Redox Modulation of Iron Regulatory Proteins by Peroxynitrite*

Expression of several proteins of higher eukaryotes is post-transcriptionally regulated by interaction of iron-responsive elements (IREs) on their mRNAs and iron regulatory proteins (IRP1 and IRP2). IRP1 is a redox-sensitive iron-sulfur protein whose regulatory activity is modulated by iron depletion, synthesis of nitric oxide, or oxidative stress. IRP2 is closely related to IRP1, but it does not possess a [Fe-S] cluster. IRP2 is also regulated by intracellular iron level, but it is assumed that regulation is achieved by accelerated turn-over. In this report, the effect of peroxynitrite, a strong oxidant produced when nitric oxide and O·̄2 are biosynthesized simultaneously, on the RNA binding activity of IRP1 and IRP2 was investigated in vitro. Macrophage cytosolic extracts were exposed directly to a bolus addition of peroxynitrite or to SIN-1, which releases a continuous flux of peroxynitrite. Under these two experimental conditions, IRP1 lost its aconitase activity but did not gain increased capacity to bind IRE. However, addition of low amounts of the disulfide-reducing agent 2-ME during the binding assay revealed formation of a complex between IRP1 and IRE. Substrates of aconitase, which bind to the cluster of IRP1, prevented this effect, pointing to the [Fe-S] cluster as the target of peroxynitrite. Moreover, single mutation of the redox active Cys437precluded oxidation of human recombinant IRP1 by SIN-1. Collectively, these results imply that peroxynitrite predisposes IRP1 to bind IREs under a suitable reducing environment. It is assumed that in addition to disrupting the cluster peroxynitrite also promotes disulfide bridge(s) between proximal cysteine residues in the vicinity of the IRE-binding domain, in particular Cys437. When exposed to peroxynitrite, IRP2 lost its spontaneous IRE binding activity, which was restored by further exposure to 2-mercaptoethanol, thus showing that peroxynitrite can also regulate IRP2 by a post-translational event.

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