Nuclear translocation of extracellular superoxide dismutase

Tomomi Ookawara, Takako Kizaki, Eiji Takayama, Nobuo Imazeki, Osamu Matsubara, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Keiichiro Suzuki, Li Li Ji, Takushi Tadakuma, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Hideki Ohno

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Abstract

Histochemical examination of mouse tissues showed nuclear staining of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD), and the nuclear translocation of EC-SOD was also confirmed in cultured cells that had been transfected with its gene, as shown by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis. The EC-SOD which was secreted into the medium was incorporated into 3T3-L1 cells and a significant fraction of the material taken up was localized in the nucleus. Site-directed mutagenesis indicated that the heparin-binding domain of EC-SOD functions as the nuclear localization signal. These results suggest that the mechanism of the nuclear transport of EC-SOD involves a series of N-terminal signal peptide- and C-terminal heparin-binding domain-dependent processes of secretion, re-uptake and the subsequent nuclear translocation. The findings herein provide support for the view that the role of EC-SOD is to protect the genome DNA from damage by reactive oxygen species and/or the transcriptional regulation of redox-sensitive gene expression.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)54-61
Number of pages8
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume296
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Extracellular superoxide dismutase
  • Heparin binding domain
  • Nuclear localization signal
  • ROS
  • Secretion

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