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Acute liver injury induces nucleocytoplasmic redistribution of hepatic methionine metabolism enzymes.

ABSTRACT: The discovery of methionine metabolism enzymes in the cell nucleus, together with their association with key nuclear processes, suggested a putative relationship between alterations in their subcellular distribution and disease.Using the rat model of d-galactosamine intoxication, severe changes in hepatic steady-state mRNA levels were found; the largest decreases corresponded to enzymes exhibiting the highest expression in normal tissue. Cytoplasmic protein levels, activities, and metabolite concentrations suffered more moderate changes following a similar trend. Interestingly, galactosamine treatment induced hepatic nuclear accumulation of methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) ?1 and S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase tetramers, their active assemblies. In fact, galactosamine-treated livers showed enhanced nuclear MAT activity. Acetaminophen (APAP) intoxication mimicked most galactosamine effects on hepatic MAT?1, including accumulation of nuclear tetramers. H35 cells that overexpress tagged-MAT?1 reproduced the subcellular distribution observed in liver, and the changes induced by galactosamine and APAP that were also observed upon glutathione depletion by buthionine sulfoximine. The H35 nuclear accumulation of tagged-MAT?1 induced by these agents correlated with decreased glutathione reduced form/glutathione oxidized form ratios and was prevented by N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and glutathione ethyl ester. However, the changes in epigenetic modifications associated with tagged-MAT?1 nuclear accumulation were only prevented by NAC in galactosamine-treated cells.Cytoplasmic and nuclear changes in proteins that regulate the methylation index follow opposite trends in acute liver injury, their nuclear accumulation showing potential as disease marker.Altogether these results demonstrate galactosamine- and APAP-induced nuclear accumulation of methionine metabolism enzymes as active oligomers and unveil the implication of redox-dependent mechanisms in the control of MAT?1 subcellular distribution.

SUBMITTER: Delgado M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4024841 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Acute liver injury induces nucleocytoplasmic redistribution of hepatic methionine metabolism enzymes.

Delgado Miguel M Garrido Francisco F Pérez-Miguelsanz Juliana J Pacheco María M Partearroyo Teresa T Pérez-Sala Dolores D Pajares María Angeles MA

Antioxidants & redox signaling 20140103 16

<h4>Aims</h4>The discovery of methionine metabolism enzymes in the cell nucleus, together with their association with key nuclear processes, suggested a putative relationship between alterations in their subcellular distribution and disease.<h4>Results</h4>Using the rat model of d-galactosamine intoxication, severe changes in hepatic steady-state mRNA levels were found; the largest decreases corresponded to enzymes exhibiting the highest expression in normal tissue. Cytoplasmic protein levels, a ...[more]

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Acute liver injury induces nucleocytoplasmic redistribution of hepatic methionine metabolism enzymes.

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Acute liver injury induces nucleocytoplasmic redistribution of hepatic methionine metabolism enzymes.

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