Protein oxidative stress

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When considering the role of phosphorylation in the regulation of the HS response, it is indeed curious that oxidative stress and heat induce a protein tyrosine phosphatase at the transcriptional level (Keyse and Emslie, 1992). Whether this phosphatase has any role in the regulation of HSF phosphorylation is not known, but it does indicate that both transcriptional and translational regulation of signaling... 

Christman, M.F., Morgan,R.W., Jacobson, F.S., Ames, B. (1985). Positive control of a regulon for defenses against oxidative stress and some heat shock proteins in Salmonella typhimurium. Cell 41, 753-762. 

Keyse, S.M. Emslie, E.A. (1992). Oxidative stress and heat shock induce a human gene encoding a protein-tyrosine phosphatase. Nature 359, 644-647. 

Walkup, L.K. Kogoma, T. (1989). E. coli proteins inducible by oxidative stress mediated by the superoxide radical. J. Bacteriol. 171, 1476-1484. 

Kruman 11, Nath A, Mattson MP (1998) HlV-1 protein Tat induces apoptosis of hippocampal neurons by a mechanism involving caspase activation, calcium overload, and oxidative stress. Exp Neurol 154(2) 276-288... 

While many biological molecules may be targets for oxidant stress and free radicals, it is clear that the cell membrane and its associated proteins may be particularly vulnerable. The ability of the cell to control its intracellular ionic environment as well as its ability to maintain a polarized membrane potential and electrical excitability depends on the activity of ion-translocating proteins such as channels, pumps and exchangers. Either direct or indirect disturbances of the activity of these ion translocators must ultimately underlie reperfiision and oxidant stress-induced arrhythmias in the heart. A number of studies have therefore investigated the effects of free radicals and oxidant stress on cellular electrophysiology and the activity of key membrane-bound ion translocating proteins. 

Oxidant Stress, Bedox StaU and Protein Function... 

If cellular redox state, determined by the glutathione status of the heart, plays a role in the modulation of ion transporter activity in cardiac tissue, it is important to identify possible mechanisms by which these effects are mediated. Protein S-,thiolation is a process that was originally used to describe the formation of adducts of proteins with low molecular thiols such as glutathione (Miller etal., 1990). In view of the significant alterations of cardiac glutathione status (GSH and GSSG) and ion-transporter activity during oxidant stress, the process of S-thiolation may be responsible for modifications of protein structure and function. 

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