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S-Nitrosothiols signal the ventilatory response to hypoxia

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  • Andrew J. Lipton

    (Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville)

  • Michael A. Johnson

    (University of Virginia)

  • Timothy Macdonald

    (University of Virginia)

  • Michael W. Lieberman

    (Baylor College of Medicine)

  • David Gozal

    (Kosair Children's Hospital Research Institute, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville)

  • Benjamin Gaston

    (University of Virginia School of Medicine)

Abstract

Increased ventilation in response to hypoxia has been appreciated for over a century1, but the biochemistry underlying this response remains poorly understood. Here we define a pathway in which increased minute ventilation (V̇E ) is signalled by deoxyhaemoglobin-derived S-nitrosothiols (SNOs). Specifically, we demonstrate that S-nitrosocysteinyl glycine (CGSNO) and S-nitroso-l-cysteine (l-CSNO)—but not S-nitroso-d-cysteine (d-CSNO)—reproduce the ventilatory effects of hypoxia at the level of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS). We show that plasma from deoxygenated, but not from oxygenated, blood produces the ventilatory effect of both SNOs and hypoxia. Further, this activity is mediated by S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), and GSNO activation by γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) is required. The normal response to hypoxia is impaired in a knockout mouse lacking γ-GT. These observations suggest that S-nitrosothiol biochemistry is of central importance to the regulation of breathing.

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  • Andrew J. Lipton & Michael A. Johnson & Timothy Macdonald & Michael W. Lieberman & David Gozal & Benjamin Gaston, 2001. "S-Nitrosothiols signal the ventilatory response to hypoxia," Nature, Nature, vol. 413(6852), pages 171-174, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:413:y:2001:i:6852:d:10.1038_35093117
    DOI: 10.1038/35093117
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