3-Mercaptopyruvate Sulfurtransferase Produces Hydrogen Sulfide and Bound Sulfane Sulfur in the Brain

  • Norihiro Shibuya
    National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Makiko Tanaka
    National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Mikiharu Yoshida
    National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Yuki Ogasawara
    Meiji Pharmaceutical University
  • Tadayasu Togawa
    Meiji Pharmaceutical University
  • Kazuyuki Ishii
    Meiji Pharmaceutical University
  • Hideo Kimura
    National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.

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2009-04
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  • 10.1089/ars.2008.2253
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SAGE Publications

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<jats:p> Hydrogen sulfide (H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S) is a synaptic modulator as well as a neuroprotectant. Currently, pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) is thought to be the major H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S-producing enzyme in the brain. We recently found that brain homogenates of CBS-knockout mice, even in the absence of PLP, produce H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S at levels similar to those of wild-type mice, suggesting the presence of another H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S-producing enzyme. Here we show that 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (3MST) in combination with cysteine aminotransferase (CAT) produces H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S from cysteine. In addition, 3MST is localized to neurons, and the levels of bound sulfane sulfur, the precursor of H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S, are greatly increased in the cells expressing 3MST and CAT but not increased in cells expressing functionally defective mutant enzymes. These data present a new perspective on H <jats:sub>2</jats:sub> S production and storage in the brain. <jats:italic toggle="yes">Antioxid. Redox Signal.</jats:italic> 11, 703–714. </jats:p>

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