Nitric oxide regulates mitochondrial fatty acid metabolism through reversible protein S-nitrosylation

Sci Signal. 2013 Jan 1;6(256):rs1. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.2003252.

Abstract

Cysteine S-nitrosylation is a posttranslational modification by which nitric oxide regulates protein function and signaling. Studies of individual proteins have elucidated specific functional roles for S-nitrosylation, but knowledge of the extent of endogenous S-nitrosylation, the sites that are nitrosylated, and the regulatory consequences of S-nitrosylation remains limited. We used mass spectrometry-based methodologies to identify 1011 S-nitrosocysteine residues in 647 proteins in various mouse tissues. We uncovered selective S-nitrosylation of enzymes participating in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation, indicating that this posttranslational modification may regulate metabolism and mitochondrial bioenergetics. S-nitrosylation of the liver enzyme VLCAD [very long chain acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) dehydrogenase] at Cys(238), which was absent in mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase, improved its catalytic efficiency. These data implicate protein S-nitrosylation in the regulation of β-oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-Chain / metabolism
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Animals
  • Cysteine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cysteine / metabolism
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • Energy Metabolism / physiology*
  • Fatty Acids / metabolism*
  • Liver / anatomy & histology
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Mice
  • Mitochondria / metabolism*
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational / genetics
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational / physiology*
  • Proteomics
  • S-Nitrosothiols / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Fatty Acids
  • S-Nitrosothiols
  • Nitric Oxide
  • S-nitrosocysteine
  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-Chain
  • Cysteine