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Arginase II restricts host defense to Helicobacter pylori by attenuating inducible nitric oxide synthase translation in macrophages.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20097867     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Helicobacter pylori infection of the stomach causes peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer. Despite eliciting a vigorous immune response, the bacterium persists for the life of the host. An important antimicrobial mechanism is the production of NO derived from inducible NO synthase (iNOS). We have reported that macrophages can kill H. pylori in vitro by an NO-dependent mechanism, but supraphysiologic levels of the iNOS substrate l-arginine are required. Because H. pylori induces arginase activity in macrophages, we determined if this restricts NO generation by reducing l-arginine availability. Inhibition of arginase with S-(2-boronoethyl)-l-cysteine (BEC) significantly enhanced NO generation in H. pylori-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages by enhancing iNOS protein translation but not iNOS mRNA levels. This effect resulted in increased killing of H. pylori that was attenuated with an NO scavenger. In contrast, inhibition of arginase in macrophages activated by the colitis-inducing bacterium Citrobacter rodentium increased NO without affecting iNOS levels. H. pylori upregulated levels of arginase II (Arg2) mRNA and protein, which localized to mitochondria, whereas arginase I was not induced. Increased iNOS protein and NO levels were also demonstrated by small interfering RNA knockdown of Arg2 and in peritoneal macrophages from C57BL/6 Arg2(-/-) mice. In H. pylori-infected mice, treatment with BEC or deletion of Arg2 increased iNOS protein levels and NO generation in gastric macrophages, but treatment of Arg2(-/-) mice with BEC had no additional effect. These studies implicate Arg2 in the immune evasion of H. pylori by causing intracellular depletion of l-arginine and thus reduction of NO-dependent bactericidal activity.
Authors:
Nuruddeen D Lewis; Mohammad Asim; Daniel P Barry; Kshipra Singh; Thibaut de Sablet; Jean-Luc Boucher; Alain P Gobert; Rupesh Chaturvedi; Keith T Wilson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.     Date:  2010-01-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)     Volume:  184     ISSN:  1550-6606     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Immunol.     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-18     Completed Date:  2010-05-04     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985117R     Medline TA:  J Immunol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2572-82     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arginase / antagonists & inhibitors,  genetics,  metabolism*
Boronic Acids / pharmacology
Cell Line
Citrobacter rodentium / growth & development,  physiology
Flow Cytometry
Helicobacter Infections / genetics,  metabolism,  microbiology
Helicobacter pylori / growth & development*,  physiology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Immunoblotting
Macrophages / cytology,  metabolism*,  microbiology
Macrophages, Peritoneal / cytology,  metabolism,  microbiology
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Mitochondria / enzymology
Nitric Oxide / metabolism
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / genetics,  metabolism*
Protein Biosynthesis
RNA Interference
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
F31 GM083500-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; F31GM083500/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; P30 DK058404-03/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; P30DK058404/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01 AT004821-02/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; R01 DK053620-10/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; R01AT004821/AT/NCCAM NIH HHS; R01DK053620/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; T32 CA009592-17/CA/NCI NIH HHS; T32CA009592/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/(2-boronoethyl)-cysteine; 0/Boronic Acids; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide; EC 1.14.13.39/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; EC 3.5.3.1/Arg2 protein, mouse; EC 3.5.3.1/Arginase
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