| Literature DB >> 18650379 |
Jing Tian1, Sangwon F Kim, Lynda Hester, Solomon H Snyder.
Abstract
Glutamate/N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated neurotoxicity involves cyclooxygenase (COX)-2. We demonstrate that this neurotoxicity reflects activation of COX-2 by S-nitrosylation after selective binding of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) to COX-2. nNOS, via its PDZ domain, binds COX-2 with the generated NO S-nitrosylating and activating the enzyme. Selective disruption of nNOS-COX-2 binding prevents NMDA neurotoxicity.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18650379 PMCID: PMC2492460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804852105
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205