Objective To analyze the influence of
adenovirus latent infection on gamma-glutamylcysteine systhetase(γ-GCS) in
rat alveolar epithelial cells.
Methods The
rat alveolar epithelial cells were stably transfected with the
plasmid pE1Aneo and control
plasmid.
Glutathione(GSH) contents, the activity of γ-GCS were detected in
oxidant stress. Then the leuel of
protein expression,
mRNA expression, and promoter transcriptional activity of
glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit(GCLC) were further detected. Results GSH contents decreased because of
adenovirus E1A expression in
oxidant stress. E1A repressed the expression and activity of γ-GCS,
messenger RNA expression, and promoter transcriptional activity of GCLC. Conclusion
Adenovirus E1A decreased the activity of γ-GCS probably by repressed promoter transcriptional activity of GCLC. As a result, GSH contents were downregulated in
oxidant stress. Thus
Adenovirus latent infection amplified the
oxidant/
antioxidant imbalance in
rat alveolar epithelial cells in
oxidants stress, which may be an important mechanism of
COPD.