Pulmonary fibrosis culprits
Isoketal-modified proteins as a potential therapeutic target of pulmonary fibrosis
Stacey Mont, Michael L. Freeman , Ph.D., and colleagues found that the enzyme Nox2, which generates superoxide, and Nrf2-mediated antioxidant gene expression are key regulators of isoketals generated in pulmonary tissue.
Purification of IsoK-modified proteins followed by chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed that proteins in numerous cellular pathways are susceptible to isoketal modification. Prominent modification occurred in a mouse model of radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis and in human idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Modification inhibits protein degradation, which can induce programmed cell death (apoptosis).
These findings identify isoketal-modified proteins as a previously unrecognized feature of pulmonary fibrosis and as a potential therapeutic target for this currently untreatable disease.
Original publication
Stacey Mont, Sean S. Davies, L. Jackson Roberts second, Raymond L. Mernaugh, W. Hayes McDonald, Brahm H. Segal, William Zackert, Jonathan A. Kropski, Timothy S. Blackwell, Konjeti R. Sekhar, James J. Galligan, Pierre P. Massion, Lawrence J. Marnett, Elizabeth L. Travis & Michael L. Freeman; "Accumulation of isolevuglandin-modified protein in normal and fibrotic lung"; Scientific Reports; 2016
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