We investigated the mechanism of H(2)O(2) activation of the Ca(2+)-regulated NADPH oxidase NOX5. H(2)O(2) induced a transient, dose-dependent increase in superoxide production in K562 cells expressing NOX5. Confocal studies demonstrated that the initial calcium influx generated by H(2)O(2) is amplified by a feedback mechanism involving NOX5-dependent superoxide production and H(2)O(2).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe investigated the role of the single SH3 domain of NOXA1 in NOX1 NADPH oxidase function using wild-type and mutated NOXA1 and the products of two variant NOXA1 transcripts isolated from CaCo2 cells by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The first variant, NOXA1(trunc), contained a number of point mutations, including A51T, T261A, and a nonsense mutation at position 274. On transfection into K562 cells stably expressing NOX1 and NOXO1, both NOXA1(trunc) and an equivalent truncated wild-type NOXA1(1-273) were expressed as approximately 29-kDa truncated NOXA1 proteins lacking both PB1 and SH3 domains, yet both were as active as wild-type NOXA1 in phorbol-stimulated superoxide generation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInduction of differentiation of HL-60 human myeloid cells profoundly affected expression of calreticulin, a Ca(2+)-binding endoplasmic reticulum chaperone. Induction with Me(2)SO or retinoic acid reduced levels of calreticulin protein by approximately 60% within 4 days. Pulse-chase studies indicated that labeled calreticulin decayed at similar rates in differentiated and undifferentiated cells (t(12) approximately 4.
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