Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

S-nitrosylation-mediated coupling of G-protein alpha-2 with CXCR5 induces Hippo/YAP-dependent diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis

  • Meng-Lin Chao,
  • Shanshan Luo,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Xuechun Zhou,
  • Miao Zhou,
  • Junyan Wang,
  • Chuiyu Kong,
  • Jiyu Chen,
  • Zhe Lin,
  • Xin Tang,
  • Shixiu Sun,
  • Xinlong Tang,
  • Hongshan Chen,
  • Hong Wang,
  • Dongjin Wang,
  • Jin-Peng Sun,
  • Yi Han,
  • Liping Xie,
  • Yong Ji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24736-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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S-nitrosylation can influence many pathophysiological processes. Here the authors show that the coupling efficiency of GNAI2 with CXCR5 is enhanced by S-nitrosylation of GNAI2, leading to Hippo-YAP dysfunction in endothelium, and plays a role in diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis.