| Literature DB >> 26000748 |
Emmanuel Y Dotsey1, Kwang-Mook Jung2, Abdul Basit3, Don Wei2, Jennifer Daglian2, Federica Vacondio4, Andrea Armirotti3, Marco Mor4, Daniele Piomelli5.
Abstract
The second messenger hydrogen peroxide transduces changes in the cellular redox state by reversibly oxidizing protein cysteine residues to sulfenic acid. This signaling event regulates many cellular processes but has never been shown to occur in the brain. Here, we report that hydrogen peroxide heightens endocannabinoid signaling in brain neurons through sulfenylation of cysteines C201 and C208 in monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL), a serine hydrolase that deactivates the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycerol (2-AG) in nerve terminals. The results suggest that MGL sulfenylation may provide a presynaptic control point for 2-AG-mediated endocannabinoid signaling.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26000748 PMCID: PMC4459529 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.04.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Biol ISSN: 1074-5521