 865/842 oligonucleotide probe containing the described binding sequence. The band was then excised and subjected to protein sequencing (Fig. 3B). Analysis of separate tryptic digests of the band yielded identical matches with PARP-1 (NCBI accession code NP058085). Confirmation of PARP-1 DNA Binding to the iNOS Promoter in Vitro and in VivoTo confirm PARP-1 binding to the iNOS promoter, supershift and ChIP assays were performed using an anti-PARP-1 antibody. Supershift/antibody competition assays showed that anti-PARP-1 antibody nearly completely abolished the formation of complex I (Fig. 4A). This result most likely indicates that the antibody disrupted the PARP-1-DNA interaction, resulting in reduction in the amount of the characteristic gel shift but no supershift. Because the region 859/850 contains a consensus binding element for Oct-1, supershift experiments were also conducted with antibodies against Oct-1 or against Oct-3/4 included in the binding reaction. No supershift or change in the intensity of complex I was noted using the Oct family antibodies. To determine the effects of NO on PARP-1 binding activity to the 859/850 region, nuclear extracts were isolated from mesangial cells that had been treated with vehicle or SNAP, and the extracts were treated with vehicle or DTT (1 mM), which inhibits S-NO bond formation. Gel shift assays were then performed. SNAP treatment resulted in significantly diminished PARP-1 DNA binding activity (Fig. 4B). Addition of DTT resulted in PARP-1 DNA binding activity that was unaltered in the presence of SNAP. These data suggest that S-nitrosylation of PARP-1 ex vivo results in diminished DNA binding in gel shift assays.
ChIP assays were performed to confirm the in vivo binding of PARP-1 to this region of the iNOS promoter (Fig. 4C). Little chromatin-associated PARP-1 at the iNOS promoter region 978/710 was observed under basal conditions and under conditions in which NO was produced endogenously (IL-1
Mutation of the 859/850 Region Inhibits iNOS Promoter Activity and NO SensitivityMutation of the 859/850 sequence (which prevented competition with the wild-type probe in DNA-protein complex I in the gel shift experiments depicted in Fig. 4A) in piNOS(915
Inhibition of PARP-1 Expression by RNA Interference Inhibits Endogenous iNOS Protein Expression and iNOS Promoter ActivityIf PARP-1 indeed functions as a trans-activator of the iNOS gene, reduced PARP-1 expression should result in reduced iNOS promoter activity. Accordingly, we tested the functional relevance of PARP-1 in the setting of IL-1 - and NO-dependent regulation of iNOS expression by transfecting mesangial cells with equimolar amounts of plasmids containing either siRNA targeting PARP-1 or a negative control siRNA and then treated the cells with IL-1 . Western blots of nuclear extracts showed that PARP-1 levels in cells treated with vehicle or with IL-1 + negative control siRNA were similar (Fig. 6A). However, cells transfected with PARP-1 siRNA and treated with IL-1 alone revealed substantially less PARP-1 protein compared with vehicle or IL-1 + negative control siRNA (Fig. 6A), whereas levels of -tubulin were comparable between the two conditions, indicating the specificity of the siRNA for its target. The effects of PARP-1 knockdown on IL-1 -stimulated endogenous iNOS protein expression and on the activity of transfected piNOS-luc were then studied in mesangial cells cotransfected with the PARP-1 siRNA or negative control siRNA. iNOS protein levels (Fig. 6, A and B) and iNOS promoter activity (Fig. 6C) were significantly lower in cells transfected with PARP-1 siRNA than with the negative control siRNA, consistent with a role for PARP-1 as a trans-activator of the iNOS gene. Moreover, L-NAME treatment accentuated IL-1 -stimulated iNOS protein expression and iNOS promoter activity in cells transfected with the negative control siRNA. This effect was abrogated by co-administration of SNAP (as in the cells not exposed to siRNA, Fig. 1B), whereas these manipulations of NO levels had no effect in the cells transfected with PARP-1 siRNA (Fig. 6, B and C).
PARP-1 Is S-Nitrosylated in IL-1 -treated Mesangial CellsS-Nitrosylation of protein thiols is a well described mechanism for NO-mediated regulation of protein function. Murine PARP-1 has 15 cysteine residues (at positions 21, 24, 56, 125, 128, 162, 257, 296, 299, 312, 322, 430, 456, 908, and 983) that may serve as targets for S-nitrosylation. To determine whether PARP-1 is S-nitrosylated in the presence of IL-1 -triggered endogenous NO generation, proteins harvested from vehicle- or IL-1 -treated mesangial cells were immunoprecipitated with an anti-nitrocysteine antibody or non-immune IgG as a negative control, and the resulting immunoprecipitates were immunoblotted with an anti-PARP-1 antibody. As shown in Fig. 7A, PARP-1 was found to have significantly increased S-nitrocysteine content in the IL-1 -treated, but not control, cells, and IgG failed to immunoprecipitate PARP-1.
As a second measure of S-nitrosylation, the biotin-switch method was applied to mesangial cell nuclear proteins that had been treated with SNAP or vehicle. This method allowed the purification of protein S-nitrosothiols, which were then immunoblotted with an anti-PARP-1 antibody. As seen in Fig. 7B, PARP-1 was evident in the SNAP-treated, but not the vehicle-treated, samples, consistent with S-nitrosylation of the protein.
Because of the potent biological actions of NO in the kidney and other tissues, considerable effort has been directed toward identifying the mechanisms that activate and limit iNOS gene expression. In this report, we present evidence that PARP-1 is a novel trans-activator of the iNOS promoter in mesangial cells and that its binding to a specific cis-element of the iNOS promoter appears to be regulated by the end product NO in a feedback inhibition circuit: 1) PARP-1 binds to the distal region of the iNOS promoter in vitro, as evidenced by supershift assays, and in vivo, as evidenced by ChIP analysis; 2) endogenously produced or exogenously delivered NO inhibits this binding and the IL-1 -induced activity of an iNOS promoter-luciferase construct; 3) mutation of the 859/850 binding site of the iNOS promoter fails to compete with the wild-type probe in gel shift studies, inhibits IL-1 -induced activity of the iNOS promoter-luciferase construct, and abolishes the NO-sensitive inhibition of iNOS promoter activity; and 4) siRNA knockdown of endogenous PARP-1 inhibits IL-1 -induced iNOS protein expression and iNOS promoter activity and eliminates NO-dependent effects on these parameters. In addition, co-immunoprecipitation of PARP-1 with an anti-nitrocysteine antibody, immunoblot detection of PARP-1 in a sample of S-nitrosylated proteins that had been isolated by the biotin-switch method, and reversal of the NO inhibitory effect on PARP-1 DNA binding activity with DTT all support the conclusion that PARP-1 is a target of NO-mediated S-nitrosylation and that this modification limits its DNA binding activity and ability to trans-activate the iNOS promoter.
The available data suggest that the activity of PARP-1 in transcriptional regulation occurs by functioning as part of enhancer/promoter binding complexes in conjunction with other DNA binding factors and coactivators and/or by modification of histones to alter chromatin structure. For instance, PARP-1 has been shown to bind the DNA sequences within the MCAT-1 element of the cTnT gene promoter (38), the HTLV-I Tax-responsive element (17), to the DF4 protein binding site of the Pax-6 gene neuroretina-specific enhancer (39), and to the PARP-1 gene promoter itself (5). PARP-dependent gene regulation may also involve poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of transcription factors, which impairs their binding to specific promoter sequences (40). YY1 (11), AP-1 (10), AP-2 (12), cAMP-response element-binding protein (40), p53 (40), and NF- In the present study, the binding of proteins to the 859/850 region was specific in as much as the formation of the major complex 1 was inhibited by the addition of excess unlabeled oligomer, but not by an excess of unlabeled sequence in which the binding element was mutated (Fig. 2B). However, because anti-PARP-1 antibody did not completely disrupt the DNA-protein complex in supershift assays (Fig. 4A), other transcription factors or co-regulatory proteins may contribute, to a quantitatively much lesser degree, to the complex. Further studies will be required to identify such proteins. PARP-1 is a highly conserved, modular protein of 1014 amino acids comprised of an amino-terminal DNA binding domain that contains two Cys-Cys-His-Cys zinc finger motifs (amino acids 892 and 112202) and a centrally located automodification domain that contains a BRCT ("BRCA1 C terminus-like") protein-protein interaction motif, as well as multiple glutamate residues that may be targets for auto-poly-(ADP-ribosyl)ation (41). Automodification can inhibit PARP-1 DNA binding, protein-protein interactions, and ADP-ribosyl transferase activity, ultimately inactivating the protein (42). The NAD+ binding catalytic domain, which contains a highly conserved 50-amino acid "PARP signature" motif that forms the active site, is present at the C terminus, whereas the bipartite nuclear localization signal is located on the amino-terminal side of the DNA binding domain (41).
The mechanism(s) by which S-nitrosylation might alter the ability of PARP-1 to bind to and activate the iNOS promoter remain to be established. Six of the 15 cysteine residues in PARP-1 reside within the zinc finger domains of the DNA binding domain. We speculate that one or more of these cysteine residues is the target of NO-mediated S-nitrosylation and that, like the transcription factors NF- Recent studies indicate that pharmacological inhibition or genetic ablation of PARP-1 provides dramatic protection from tissue injury in various oxidative stress-related disease models ranging from stroke, diabetic endothelial dysfunction, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, shock, Parkinson disease, and uveitis (2, 6, 7, 44, 45). These beneficial effects are attributed to inhibition of the PARP-1-mediated suicidal pathway and to reduced expression of inflammatory cytokines and other mediators, including iNOS. The NO-mediated negative feedback regulation of PARP-1 binding and action at the iNOS promoter represents an endogenous mechanism to limit excessive NO generation in pathological states. Whether S-nitrosylation also alters PARP-1 catalytic function remains unknown but could potentially represent a dual mechanism to limit excessive PARP and iNOS activation.
* This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants RO1 DK50745 and P50 GM38529, a Dept. of Defense "T5" grant, and endowment funds from The James T. and Nancy B. Willerson Chair (to B. C. K.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin, MSB 1.150, Houston, TX 77030. Tel.: 713-500-6501; Fax: 713-500-6497; E-mail: Bruce.C.Kone{at}uth.tmc.edu.
2 The abbreviations used are: iNOS, inducible nitric-oxide synthase; NO, nitric oxide; L-NAME, NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl-ester; SNAP, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine; C-PTIO, 24-carboxyphenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide; PARP-1, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase isoform 1; DTT, dithiothreitol; HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography; MS, mass spectrometry; ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; siRNA, small interfering RNA; IL, interleukin.
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