Modulation of SERCA in the chronic phase of adjuvant arthritis as a possible adaptation mechanism of redox imbalance

Miriam Strosova, Jana Karlovska, Corinne M. Spickett, Zuzana Orszagova, Silvester Ponist, Katarina Bauerova, Danica Mihalova, Lubica Horakova

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Abstract

Adjuvant arthritis (AA) is a condition that involves systemic oxidative stress. Unexpectedly, it was found that sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2 +-ATPase (SERCA) activity was elevated in muscles of rats with AA compared to controls, suggesting possible conformational changes in the enzyme. There was no alteration in the nucleotide binding site but rather in the transmembrane domain according to the tryptophan polar/non-polar fluorescence ratio. Higher relative expression of SERCA, higher content of nitrotyrosine but no increase in phospholipid oxidation in AA SR was found. In vitro treatments of SR with HOCl showed that in AA animals SERCA activity was more susceptible to oxidative stress, but SR phospholipids were more resistant and SERCA could also be activated by phosphatidic acid. It was concluded that increased SERCA activity in AA was due to increased levels of SERCA protein and structural changes to the protein, probably induced by direct and specific oxidation involving reactive nitrogen species.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)852-864
Number of pages13
JournalFree Radical Research
Volume43
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2009

Keywords

  • adjuvant arthritis
  • oxidative stress
  • Ca2 +-ATPase
  • sarcoplasmic reticulum
  • nitrotyrosine
  • Pharmacy and materia medica
  • Microbiology

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