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A Novel Role for Human Sulfiredoxin in the Reversal of Glutathionylation

Departments of ¹ Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and ² Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

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Modification of protein cysteine residues by disulfide formation with glutathione (glutathionylation) is a reversible posttranslational modification of critical importance in controlling cell signaling events following oxidative and/or nitrosative stress. Here, we show that human sulfiredoxin, a small redox protein conserved in eukaryotes, can act as a novel regulator of the redox-activated thiol switch in cells by catalyzing deglutathionylation of a number of distinct proteins in response to oxidative and/or nitrosative stress. Actin and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B were identified in vitro as targets of sulfiredoxin 1 (Srx1)–dependent deglutathionylation and confirmed in vivo by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analysis. In addition, we show that Srx1-dependent deglutathionylation is functionally relevant through restoration of phosphatase activity. Human sulfiredoxin contains one cysteine residue (Cys⁹⁹) that is conserved in all family members. Mutation of the cysteine residue inhibits deglutathionylation but did not affect its capacity to bind intracellular proteins. Furthermore, sulfiredoxin is not an acceptor molecule for the GS^– moiety during the reaction process. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, we identified multiple protein targets in vivo that are deglutathionylated by sulfiredoxin following oxidative and/or nitrosative stress. This novel deglutathionylation function of sulfiredoxin suggests it has a central role in redox control with potential implications in cell signaling. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(13): 6800-6)

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