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GTP cyclohydrolase I mRNA is induced by LPS in vascular smooth muscle: characterization, sequence and relationship to nitric oxide synthase.

Abstract：

:GTP cyclohydrolase I (GTPCH) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme for the synthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), a cofactor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). As the induction of NO synthesis by immunostimulants in vascular smooth muscle (VSM) cells requires de novo synthesis of BH4, we investigated whether immunostimulants enhance the expression of GTPCH mRNA. GTPCH mRNA and BH4 were measured in rat VSM cells after exposure to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in combination with interferon-gamma (IFN). Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to amplify a predicted 372 bp fragment of GTPCH mRNA, deduced from the known nucleotide sequence of rat liver GTPCH cDNA. Dideoxynucleotide sequencing of the PCR fragment revealed 100% identity between LPS/IFN-induced GTPCH mRNA of VSM and the constitutive GTPCH mRNA of liver. Although BH4 was below our limit of detection in untreated VSM, low levels of GTPCH mRNA were detectable. LPS/IFN treatment triggered the appearance of BH4 and markedly increased GTPCH mRNA. Induction of GTPCH mRNA was apparent by 2 h, peaked at 4 h, and was sustained at high levels for at least 24 h. Induction of GTPCH mRNA by LPS/IFN was substantially enhanced by cycloheximide, suggesting that mRNA levels are depressed by a labile protein. Measurement of LPS/IFN-induced NOS mRNA by RT-PCR, demonstrated a timecourse of induction which mirrors that of GTPCH. Similarly, the timecourse of appearance of cytosolic NOS activity following exposure of VSM to LPS/IFN paralleled that of the increase in BH4 content. Our studies demonstrate that immunostimulants co-induce NOS and GTPCH gene expression: both events are necessary for induction of NO synthesis by VSM.

journal_name

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

journal_title

Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors

Hattori Y,Gross SS

doi

10.1006/bbrc.1993.2062

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-08-31 00:00:00

pages

435-41

issue

eissn

0006-291X

issn

1090-2104

pii

S0006-291X(83)72062-0

journal_volume

195

pub_type

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GTP cyclohydrolase I mRNA is induced by LPS in vascular smooth muscle: characterization, sequence and relationship to nitric oxide synthase.