The regulation of glutathione peroxidase gene expression by oxygen tension in cultured human cardiomyocytes

In earlier studies we have shown that the activity of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase is regulated by oxygen tension in cultured tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) ventricular myocytes and in the ventricles of TOF patients having corrective cardiac surgery. The present study was undertaken to d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 1992-04, Vol.24 (4), p.423-433
Hauptverfasser: Cowan, D.B., Weisel, R.D., Williams, W.G., Mickle, D.A.G
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In earlier studies we have shown that the activity of the antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase is regulated by oxygen tension in cultured tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) ventricular myocytes and in the ventricles of TOF patients having corrective cardiac surgery. The present study was undertaken to determine the mechanism of this regulation. Northern and slot blot analysis was performed using RNA isolated from TOF myocytes cultured at oxygen tensions of 150 and 40 mmHg for 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. As was found for enzyme activities, glutathione peroxidase mRNA levels were lower in the cells cultured at a pO 2 of 40 mmHg than at 150 mm Hg and could be elevated with an increase in oxygen tension. These results were standardized against house-keeping gene hexosaminidase B which showed no difference in mRNA levels between the two oxygen tensions throughout the time course. Nuclear run-off assays indicated that glutathione peroxidase was regulated by oxygen tension at the transcriptional level, while hexosaminidase B and total mRNA synthesis levels remained unchanged.
ISSN:0022-2828
1095-8584
DOI:10.1016/0022-2828(92)93196-Q