• November 11, 2011 - S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Inhibitors for the Prevention and Treatment of Experimental Colitis
  • August 28, 2011 - Structure – Activity Relationships of Pyrrole Based S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Inhibitors – Carboxamide Modification
  • July 14, 2011 - Heterozygous Deletion of S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase in Mice Does Not Increase Nitrosative Inactivation of O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Alkyltransferase or Diethylnitrosamine-induced Hepatocarcinogenesis
  • May 3, 2011 - Oral S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Inhibitors Attenuate Pulmonary Inflammation and Decrease Airspace Enlargement in Experimental Models of COPD
  • March 27, 2011 - Discovery of S-nitrosoglutathione reductase inhibitors as potential agents to treat asthma, COPD and IBD
More posters

December 28, 2012

ADH IB Expression, but Not ADH III, Is Decreased in Human Lung Cancer
Sarah C. Mutka, Lucia H. Green, Evie L. Verderber, Jane P. Richards, Doug L. Looker, Elizabeth A. Chlipala, Gary J. Rosenthal

Endogenous S-nitrosothiols, including S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), mediate nitric oxide (NO)-based signaling, inflammatory responses, and smooth muscle function. Reduced GSNO levels have been implicated in several respiratory diseases, and inhibition of GSNO reductase, (GSNOR) the primary enzyme that metabolizes GSNO, represents a novel approach to treating inflammatory lung diseases.

Recently, an association between decreased GSNOR expression and human lung cancer risk was proposed in part based on immunohistochemical staining using a polyclonal GSNOR antibody. GSNOR is an isozyme of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) family, and we demonstrate that the antibody used in those studies cross reacts substantially with other ADH proteins and may not be an appropriate reagent.

We evaluated human lung cancer tissue arrays using monoclonal antibodies highly specific for human GSNOR with minimal cross reactivity to other ADH proteins. We verified the presence of GSNOR in ≥85% of specimens examined, and extensive analysis of these samples demonstrated no difference in GSNOR protein expression between cancerous and normal lung tissues.

Additionally, GSNOR and other ADH mRNA levels were evaluated quantitatively in lung cancer cDNA arrays by qPCR. Consistent with our immunohistochemical findings, GSNOR mRNA levels were not changed in lung cancer tissues, however the expression levels of other ADH genes were decreased. ADH IB mRNA levels were reduced (>10-fold) in 65% of the lung cancer cDNA specimens.

We conclude that the previously reported results showed an incorrect association of GSNOR and human lung cancer risk, and a decrease in ADH IB, rather than GSNOR, correlates with human lung cancer.

(2012) PLoS ONE 7(12): e52995. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052995 (More…PLOS ONE website)

Comments are closed.