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Degradation of heme oxygenase-1 by the immunoproteasome in astrocytes: A potential interferon-?-dependent mechanism contributing to HIV neuropathogenesis.

ABSTRACT: Induction of the detoxifying enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a critical protective host response to cellular injury associated with inflammation and oxidative stress. We previously found that HO-1 protein expression is reduced in brains of HIV-infected individuals with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) and in HIV-infected macrophages, where this reduction associates with enhanced glutamate release and neurotoxicity. Because HIV-infected macrophages are a small component of the cellular content of the brain, the reduction of macrophage HO-1 expression likely accounts for a small portion of brain HO-1 loss in HIV infection. We therefore investigated the contribution of astrocytes, the major pool of brain HO-1. We identified immunoproteasome-mediated HO-1 degradation in astrocytes as a second possible mechanism of brain HO-1 loss in HIV infection. We demonstrate that prolonged exposure of human fetal astrocytes to interferon-gamma (IFN?), an HIV-associated CNS immune activator, selectively reduces expression of HO-1 protein without a concomitant reduction in HO-1 RNA, increases expression of immunoproteasome subunits, and decreases expression of constitutive proteasome subunits, consistent with a shift towards increased immunoproteasome activity. In HIV-infected brain HO-1 protein reduction also associates with increased HO-1 RNA expression and increased immunoproteasome expression. Finally, we show that IFN? treatment of astrocytic cells reduces HO-1 protein half-life in a proteasome-dependent manner. Our data thus suggest unique causal links among HIV infection, IFN?-mediated immunoproteasome induction, and enhanced HO-1 degradation, which likely contribute to neurocognitive impairment in HAND. Such IFN?-mediated HO-1 degradation should be further investigated for a role in neurodegeneration in inflammatory brain conditions. BRIEF SUMMARY:Kovacsics et al. identify immunoproteasome degradation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in interferon gamma-stimulated astrocytes as a plausible mechanism for the observed loss of HO-1 protein expression in the brains of HIV-infected individuals, which likely contributes to the neurocognitive impairment in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.

SUBMITTER: Kovacsics CE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5739592 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Degradation of heme oxygenase-1 by the immunoproteasome in astrocytes: A potential interferon-γ-dependent mechanism contributing to HIV neuropathogenesis.

Kovacsics Colleen E CE Gill Alexander J AJ Ambegaokar Surendra S SS Gelman Benjamin B BB Kolson Dennis L DL

Glia 20170522 8

Induction of the detoxifying enzyme heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a critical protective host response to cellular injury associated with inflammation and oxidative stress. We previously found that HO-1 protein expression is reduced in brains of HIV-infected individuals with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) and in HIV-infected macrophages, where this reduction associates with enhanced glutamate release and neurotoxicity. Because HIV-infected macrophages are a small component of the cel ...[more]

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Project description:Heme oxygenase (HO), in conjunction with biliverdin reductase, degrades heme to carbon monoxide, ferrous iron and bilirubin (BR); the latter is a potent antioxidant. The induced isoform HO-1 has evoked intense research interest, especially because it manifests anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects relieving acute cell stress. The mechanisms by which HO mediates the described effects are not completely clear. However, the degradation of heme, a strong pro-oxidant, and the generation of BR are considered to play key roles. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of BR on vital functions of hepatocytes focusing on mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The affinity of BR to proteins is a known challenge for its exact quantification. We consider two major consequences of this affinity, namely possible analytical errors in the determination of HO activity, and biological effects of BR due to direct interaction with protein function. In order to overcome analytical bias we applied a polynomial correction accounting for the loss of BR due to its adsorption to proteins. To identify potential intracellular targets of BR we used an in vitro approach involving hepatocytes and isolated mitochondria. After verification that the hepatocytes possess HO activity at a similar level as liver tissue by using our improved post-extraction spectroscopic assay, we elucidated the effects of increased HO activity and the formed BR on mitochondrial function and the ER stress response. Our data show that BR may compromise cellular metabolism and proliferation via induction of ER stress. ER and mitochondria respond differently to elevated levels of BR and HO-activity. Mitochondria are susceptible to hemin, but active HO protects them against hemin-induced toxicity. BR at slightly elevated levels induces a stress response at the ER, resulting in a decreased proliferative and metabolic activity of hepatocytes. However, the proteins that are targeted by BR still have to be identified.

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Degradation of heme oxygenase-1 by the immunoproteasome in astrocytes: A potential interferon-?-dependent mechanism contributing to HIV neuropathogenesis.

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Degradation of heme oxygenase-1 by the immunoproteasome in astrocytes: A potential interferon-γ-dependent mechanism contributing to HIV neuropathogenesis.

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