NADPH oxidase links endoplasmic reticulum stress, oxidative stress, and PKR activation to induce apoptosis |
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Authors: | Li Gang Scull Christopher Ozcan Lale Tabas Ira |
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Affiliation: | 1Department of Medicine, 2Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, and 3Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032 |
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Abstract: | Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-induced apoptosis and oxidative stress contribute to several chronic disease processes, yet molecular and cellular mechanisms linking ER stress and oxidative stress in the setting of apoptosis are poorly understood and infrequently explored in vivo. In this paper, we focus on a previously elucidated ER stress-apoptosis pathway whose molecular components have been identified and documented to cause apoptosis in vivo. We now show that nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reduced oxidase (NOX) and NOX-mediated oxidative stress are induced by this pathway and that apoptosis is blocked by both genetic deletion of the NOX subunit NOX2 and by the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine. Unexpectedly, NOX and oxidative stress further amplify CCAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) induction through activation of the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR). In vivo, NOX2 deficiency protects ER-stressed mice from renal cell CHOP induction and apoptosis and prevents renal dysfunction. These data provide new insight into how ER stress, oxidative stress, and PKR activation can be integrated to induce apoptosis in a pathophysiologically relevant manner. |
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