Proteasome Biology Is Compromised in White Matter After Asphyxic Cardiac Arrest in Neonatal Piglets.

Background Neurological deficits in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, even with therapeutic hypothermia, are partially attributed to white matter injury. We theorized that proteasome insufficiency contributes to white matter injury. Methods and Results Neonatal piglets received hypoxia-ischemia ( HI ) or sham procedure with normothermia, hypothermia, or hypothermia+rewarming.

Arginase II Contributes to the Ca/CaMKII/eNOS Axis by Regulating Ca Concentration Between the Cytosol and Mitochondria in a p32-Dependent Manner.

Background Arginase II activity contributes to reciprocal regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase ( eNOS ). We tested the hypotheses that arginase II activity participates in the regulation of Ca/Ca/calmodulin-dependent kinase II / eNOS activation, and this process is dependent on mitochondrial p32. Methods and Results Downregulation of arginase II increased the concentration of cytosolic Ca ([Ca]c) and decreased mitochondrial Ca ([Ca]m) in microscopic and fluorescence-activated cell sorting analyses, resulting in augmented eNOS Ser1177 phosphorylation and decreased eNOS Thr495 phosphorylation through Ca/Ca/calmodulin-dependent kinase II .