Induction of γ‐glutamylcysteine synthetase by cigarette smoke is associated with AP‐1 in human alveolar epithelial cells

FEBS Letters

MacNee, William²  Lawson, Mark F.²  Smith, Christopher A.D.¹  Rahman, Irfan²  Harrison, David J.¹ 

[1] Department of Pathology, Rayne Laboratory, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK;Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Rayne Laboratory, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK

关键词: Glutathione;    γ-Glutamylcysteine synthetase;    AP-1;    Cigarette smoke;    A549 cell;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(96)01027-7

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

Increased levels of glutathione (GSH) occur in the epithelial lining fluid (ELF) of chronic cigarette smokers. Therefore we investigated the effect of cigarette smoke condensate solution (CSC) on GSH synthesis and the regulation of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase (γGCS) in human type II alveolar epithelial cells (A549). CSC exposure increased GSH levels, γGCS activity and γGCS heavy subunit (HS) mRNA, as well as increasing DNA binding of the activator protein-1 (AP-1) and the human antioxidant response element (hARE). Transfection of deletion constructs of the γGCS-HS promoter in a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter system revealed that an hARE, present within promoter, is not required for the CSC mediated induction. We conclude that CSC induction of γGCS-HS expression is associated with AP-1/AP-1-like responsive elements.

【 授权许可】

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