An imbalance between oxidative stress and antioxidant activity plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke, a major risk factor of COPD, induces cellular oxidative stress, but levels of antioxidants such as heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) are reduced in individuals with severe COPD. In this study, we evaluated the molecular mechanism of reduced HO-1 expression in human bronchial epithelial cells. We found that cigarette smoke extract (CSE) increases HO-1 levels via activation of NFE2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). However, pretreating cells with the protease neutrophil elastase (NE) suppressed the CSE-induced expression of HO-1 mRNA and protein. NE also decreased sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) level, but did not inhibit CSE-induced nuclear translocation and DNA-binding activity of Nrf2. Transfection of cells with a Myc/His-tagged SIRT1 expression vector completely blocked the NE-mediated suppression of HO-1 expression. We further noted that the NE-induced downregulation of SIRT1 was not due to decreased transcription or proteasomal/lysosomal degradation or loss of solubility. Immunofluorescence staining revealed that NE enters the cell cytoplasm, and we observed that NE directly cleaved SIRT1 in vitro, indicating that SIRT1 levels are decreased via direct degradation by internalized NE. Of note, we observed decreased SIRT1 levels in NE-treated primary human bronchial epithelial cells and in lung homogenates from both smokers and patients with COPD. In conclusion, NE suppresses CSE-induced HO-1 expression by cleaving SIRT1. This finding indicates the importance of cross-talk between oxidative stress and protease responses in the pathogenesis of COPD.
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