Electrophilic fatty acids regulate matrix metalloproteinase activity and expression.

Gustavo Bonacci; Francisco J Schopfer; Carlos I Batthyany; Tanja K Rudolph; Volker Rudolph; Nicholas K H Khoo; Eric E Kelley; Bruce A Freeman

Electrophilic fatty acids regulate matrix metalloproteinase activity and expression.

Gustavo Bonacci ¹ Francisco J Schopfer ¹ Carlos I Batthyany ² Tanja K Rudolph ^{1, 3} Volker Rudolph ^{1, 3} Nicholas K H Khoo ¹ Eric E Kelley ⁴ Bruce A Freeman ^{1, *}

* Corresponding author

1 Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology

2 Institut Pasteur de Montevideo

3 Department of Cardiology

4 Department of Anesthesiology

Abstract : Nitro-fatty acids (NO(2)-FA) are electrophilic signaling mediators formed by reactions of nitric oxide and nitrite. NO(2)-FA exert anti-inflammatory signaling actions through post-translational protein modifications. We report that nitro-oleic acid (OA-NO(2)) stimulates proMMP-7 and proMMP-9 proteolytic activity via adduction of the conserved cysteine switch domain thiolate. Biotin-labeled OA-NO(2) showed this adduction occurs preferentially with latent forms of MMP, confirming a role for thiol alkylation by OA-NO(2) in MMP activation. In addition to regulating pro-MMP activation, MMP expression was modulated by OA-NO(2) via activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ. MMP-9 transcription was decreased in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-stimulated THP-1 macrophages to an extent similar to that induced by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ agonist Rosiglitazone. This was affirmed using a murine model of atherosclerosis, ApoE(-/-) mice, where in vivo OA-NO(2) administration suppressed MMP expression in atherosclerotic lesions. These findings reveal that electrophilic fatty acid derivatives can serve as effectors during inflammation, first by activating pro-MMP proteolytic activity via alkylation of the cysteine switch domain, and then by transcriptionally inhibiting MMP expression, thereby limiting the further progression of inflammatory processes.

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Life Sciences [q-bio] / Biochemistry, Molecular Biology

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