Nitric oxide (NO) induces nitration of protein kinase Cepsilon (PKCepsilon ), facilitating PKCepsilon translocation via enhanced PKCepsilon -RACK2 interactions: a novel mechanism of no-triggered activation of PKCepsilon

Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) epsilon by nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in the development of cardioprotection. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying the activation of PKCepsilon by NO remain largely unknown. Nitration of protein tyrosine residues has been shown to alter function...

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Published inThe Journal of biological chemistry Vol. 277; no. 17; pp. 15021 - 15027
Main Authors Balafanova, Zarema, Bolli, Roberto, Zhang, Jun, Zheng, Yuting, Pass, Jason M, Bhatnagar, Aruni, Tang, Xian-Liang, Wang, Ouli, Cardwell, Ernest, Ping, Peipei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 26.04.2002
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Summary:Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) epsilon by nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in the development of cardioprotection. However, the cellular mechanisms underlying the activation of PKCepsilon by NO remain largely unknown. Nitration of protein tyrosine residues has been shown to alter functions of a variety of proteins, and NO-derived peroxynitrite is known as a strong nitrating agent. In this investigation, we demonstrate that NO donors promote translocation and activation of PKCepsilon in an NO- and peroxynitrite-dependent fashion. NO induces peroxynitrite-mediated tyrosine nitration of PKCepsilon in rabbit cardiomyocytes in vitro, and nitrotyrosine residues were also detected on PKCepsilon in vivo in the rabbit myocardium preconditioned with NO donors. Furthermore, coimmunoprecipitation of PKCepsilon and its receptor for activated C kinase, RACK2, illustrated a peroxynitrite-dependent increase in PKCepsilon-RACK2 interactions in NO donor-treated cardiomyocytes. Moreover, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based protein-protein interaction assay, PKCepsilon proteins treated with the peroxynitrite donor SIN-1 exhibited enhanced binding to RACK2 in an acellular environment. Our data demonstrate that post-translational modification of PKCepsilon by NO donors, namely nitration of PKCepsilon, facilitates its interaction with RACK2 and promotes translocation and activation of PKCepsilon. These findings offer a plausible novel mechanism by which NO activates the PKC signaling pathway.
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ISSN:0021-9258