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Roncero C, Ventura JJ, Sánchez A, Bois-Joyeux B, Mesa ML, Thomassin H, Danan JL, Benito M, Fabregat I. Phorbol esters down-regulate alpha-fetoprotein gene expression without affecting growth in fetal hepatocytes in primary culture. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1402:151-64. [PMID: 9561801 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(98)00005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effects of phorbol esters (phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate, PDB) on alpha-fetoprotein expression and cell growth were assayed by using fetal hepatocytes in primary culture. PDB acts synergistically with epidermal growth factor (EGF) to specifically decrease alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) mRNA levels, without affecting the expression of other genes of the same family, such as albumin and Vitamin D-binding protein (DBP). This effect is PDB-dose dependent, maximal effects being at 10 ng/ml. The implication of protein kinase C (PKC) in this effect seems clear since bisindolylmaleimide (BIS), a specific PKC inhibitor, completely blocks the PDB effect on AFP expression. Nuclear run-on experiments show that the decrease in AFP mRNA levels is mainly due to an inhibition in the transcription rate of the gene. Determination of PKC activities shows that fetal hepatocytes contain mainly Ca(2+)-independent isoenzymes, which patterns of activation was not modified by EGF plus PDB treatment with respect to PDB treatment. We have found that MAPK and JNK activities, c-jun and c-fos mRNA levels and AP-1 binding activity are notably increased when cells are incubated with both EGF and PDB, PDB does not stimulate growth of fetal hepatocytes, measured either as [3H]-thymidine incorporation into DNA or by cell cycle analysis using flow cytometry. All these results suggest that activation of PKC may affect liver gene expression rather than cell growth in fetal hepatocytes.
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- C Roncero
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Centro Mixto C.S.I.C./U.C.M. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
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Auer KL, Contessa J, Brenz-Verca S, Pirola L, Rusconi S, Cooper G, Abo A, Wymann MP, Davis RJ, Birrer M, Dent P. The Ras/Rac1/Cdc42/SEK/JNK/c-Jun cascade is a key pathway by which agonists stimulate DNA synthesis in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. Mol Biol Cell 1998; 9:561-73. [PMID: 9487126 PMCID: PMC25285 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.3.561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The ability of signaling via the JNK (c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase)/stress-activated protein kinase cascade to stimulate or inhibit DNA synthesis in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes was examined. Treatment of hepatocytes with media containing hyperosmotic glucose (75 mM final), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha, 1 ng/ml final), and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF, 1 ng/ml final) caused activation of JNK1. Glucose, TNFalpha, or HGF treatments increased phosphorylation of c-Jun at serine 63 in the transactivation domain and stimulated hepatocyte DNA synthesis. Infection of hepatocytes with poly-L-lysine-coated adenoviruses coupled to constructs to express either dominant negatives Ras N17, Rac1 (N17), Cdc42 (N17), SEK1-, or JNK1- blunted the abilities of glucose, TNFalpha, or HGF to increase JNK1 activity, to increase phosphorylation of c-Jun at serine 63, and to stimulate DNA synthesis. Furthermore, infection of hepatocytes by a recombinant adenovirus expressing a dominant-negative c-Jun mutant (TAM67) also blunted the abilities of glucose, TNFalpha, and HGF to stimulate DNA synthesis. These data demonstrate that multiple agonists stimulate DNA synthesis in primary cultures of hepatocytes via a Ras/Rac1/Cdc42/SEK/JNK/c-Jun pathway. Glucose and HGF treatments reduced glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) activity and increased c-Jun DNA binding. Co-infection of hepatocytes with recombinant adenoviruses to express dominant- negative forms of PI3 kinase (p110alpha/p110gamma) increased basal GSK3 activity, blocked the abilities of glucose and HGF treatments to inhibit GSK3 activity, and reduced basal c-Jun DNA binding. However, expression of dominant-negative PI3 kinase (p110alpha/p110gamma) neither significantly blunted the abilities of glucose and HGF treatments to increase c-Jun DNA binding, nor inhibited the ability of these agonists to stimulate DNA synthesis. These data suggest that signaling by the JNK/stress-activated protein kinase cascade, rather than by the PI3 kinase cascade, plays the pivotal role in the ability of agonists to stimulate DNA synthesis in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
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- K L Auer
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0058, USA
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Iimuro Y, Nishiura T, Hellerbrand C, Behrns KE, Schoonhoven R, Grisham JW, Brenner DA. NFkappaB prevents apoptosis and liver dysfunction during liver regeneration. J Clin Invest 1998; 101:802-11. [PMID: 9466975 PMCID: PMC508628 DOI: 10.1172/jci483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Although NFkappaB binding activity is induced during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, the physiological consequence of this induction is unknown. We have assessed the role of NFkappaB during liver regeneration by delivering to the liver a superrepressor of NFkappaB activity using an adenoviral vector expressing a mutated form of IkappaBalpha. This adenovirus (Ad5IkappaB) was almost exclusively expressed in the liver and inhibited NFkappaB DNA binding activity and transcriptional activity in cultured cells as well as in the liver in vivo. After partial hepatectomy, infection with Ad5IkappaB, but not a control adenovirus (Ad5LacZ), resulted in the induction of massive apoptosis and hepatocytes as demonstrated by histological staining and TUNEL analysis. In addition, infection with Ad5IkappaB but not Ad5LacZ decreased the mitotic index after partial hepatectomy. These two phenomena, increased apoptosis and failure to progress through the cell cycle, were associated with liver dysfunction in animals infected with the Ad5IkappaB but not Ad5LacZ, as demonstrated by elevated serum bilirubin and ammonia levels. Thus, the induction of NFkappaB during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy appears to be a required event to prevent apoptosis and to allow for normal cell cycle progression.
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- Y Iimuro
- Department of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Xu X, Raber J, Yang D, Su B, Mucke L. Dynamic regulation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase activity in mouse brain by environmental stimuli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:12655-60. [PMID: 9356505 PMCID: PMC25073 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.23.12655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Activation of the recently identified c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) typically results in programmed cell death (apoptosis) in neurons and other cell types grown in culture. However, the effects of JNK activation in the central nervous system in vivo are unknown. At baseline, JNK activity in mice was on average 17-fold higher in brain than in peripheral organs, whereas JNK protein levels were similar. In brain, JNK was expressed primarily in neurons. Restraining mice or allowing them to explore a novel environment rapidly increased JNK activity 3- to 15-fold in various brain regions, but these manipulations did not increase brain activity of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Because noninvasive environmental stimuli that do not induce neurodegeneration elicited prominent increases in JNK activity in the brain, we conclude that acute activation of the JNK cascade in central nervous system neurons does not induce neuronal apoptosis in vivo. In contrast, the high baseline activity of JNK in the brain and the activation of the JNK cascade by environmental stimuli suggest that this kinase may play an important physiological role in neuronal function.
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- X Xu
- Gladstone Molecular Neurobiology Program and Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94141, USA.
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BACKGROUND Hepatic regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH) is characterized by a synchronous induction of normally quiescent hepatocytes to reenter the cell cycle, leading to a complete restoration of hepatic mass. Cell cycle progression requires activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) that are regulated by cyclins and Cdk inhibitors. METHODS Protein expression of the cyclins (D-type and E), Cdks (Cdk2 and 4), and Cdk inhibitors (p21 and p27) was measured by Western blot after SHAM operation or PH in F344 rats. In addition, Cdk2-associated kinase activity was measured. RESULTS Rapid induction of D-type and E cyclins, as well as their catalytic partners, Cdk2 and Cdk4, occurred after PH in rats. Complexes containing cyclin E and Cdk2 assembled in the regenerating liver, leading to increased Cdk2-associated kinase activity. The regenerating liver returned to preresection weight by day 7, at which time the Cdk2 activity also returned to SHAM levels. Biphasic induction of the Cdk inhibitor p21 was observed; the first peak occurred as early as 6 hours after PH, with a subsequent peak in expression occurring at 24 to 72 hours after PH. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these data support the concept that cyclins, Cdks, and Cdk inhibitors regulate cell cycle progression in the regenerating liver. In addition, the induction of p21 at two time points suggests that this protein may regulate both early proliferation and subsequent inhibition of hepatocyte regeneration.
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- J A Ehrenfried
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0533, USA
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Xu Y, Bradham C, Brenner DA, Czaja MJ. Hydrogen peroxide-induced liver cell necrosis is dependent on AP-1 activation. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 273:G795-803. [PMID: 9357820 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.4.g795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To determine whether intracellular signaling events involved in apoptosis may also mediate necrosis, the role of the transcription factor AP-1 was investigated in a hepatoma cell model of cellular necrosis induced by oxidant stress. Treatment of the human hepatoma cell line HuH-7 with H2O2 caused dose-dependent necrosis as determined by light microscopy, fluorescent staining, and an absence of DNA fragmentation. H2O2 treatment led to increases in c-fos and c-jun mRNA levels, Jun nuclear kinase activity, and AP-1 DNA binding. AP-1 transcriptional activity measured with an AP-1-driven luciferase reporter gene was also increased. To determine whether this AP-1 activation contributed to H2O2-induced cell necrosis, HuH-7 cells were stably transfected with an antisense c-jun expression vector. Cells expressing antisense c-jun had decreased levels of AP-1 activation and significantly increased survival after H2O2 exposure. These data indicate that AP-1 activation occurs during oxidant-induced cell necrosis and contributes to cell death. Necrosis is therefore not always a passive process but may involve the activation of intracellular signaling pathways similar to those that mediate apoptosis.
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- Y Xu
- Department of Medicine and Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Díaz-Guerra MJ, Velasco M, Martín-Sanz P, Boscá L. Nuclear factor kappaB is required for the transcriptional control of type II NO synthase in regenerating liver. Biochem J 1997; 326 ( Pt 3):791-7. [PMID: 9307029 PMCID: PMC1218734 DOI: 10.1042/bj3260791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A concerted activation of transcription factors involved in the transactivation of type II NO synthase (iNOS) gene occurred after partial hepatectomy (PH), resulting in the transient expression of iNOS. The corresponding mRNA and protein levels of iNOS reached a maximum at 4 h and 8 h post-PH respectively. This induction was preceded by an early and transient activation of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB). Analysis of the kappaB inhibitory (I) proteins showed an important role for IkappaBalpha in the process of NF-kappaB activation, whereas the contribution of IkappaBbeta was less evident. Interferon regulatory factor 1, which has been described as an important activator of iNOS expression, was up-regulated after PH but failed to bind to the corresponding DNA binding sequences of the iNOS promoter. The transcriptional control of iNOS after PH, was compared with the events associated with the hepatic expression of this enzyme in animals challenged with lipopolysaccharide, showing a differential pattern of transcription-factor activation and IkappaB degradation between both models. Transfection of hepatoma cell lines with iNOS promoter constructs, followed by stimulation with post-PH sera, revealed the requirement of NF-kappaB activation for iNOS expression. These data suggest that there is an important role for the restricted NF-kappaB activation in the temporal pattern of iNOS expression in regenerating liver.
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- M J Díaz-Guerra
- Instituto de Bioquímica (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Carboni L, Tacconi S, Carletti R, Bettini E, Ferraguti F. Localization of the messenger RNA for the c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase kinase in the adult and developing rat brain: an in situ hybridization study. Neuroscience 1997; 80:147-60. [PMID: 9252228 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase kinase is a dual-specificity kinase which phosphorylates and activates stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase, a recently discovered mitogen-activated protein kinase that is stimulated by stressful stimuli and that regulates cellular transcriptional activity. The distribution of the messenger RNA encoding for stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1 was evaluated in the adult and developing rat central nervous system. In situ hybridization with a 35S-labelled 45mer oligodeoxynucleotide probe was used to map the distribution of the stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1 messenger RNA in postnatal day 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and adult rat brains. Specific labelling was generally associated with neuronal profiles. In the adult central nervous system, high hybridization signals were observed in the hippocampus, the granular layer of the cerebellum, the medial habenula, the anterodorsal thalamic nucleus, the red nucleus, the pontine nuclei, the facial nucleus, the motor and mesencephalic nuclei of the trigeminal nerve, the hypoglossal nucleus, the vestibular nucleus and the nucleus ambiguus. Intermediate levels were present in diencephalic and mesencephalic regions and in the neocortex, while basal ganglia displayed a low hybridization signal. In the developing brain, the heterogeneous distribution of the hybridization signal observed in the adult brain was already present, but in the hippocampus and basal ganglia the stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1 messenger RNA levels were significantly higher at postnatal day 3 and during the second postnatal week than in the adult. The results show that stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1 is widely expressed in the rat central nervous system and co-localizes with its substrate stress-activated protein kinase. The observed changes in stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1 messenger RNA levels during postnatal development suggest a role for this protein in the maturation of brain circuits.
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- L Carboni
- Department of Pharmacology, Glaxo Wellcome S.p.A., Medicines Research Centre, Verona, Italy
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Cui XL, Douglas JG. Arachidonic acid activates c-jun N-terminal kinase through NADPH oxidase in rabbit proximal tubular epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:3771-6. [PMID: 9108053 PMCID: PMC20516 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.8.3771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/1996] [Accepted: 02/10/1997] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In kidney epithelial cells, arachidonic acid and other fatty acids are important signal transduction molecules for G protein-coupled receptors. We now demonstrate that arachidonic acid induced a time- and dose-dependent activation of JNK, a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family, as assessed by phosphorylation of the transcription factor ATF-2. Increments in JNK activity were detectable at 5 microM arachidonic acid and plateaued at 30 microM. Activation was specific to arachidonic acid and linoleic acid, since other fatty acids of the n - 3 and n - 6 series and/or various degrees of saturation were without effect. Specific inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-, lipoxygenase-, and cytochrome P450-dependent metabolism did not affect arachidonic acid-induced JNK activity. We further demonstrated that the free radical scavenger N-acetylcysteine blocked arachidonic acid-induced JNK activation, while H(2)O(2), a reactive oxidative molecule, activated JNK in a dose-dependent manner, providing additional support for a redox mechanism. Moreover, arachidonic acid activated NADPH oxidase (EC 1.6.-.-, EC 1.6.99.-) in a dose-dependent manner, and the potency of superoxide generation paralleled that of JNK activation by other fatty acids. We conclude that in kidney epithelial cells arachidonic acid activates JNK by means of NADPH oxidase and superoxide generation, independent of eicosanoid biosynthesis.
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- X L Cui
- Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH 44106-4982, USA
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Nearly all cell surface receptors utilize one or more of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades in their repertoire of signal transduction mechanisms. Recent advances in the study of such cascades include the cloning of genes encoding novel members of the cascades, further definition of the roles of the cascades in responses to extracellular signals, and examination of cross-talk between different cascades.
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- M J Robinson
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75235-904,1 USA.
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Kay MA, Fausto N. Liver regeneration: prospects for therapy based on new technologies. MOLECULAR MEDICINE TODAY 1997; 3:108-15. [PMID: 9095485 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-4310(96)10062-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The liver is an amazing organ because it can regenerate. The differentiated parenchymal cells, which do not normally divide, can undergo multiple rounds of cellular division. This brings into question the exact role of the liver stem-cell, which has not been fully characterized. The knowledge gained from the dissection of the basic molecular and cellular events that occur during hepatic regeneration will be useful for advancing therapeutic interventions for individuals with liver disease or genetic deficiencies. This article reviews the basic principles of liver regeneration, experimental manipulations in animal models, and human clinical applications including cellular transplantation, gene therapy and artificial livers.
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- M A Kay
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7720, USA.
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Mallat A, Préaux AM, Serradeil-Le Gal C, Raufaste D, Gallois C, Brenner DA, Bradham C, Maclouf J, Iourgenko V, Fouassier L, Dhumeaux D, Mavier P, Lotersztajn S. Growth inhibitory properties of endothelin-1 in activated human hepatic stellate cells: a cyclic adenosine monophosphate-mediated pathway. Inhibition of both extracellular signal-regulated kinase and c-Jun kinase and upregulation of endothelin B receptors. J Clin Invest 1996; 98:2771-8. [PMID: 8981923 PMCID: PMC507742 DOI: 10.1172/jci119103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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During chronic liver diseases, hepatic stellate cells (HSC) acquire an activated myofibroblast-like phenotype, proliferate, and synthetize fibrosis components. We have shown that endothelin-1 (ET-1) inhibits the proliferation of activated human HSC via endothelin B (ETB) receptors. We now investigate the transduction pathway involved in the growth inhibitory effect of ET-1 in activated HSC. Endothelin-1 and the ETB receptor agonist, sarafotoxin-S6C, increased synthesis of PGI2 and PGE2, leading to elevation of cAMP. The cyclooxygenase inhibitor ibuprofen and the adenylyl cyclase inhibitor SQ22536 both blunted the growth inhibitory effect of ET-1. Analysis of early steps associated with growth inhibition indicated that: (a) similar to ET-1, forskolin decreased c-jun mRNA induction without affecting c-fos and krox 24 mRNA expression; (b) ET-1, sarafotoxin-S6C, as well as forskolin, reduced activation of both c-Jun kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Finally, forskolin, PGI2, and PGE2 raised by fivefold the number of ET binding sites after 6 h, and increased the proportion of ETB receptors from 50% in control cells to 80% in treated cells. In conclusion, ET-1 inhibits proliferation of activated HSC via ETB receptors, through a prostaglandin/cAMP pathway that leads to inhibition of both extracellular signal-regulated kinase and c-Jun kinase activities. Upregulation of ETB receptors by prostaglandin/cAMP raises the possibility of a positive feedback loop that would amplify the growth inhibitory response. These results suggest that ET-1 and agents that increase cAMP might be of interest to limit proliferation of activated HSC during chronic liver diseases.
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- A Mallat
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 99, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Goodyear LJ, Chang PY, Sherwood DJ, Dufresne SD, Moller DE. Effects of exercise and insulin on mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways in rat skeletal muscle. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 271:E403-8. [PMID: 8770036 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.271.2.e403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Studies in mammalian cells have established the existence of at least three distinct mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) signaling pathways that are activated by a variety of growth factors and/or environmental stressors. We determined whether physical exercise, a physiological stressor, and insulin, a metabolic stimulator and growth factor, activate the c-jun NH2-terminus kinase (JNK), the p38 kinase, and/or the extracellular regulatory kinases (ERK; p42MAPK and p44MAPK) signaling pathways in rat skeletal muscle. Animals were studied immediately after running on a motorized treadmill for 10-60 min (20 m/min, 10% grade) or 5-30 min after an intraperitoneal injection of insulin (20 U/rat). Exercise increased skeletal muscle JNK activity by two- to threefold throughout the time course studied, whereas insulin did not significantly increase JNK activity. The p38 activity was slightly stimulated by exercise and not by insulin. The ERK kinase pathway, as assessed by ribosomal S6 kinase-2 activity assays and phosphospecific p42MAPK/p4NAPK immunoblotting, was stimulated by both exercise and insulin. These data are the first demonstration of exercise stimulating multiple intracellular signaling pathways in skeletal muscle. Activation of these MAP kinase signaling pathways may mediate changes in skeletal muscle growth and metabolism that occur in response to exercise.
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- L J Goodyear
- Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The liver has tremendous regenerative capacity. This distinguishes it from other vital organs (e.g. the brain, heart and lungs) that cannot replace functional tissue once it has been destroyed. Although hepatocytes rarely proliferate in the healthy adult liver, virtually all surviving hepatocytes replicate at least once after 70% partial hepatectomy. Therefore, partial liver resection has been used to characterize mechanisms that regulate liver regeneration. Residual hepatocytes up-regulate both proliferative and liver-specific gene expression in order to preserve tissue specific function. In addition, hepatocyte proliferation is tightly co-ordinated to complement regenerative responses in hepatic non-parenchymal cells (e.g. endothelia, biliary epithelia, stellate and Kupffer cells), so that the entire organ can be reconstituted within days. Studies with neutralizing antibodies to tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) clearly demonstrate that, after partial hepatectomy, TNF promotes liver cell proliferation. The present review focuses on the regulation of the hepatocyte proliferative response by pro-inflammatory cytokines.
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- A M Diehl
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Dabrowski A, Grady T, Logsdon CD, Williams JA. Jun kinases are rapidly activated by cholecystokinin in rat pancreas both in vitro and in vivo. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:5686-90. [PMID: 8621433 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.10.5686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Stimulation of pancreatic acini from male Sprague-Dawley rats by both cholecystokinin (CCK)-8 and anisomycin caused an increase in p46jnk and p55jnk activities. Both forms of c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) were slightly activated at 5 min, reached a maximum at 30 min, and remained significantly increased at 60 min of CCK stimulation. By contrast, p42mapkwas activated fully by 5 min. In pancreatic acini stimulated with different concentrations of CCK for 30 min, the minimal and maximal JNK responses were observed at 30 pm and 100 nM CCK, respectively; p42mapk activation was, as previously reported, much more sensitive, with maximal activation by 1 nm CCK. Carbachol and bombesin also stimulated JNK activity, while vasoactive intestinal peptide did not. Neither activating protein kinase C nor increasing intracellular Ca2+ significantly activated JNK. In in vivo experiments, rats were infused intravenously for 5 and 15 min with a secretory (0.1 microg/kg/h) or supramaximal (10 microg/kg/h) dose of the CCK analog caerulein (CER). Secretory doses of CER induced a 4-fold increase of both forms of JNK in pancreatic tissue at 5 and 15 min, while at the same time points, supramaximal stimulation with CER caused 4- and 27-fold increases, respectively, of these kinase activities. The secretory dose of CER slightly increased the activities of both forms of mitogen-activated protein kinase, while the supramaximal dose induced a 10-fold increase of p42mapk at 5 min. In conclusion, JNKs and mitogen-activated protein kinases are rapidly activated in rat pancreatic acini stimulated with CCK as well as in pancreatic tissue during in vivo stimulation with CER. The large response to supramaximal CER stimulation may be of importance in the early pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis.
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- A Dabrowski
- Department of Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-0622, USA
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Chapter 29. The MAP Kinase Family: New “MAPs” for Signal Transduction Pathways and Novel Targets for Drug Discovery. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(08)60468-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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- J K Westwick
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599, USA
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