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The FASEB Journal, Vol 10, 1326-1335, Copyright © 1996 by The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

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Superoxide and hydrogen peroxide-dependent inhibition of iron regulatory protein activity: a protective stratagem against oxidative injury

G Cairo, E Castrusini, G Minotti and A Bernelli-Zazzera
Centro di Studio sulla Patologia Cellulare CNR, Universita di Milano, Italy.

Cellular iron homeostasis is regulated by the cytoplasmic iron regulatory protein (IRP), which binds to iron-responsive elements (IRE) of mRNAs, modulating iron uptake and sequestration, respectively. When iron is scarce, IRP binds to IRE and coordinately increases the synthesis of transferrin receptor and decreases that of ferritin, thus providing the cell with readily available free iron. When iron is in excess, IRP does not bind and iron sequestration prevails over iron uptake. We have found that incubation of rat liver lysates with xanthine oxidase (XO), which generates superoxide (O2-.) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), caused a remarkable but reversible inhibition of IRP activity, as the formation of IRE-IRP decreased by 70-80% but returned to baseline values upon exposure to a reducing agent like 2- mercaptoethanol. IRP inhibition was prevented by separate or simultaneous addition of superoxide dismutase and catalase, showing that both O2-. and H2O2 were involved. By contrast, iron chelators and hydroxyl radical scavengers did not impede the inhibition of IRP, suggesting that O2-. and H2O2 acted independently of free iron sources. Ferritin enhanced IRP inhibition, but this process involved tightly bound iron centers that shunted reducing equivalents from XO and returned them to oxygen, thus increasing the formation of O2-. In agreement with the exclusive role of O2-. and H2O2, XO also inhibited recombinant human IRP in the absence of iron. These results demonstrate that O2-. and H2O2 can directly but reversibly down-regulate the RNA- binding activity of IRP, causing transient decrease of free iron that otherwise would convert them into more potent oxidants such as hydroxyl radicals or equally aggressive iron-peroxo complexes. This establishes a novel protective stratagem against oxidative injury under pathophysiologic conditions characterized by the excessive generation of O2-. and H2O2.


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