Activation of soluble guanylate cyclase by carbon monoxide and inhibition by superoxide anion
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 192 (3), 683-688
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19276.x
Abstract
Human platelet soluble guanylate cyclase activity was studied with respect to the function of its heme-containing regulatory subunit. As an enzyme source, the 10,000 x g supernatant was used and, since its specific activity proved to be too low for inhibition studies, also a partially purified preparation was employed. The partially purified enzyme was stimulated about 2.5-fold by carbon monoxide and this effect was abolished by illumination with visible light. Sodium nitroprusside also increased the basal activity about fourfold, which, however, is much less than the greater than 100-fold stimulation seen with the supernatant. Superoxide anions generated by the xanthine/xanthine-oxidase system were strongly inhibitory in the enriched preparation as well as in the CO-stimulated platelet supernatant (median effector concentration = 0.1 mU/ml). Unlike CO and NO, the effect of superoxide cannot be mediated through the heme-containing regulatory subunit, since heme-free enzyme, which could not be activated by NO or CO, was inhibited to the same extent as the heme-containing enzyme. Superoxide dismutase did not influence the basal activity, but resulted in a synergistic stimulation in the presence of CO. When Mn2+ replaced Mg2+ as a cofactor, the basal activity was higher but superoxide could not inhibit the enzyme, possibly due to the superoxide-dismutase-like activity of Mn2+. Superoxide turned out to be a potent and reversible inhibitor of soluble guanylate cyclase which, together with endothelium-derived relaxing factor, recently identified as NO, could form a physiologically relevant regulatory effector system.Keywords
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