Heme oxygenase: Expression in human retina and modulation by stress agents in a human retinoblastoma cell model system
作者:
KuttyGeetha,
HaydenBetty,
OsawaYoichi,
WiggertBarbara,
ChaderGerald J.,
KuttyR. Krishnan,
期刊:
Current Eye Research
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 2
页码: 153-160
ISSN:0271-3683
年代: 1992
DOI:10.3109/02713689209000066
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
PCR and Southern blot analyses demonstrate that mRNA for heme oxygenase (HO), a well known“stress protein”in a number of tissues, is present in human retina. Western and northern blots show that the protein and mRNA are also expressed in human Y-79 retinoblastoma cells in culture and that the HO enzyme is rapidly induced by its substrate, heme. Moreover, HO is also induced by two chemicals, sodium arsenite and menadione, that act as agents of oxidative stress. HO is the regulatory enzyme in the heme degradative pathway and an increase in its activity could lead to the accumulation of bilirubin, an antioxidant, in the cell at the expense of heme, a prooxidant. The HO pathway may thus be of importance in protecting the retina against oxidative stress in vivo. Moreover, the Y-79 culture system should provide an excellent model for use in examining stress mechanisms in retinal cells at a molecular level.
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