Novel role for non-muscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) in hyperoxia-induced recruitment of cytoskeletal proteins, NADPH oxidase activation, and reactive oxygen species generation in lung endothelium

Peter V. Usatyuk, Patrick A. Singleton, Srikanth Pendyala, Satish K. Kalari, Donghong He, Irina A. Gorshkova, Sara M. Camp, Jaideep Moitra, Steven M. Dudek, Joe G.N. Garcia, Viswanathan Natarajan

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Abstract

Were cently demonstrated that hyperoxia (HO) activates lung endothelial cell NADPH oxidase and generates reactive oxygen species (ROS)/superoxide via Src-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of p47 phox and cortactin. Here, we demonstrate that the non-muscle ∼214-kDa myosin light chain (MLC) kinase (nmMLCK) modulates the interaction between cortactin and p47 phox that plays a role in the assembly and activation of endothelial NADPH oxidase. Overexpression of FLAG-tagged wild type MLCK in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells enhanced interaction and co-localization between cortactin and p47 phox at the cell periphery and ROS production, whereas abrogation of MLCK using specific siRNA significantly inhibited the above. Furthermore, HO stimulated phosphorylation of MLC and recruitment of phosphorylated and non-phosphorylated cortactin, MLC, Src, and p47 phox to caveolin-enriched microdomains (CEM), whereas silencing nmMLCK with siRNA blocked recruitment of these components to CEM and ROS generation. Exposure of nmMLCK -/- null mice to HO (72 h) reduced ROS production, lung inflammation, and pulmonary leak compared with control mice. These results suggest a novel role for nmMLCK in hyperoxia-induced recruitment of cytoskeletal proteins and NADPH oxidase components to CEM, ROS production, and lung injury.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9360-9375
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume287
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 16 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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