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Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression by Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein 1.

ABSTRACT: Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is an important regulator of vascular function and its expression is regulated at post-transcriptional levels through a yet unknown mechanism. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the post-transcriptional factors regulating eNOS expression and function in endothelium.To elucidate the molecular basis of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-?-mediated eNOS mRNA instability, biotinylated eNOS 3'-untranslational region (UTR) was used to purify its associated proteins by RNA affinity chromatography from cytosolic fractions of TNF-?-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We identified 2 cytosolic proteins, with molecular weight of 52 and 57 kDa, which specifically bind to eNOS 3'-UTR in response to TNF-? stimulation. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometric analysis identified the 57-kDa protein as polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1 (PTB1). RNA gel mobility shift and UV cross-linking assays demonstrated that PTB1 binds to a UCUU-rich sequence in eNOS 3'-UTR, and the C-terminal half of PTB1 is critical to this interaction. Importantly, PTB1 overexpression leads to decreased activity of luciferase gene fused with eNOS 3'-UTR as well as reduced eNOS expression and activity in human ECs. In HUVECs, we show that TNF-? markedly increased PTB1 expression, whereas adenovirus-mediated PTB1 overexpression decreased eNOS mRNA stability and reduced protein expression and endothelium-dependent relaxation. Furthermore, knockdown of PTB1 substantially attenuated TNF-?-induced destabilization of eNOS transcript and downregulation of eNOS expression.These results indicate that PTB1 is essential for regulating eNOS expression at post-transcriptional levels and suggest a novel therapeutic target for treatment of vascular diseases associated with inflammatory endothelial dysfunction.

SUBMITTER: Yi B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6027644 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression by Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein 1.

Yi Bing B Ozerova Maria M Zhang Guan-Xin GX Yan Guijun G Huang Shengdong S Sun Jianxin J

Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20150820 10

<h4>Objective</h4>Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is an important regulator of vascular function and its expression is regulated at post-transcriptional levels through a yet unknown mechanism. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the post-transcriptional factors regulating eNOS expression and function in endothelium.<h4>Approaches and results</h4>To elucidate the molecular basis of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-mediated eNOS mRNA instability, biotinylated eNOS 3'-untranslational re ...[more]

PMID: 26293469

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Project description:Despite extensive studies have shown that increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) expression in the uterine artery endothelial cells (UAEC) plays a key role in uterine vasodilatation, the molecular mechanism controlling NOS3 expression in UAEC is unknown. According to the sheep NOS3 promoter sequence isolated in our laboratory, we hypothesize that the activator protein-1 (AP-1) site in the proximal sheep NOS3 promoter (TGAGTCA, -682 to -676) is important for NOS3 expression. We developed a c-Jun adenoviral expression system to overexpress c-Jun protein into UAEC to investigate the effects of c-Jun/AP-1 on NOS3 expression. Basal levels of c-Jun protein and mRNA were detected in UAEC. c-Jun protein was overexpressed in a concentration and time-dependent fashion in UAEC infected with sense c-Jun (S-c-Jun), but not sham and antisense c-Jun (A-c-Jun) adenoviruses. Infection with S-c-Jun adenovirus (25 MOI, multiplicity of infection) resulted in efficient c-Jun protein overexpression in UAEC up to 3 days. In S-c-Jun, but not sham and A-c-Jun adenovirus infected UAEC, NOS3 mRNA and protein levels were increased (P<0.05) compared to noninfected controls. Increased NOS3 expression was associated with increased total NOS activity. Transient transfections showed that c-Jun overexpression augmented the transactivation of the sheep NOS3 promoter-driven luciferase/reporter constructs with the AP-1 site but not of deletion constructs without the AP-1 site. When the AP-1 site was mutated, c-Jun failed to trans-activate the sheep NOS3 promoter. AP-1 DNA binding activity also increased in c-Jun overexpressed UAEC. Lastly, the pharmacological AP-1 activator phorbol myristate acetate increased AP-1 binding, trans-activated the wild-type but not the AP-1 mutant NOS3 promoter and dose-dependently stimulated UAEC NOS3 and c-Jun protein expression. Hence, our data show that c-Jun/AP-1 regulates NOS3 transcription involving the proximal AP-1 site in the 5'-regulatory region of the sheep NOS3 gene.

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Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression by Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein 1.

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Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression by Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein 1.

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