RGD Reference Report - Regulation of neutral sphingomyelinase-2 by GSH: a new insight to the role of oxidative stress in aging-associated inflammation. - Rat Genome Database

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Regulation of neutral sphingomyelinase-2 by GSH: a new insight to the role of oxidative stress in aging-associated inflammation.

Authors: Rutkute, K  Asmis, RH  Nikolova-Karakashian, MN 
Citation: Rutkute K, etal., J Lipid Res. 2007 Nov;48(11):2443-52. Epub 2007 Aug 10.
RGD ID: 10042964
Pubmed: PMID:17693623   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3010975   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1194/jlr.M700227-JLR200   (Journal Full-text)

Oxidative stress and inflammation are fundamental for the onset of aging and appear to be causatively linked. Previously, we reported that hepatocytes from aged rats, compared with young rats, are hyperresponsive to interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) stimulation and exhibit more potent c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation and attenuated interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-1 (IRAK-1) degradation. An age-related increase in the activity of neutral sphingomyelinase-2 (NSMase-2), a plasma membrane enzyme, was found to be responsible for the IL-1beta hyperresponsiveness. The results reported here show that increased NSMase activity during aging is caused by a 60-70% decrease in hepatocyte GSH levels. GSH, at concentrations typically found in hepatocytes from young animals, inhibits NSMase activity in a biphasic dose-dependent manner. Inhibition of GSH synthesis in young hepatocytes activates NSMase, causing increased JNK activation and IRAK-1 stabilization in response to IL-1beta, mimicking the hyperresponsiveness typical for aged hepatocytes. Vice versa, increased GSH content in hepatocytes from aged animals by treatment with N-acetylcysteine inhibits NSMase activity and restores normal IL-1beta response. Importantly, the GSH decline, NSMase activation, and IL-1beta hyperresponsiveness are not observed in aged, calorie-restricted rats. In summary, this report demonstrates that depletion of cellular GSH during aging plays an important role in regulating the hepatic response to IL-1beta by inducing NSMase-2 activity.



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Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Smpd3Ratcellular response to interleukin-1  IEP  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Smpd3  (sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 3)


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