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Bromocriptine and cabergoline induce cell death in prolactinoma cells via the ERK/EGR1 and AKT/mTOR pathway respectively. Cell Death Dis 2019; 10:335. [PMID: 31000722 PMCID: PMC6472389 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-019-1526-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Revised: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The treatment of hyperprolactinemia is based on the use of dopamine agonists, mainly bromocriptine (BRC) and cabergoline (CAB). They reduce tumour size effectively and restore gonadal function. However, there is a difference in drug sensitivity between CAB and BRC in patients with prolactinoma, although the underlying mechanisms are still unknown. Thus, we investigated whether there are differences in tumour sensitivity to CAB and BRC and their possible differential mechanisms in two prolactinoma cell lines. In our study, we found that GH3 cells are more sensitive to BRC and that MMQ cells are more sensitive to CAB. Moreover, BRC and CAB elicited cell death via different pathways; BRC induced prolactinoma cell death mainly through the apoptosis pathway, and CAB induced pituitary prolactinoma cell death mainly via the autophagic cell death pathway. Using gene microarray analysis, we found that BRC induces the apoptosis of prolactinoma cells through the ERK/EGR1 signalling pathway, whereas CAB induces autophagic death by inhibiting the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway. Our study showed the difference in tumour sensitivity and differential mechanisms in BRC- and CAB-treated prolactinoma cells, which provides a theoretical basis for the accurate treatment of prolactinoma.
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Chen DG, Zhu B, Lv SQ, Zhu H, Tang J, Huang C, Li Q, Zhou P, Wang DL, Li GH. Inhibition of EGR1 inhibits glioma proliferation by targeting CCND1 promoter. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2017; 36:186. [PMID: 29246166 PMCID: PMC5732438 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-017-0656-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Background Gliomas are the most common primary tumors in central nervous system. The prognosis of the patients with glioma is poor regardless of the development of therapeutic strategies. Its aggressive behavior mainly depends on the potent ability of proliferation. The transcription factor EGR1 (early growth response 1) is a member of a zinc finger transcription factor family which plays an essential role in cell growth and proliferation. Methods EGR1 expression levels in 39 glioma tissues and 10 normal brain tissues were tested by RT-qPCR and Western-blotting. The effects of EGR1 on U251 cells, U251 stem-like cells (GSCs), and U87 cells proliferation were assessed using in vitro and in vivo cell proliferation assays. The specific binding between EGR1 and CCND1 promoter was confirmed by CHIP assay. EGF was used to improve EGR1 expression in this assay. Results EGR1 expression levels in human gliomas are decreased compared with normal brain tissues, however, the patients with low EGR1 expression level showed significantly enhanced patient survival in all glioma patients. EGR1 silencing inhibited proliferation and induced G1 phase arrest in glioma cells. EGR1 contributed to proliferation by directly raising CCND1. Meanwhile, EGR1 overexpression induced by EGF was able to promote the proliferation of glioma cells. Conclusions Our results show that stable knockdown EGR1 would inhibit glioma proliferation. The results suggest EGR1 showing lower expression in cancer tissues compared with normal tissues maybe still play an important role in tumor proliferation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13046-017-0656-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Dian-Gang Chen
- Institute for Cancer Research in People's Liberation Army, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Institute for Cancer Research in People's Liberation Army, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Institute for Cancer Research in People's Liberation Army, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Institute for Cancer Research in People's Liberation Army, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Institute for Cancer Research in People's Liberation Army, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Department of Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Chongqing City, Chongqing, 400037, China
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- Institute for Cancer Research in People's Liberation Army, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China.
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Yang L, Li G, Ye J, Lu D, Chen Z, Xiang AP, Jiang MH. Substance P enhances endogenous neurogenesis to improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2017; 89:110-119. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2017.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Carter DA. Molecular phenotyping of transient postnatal tyrosine hydroxylase neurons in the rat bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. J Chem Neuroanat 2017; 82:29-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Revised: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Wu S, Zhou Y, Yang G, Tian H, Geng Y, Hu Y, Lin K, Wu W. Sulforaphane-cysteine induces apoptosis by sustained activation of ERK1/2 and caspase 3 in human glioblastoma U373MG and U87MG cells. Oncol Rep 2017; 37:2829-2838. [PMID: 28393231 DOI: 10.3892/or.2017.5562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated that sulforaphane (SFN) inhibited invasion via sustained activation of ERK1/2 in human glioblastoma cells. However, sulforaphane-cysteine (SFN-Cys), an analog of SFN, enriched in plasma with longer half-life, had more potentiality to induce apoptosis. Here we investigated the molecular mechanisms of SFN-Cys-induced apoptosis in human glioblastoma U373MG and U87MG cells. Cell viability assay showed that SFN-Cys inhibited cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. Cell morphology observation also showed SFN-Cys increased the phenotype of cell death in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, flow cytometry assay showed that SFN-Cys induced apoptosis significantly in a dose-dependent manner in both cell lines. Furthermore, western blot analysis demonstrated that SFN-Cys induced activation of ERK1/2 in a sustained manner and the activation contributed to upregulation of Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and cleaved caspase 3, and these results can be reversed by the ERK1/2 blocker PD98059. Our results showed that SFN-Cys induced cell apoptosis via sustained activation of ERK1/2 and the ERK1/2 mediated signaling pathways such as activation of caspase 3 and apoptosis-related proteins, thus indicating that SFN-Cys might be a more promising therapeutic agent versus SFN to resist glioblastoma cells, especially in Taxol-resistant cancer cells.
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- Sai Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
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Lesch A, Rubil S, Thiel G. Activation and inhibition of transient receptor potential TRPM3-induced gene transcription. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:2645-58. [PMID: 24895737 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transient receptor potential-3 (TRPM3) channels function as Ca2+ permeable cation channels. While the natural ligands for these channels are still unknown, several compounds have been described that either activate or inhibit TRPM3 channel activity. experimental approach: We assessed TRPM3-mediated gene transcription, which relies on the induction of intracellular signalling to the nucleus following activation of TRPM3 channels. Activator protein-1 (AP-1) and Egr-1-responsive reporter genes were integrated into the chromatin of the cells. This strategy enabled us to analyse gene transcription of the AP-1 and Egr-1-responsive reporter genes that were packed into an ordered chromatin structure. KEY RESULTS The neurosteroid pregnenolone sulfate strikingly up-regulated AP-1 and Egr-1 transcriptional activity, while nifedipine and D-erythro-sphingosine, also putative activators of TRPM3 channels, exhibited either no or TRPM3-independent effects on gene transcription. In addition, pregnenolone sulfate robustly enhanced the transcriptional activation potential of the ternary complex factor Elk-1. Pregnenolone sulfate-induced activation of gene transcription was blocked by treatment with mefenamic acid and, to a lesser extent, by the polyphenol naringenin. In contrast, progesterone, pregnenolone and rosiglitazone reduced AP-1 activity in the cells, but had no inhibitory effect on Egr-1 activity in pregnenolone sulfate-stimulated cells. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS Pregnenolone sulfate is a powerful activator of TRPM3-mediated gene transcription, while transcription is completely inhibited by mefenamic acid in cells expressing activated TRPM3 channels. Both compounds are valuable tools for further investigating the biological functions of TRPM3 channels.
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Spitsin S, Tuluc F, Meshki J, Lai JP, Tustin R, Douglas SD. Analog of somatostatin vapreotide exhibits biological effects in vitro via interaction with neurokinin-1 receptor. Neuroimmunomodulation 2013; 20:247-55. [PMID: 23921645 PMCID: PMC3839635 DOI: 10.1159/000350468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Vapreotide, a synthetic analog of somatostatin, has analgesic activity most likely mediated through the blockade of neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R), the substance P (SP)-preferring receptor. The ability of vapreotide to interfere with other biological effects of SP has yet to be investigated. METHODS We studied the ability of vapreotide to antagonize NK1R in three different cell types: immortalized U373MG human astrocytoma cells, human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDM) and a human embryonic kidney cell line, HEK293. Both U373MG and MDM express endogenous NK1R while HEK293 cells, which normally do not express NK1R, are stably transformed to express human NK1R (HEK293-NK1R). RESULTS Vapreotide attenuates SP-triggered intracellular calcium increases and nuclear factor-κB activation in a dose-dependent manner. Vapreotide also inhibits SP-induced interleukin-8 and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 production in HEK293-NK1R and U373MG cell lines. Vapreotide inhibits HIV-1 infection of human MDM in vitro, an effect that is reversible by SP pretreatment. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that vapreotide has NK1R antagonist activity and may have a potential application as a therapeutic intervention in HIV-1 infection.
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- Sergei Spitsin
- Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Address correspondence and reprints to: Steven D. Douglas, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street & Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, Telephone: 215-590-1978, Fax: 215-590-3044,
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Why cerebellar glioblastoma is rare and how that indicates adjunctive use of the FDA-approved anti-emetic aprepitant might retard cerebral glioblastoma growth: a new hypothesis to an old question. Clin Transl Oncol 2009; 11:408-10. [PMID: 19574198 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-009-0379-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cottrell GS, Padilla BE, Amadesi S, Poole DP, Murphy JE, Hardt M, Roosterman D, Steinhoff M, Bunnett NW. Endosomal endothelin-converting enzyme-1: a regulator of beta-arrestin-dependent ERK signaling. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:22411-22425. [PMID: 19531493 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.026674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Neuropeptide signaling at the cell surface is regulated by metalloendopeptidases, which degrade peptides in the extracellular fluid, and beta-arrestins, which interact with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to mediate desensitization. beta-Arrestins also recruit GPCRs and mitogen-activated protein kinases to endosomes to allow internalized receptors to continue signaling, but the mechanisms regulating endosomal signaling are unknown. We report that endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) degrades substance P (SP) in early endosomes of epithelial cells and neurons to destabilize the endosomal mitogen-activated protein kinase signalosome and terminate signaling. ECE-1 inhibition caused endosomal retention of the SP neurokinin 1 receptor, beta-arrestins, and Src, resulting in markedly sustained ERK2 activation in the cytosol and nucleus, whereas ECE-1 overexpression attenuated ERK2 activation. ECE-1 inhibition also enhanced SP-induced expression and phosphorylation of the nuclear death receptor Nur77, resulting in cell death. Thus, endosomal ECE-1 attenuates ERK2-mediated SP signaling in the nucleus to prevent cell death. We propose that agonist availability in endosomes, here regulated by ECE-1, controls beta-arrestin-dependent signaling of endocytosed GPCRs.
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- Graeme S Cottrell
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143
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- University Hospital Mun̈ster, Department of Internal Medicine D, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, D-48149 Mun̈ster, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research, and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cell Biology and Immunobiology of the Skin, University of Mun̈ster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 58, 48149 Mun̈ster, Germany
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- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, San Francisco, California 94143
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Rössler OG, Thiel G. Thrombin induces Egr-1 expression in fibroblasts involving elevation of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration, phosphorylation of ERK and activation of ternary complex factor. BMC Mol Biol 2009; 10:40. [PMID: 19432968 PMCID: PMC2686679 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2008] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background The serine protease thrombin catalyzes fibrin clot formation by converting fibrinogen into fibrin. Additionally, thrombin stimulation leads to an activation of stimulus-responsive transcription factors in different cell types, indicating that the gene expression pattern is changed in thrombin-stimulated cells. The objective of this study was to analyze the signaling cascade leading to the expression of the zinc finger transcription factor Egr-1 in thrombin-stimulated lung fibroblasts. Results Stimulation of 39M1-81 fibroblasts with thrombin induced a robust and transient biosynthesis of Egr-1. Reporter gene analysis revealed that the newly synthesized Egr-1 was biologically active. The signaling cascade connecting thrombin stimulation with Egr-1 gene expression required elevated levels of cytosolic Ca2+, the activation of diacylgycerol-dependent protein kinase C isoenzymes, and the activation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK). Stimulation of the cells with thrombin triggered the phosphorylation of the transcription factor Elk-1. Expression of a dominant-negative mutant of Elk-1 completely prevented Egr-1 expression in stimulated 39M1-81 cells, indicating that Elk-1 or related ternary complex factors connect the intracellular signaling cascade elicited by activation of protease-activated receptors with transcription of the Egr-1 gene. Lentiviral-mediated expression of MAP kinase phosphatase-1, a dual-specific phosphatase that dephosphorylates and inactivates ERK in the nucleus, prevented Elk-1 phosphorylation and Egr-1 biosynthesis in thrombin stimulated 39M1-81 cells, confirming the importance of nuclear ERK and Elk-1 for the upregulation of Egr-1 expression in thrombin-stimulated lung fibroblasts. 39M1-81 cells additionally express M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors. A comparison between the signaling cascades induced by thrombin or carbachol showed no differences, except that signal transduction via M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors required the transactivation of the EGF receptor, while thrombin signaling did not. Conclusion This study shows that stimulus-transcription coupling in thrombin-treated lung fibroblasts relies on the elevation of the intracellular Ca2+-concentration and the activation of PKC and ERK. In the nucleus, ternary complex factors function as key proteins linking the intracellular signaling cascade with enhanced transcription of the Egr-1 gene. This study further shows that the dominant-negative Elk-1 mutant is a valuable tool to study Elk-1-mediated gene transcription.
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- Oliver G Rössler
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Saarland Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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Hong HS, Lee J, Lee E, Kwon YS, Lee E, Ahn W, Jiang MH, Kim JC, Son Y. A new role of substance P as an injury-inducible messenger for mobilization of CD29(+) stromal-like cells. Nat Med 2009; 15:425-35. [PMID: 19270709 DOI: 10.1038/nm.1909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Tissue injury may create a specific microenvironment for inducing the systemic participation of stromal-like cells in the repair process. Here we show that substance P is an injury-inducible factor that acts early in the wound healing process to induce CD29(+) stromal-like cell mobilization. Likewise, mobilization of such cells also occurs in uninjured mice, rats and rabbits if substance P is intravenously injected. Upon further characterization these substance P-mobilized CD29(+) cells were found to be similar to stromal cells from a number of connective tissues, including bone marrow (that is, bone marrow stromal cells, or BMSCs). Both substance P injection and transfusion of autologously derived substance P-mobilized CD29(+) cells from uninjured rabbits accelerated wound healing in an alkali burn model. Also, epithelial engraftment of the transfused cells into the injured tissue occurred during the wound healing. Finally, using human BMSCs as a test population, we show that substance P stimulates transmigration, cell proliferation, activation of the extracellular signal-related kinases (Erk) 1 and 2 and nuclear translocation of beta-catenin in vitro. This finding highlights a previously undescribed function of substance P as a systemically acting messenger of injury and a mobilizer of CD29(+) stromal-like cells to participate in wound healing.
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- Hyun Sook Hong
- Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, 1 Seochun-dong, Kiheung-ku, Yong In 441-706, Korea
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Chernova I, Lai JP, Li H, Schwartz L, Tuluc F, Korchak HM, Douglas SD, Kilpatrick LE. Substance P (SP) enhances CCL5-induced chemotaxis and intracellular signaling in human monocytes, which express the truncated neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R). J Leukoc Biol 2008; 85:154-64. [PMID: 18835883 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0408260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Substance P (SP) is a potent modulator of monocyte/macrophage function. The SP-preferring receptor neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) has two forms: a full-length NK1R (NK1R-F) isoform and a truncated NK1R (NK1R-T) isoform, which lacks the terminal cytoplasmic 96-aa residues. The distribution of these receptor isoforms in human monocytes is not known. We previously identified an interaction among SP, NK1R, and HIV viral strains that use the chemokine receptor CCR5 as a coreceptor, suggesting crosstalk between NK1R and CCR5. The purpose of this study was to determine which form(s) of NK1R are expressed in human peripheral blood monocytes and to determine whether SP affects proinflammatory cellular responses mediated through the CCR5 receptor. Human peripheral blood monocytes were found to express NK1R-T but not NK1R-F. SP interactions with NK1R-T did not mobilize calcium (Ca2+), but SP mobilized Ca2+ when the NK1R-F was transfected into monocytes. However, the NK1R-T was functional in monocytes, as SP enhanced the CCR5 ligand CCL5-elicited Ca2+ mobilization, a response inhibited by the NK1R antagonist aprepitant. SP interactions with the NK1R-T also enhanced CCL5-mediated chemotaxis, which was ERK1/2-dependent. NK1R-T selectively activated ERK2 but increased ERK1 and ERK2 activation by CCL5. Activation of NK1R-T elicited serine phosphorylation of CCR5, indicating that crosstalk between CCL5 and SP may occur at the level of the receptor. Thus, NK1R-T is functional in human monocytes and activates select signaling pathways, and the NK1R-T-mediated enhancement of CCL5 responses does not require the NK1R terminal cytoplasmic domain.
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- Irene Chernova
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3615 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Fuentes LQ, Reyes CE, Sarmiento JM, Villanueva CI, Figueroa CD, Navarro J, González CB. Vasopressin up-regulates the expression of growth-related immediate-early genes via two distinct EGF receptor transactivation pathways. Cell Signal 2008; 20:1642-50. [PMID: 18571897 PMCID: PMC2602840 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2007] [Revised: 05/19/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Activation of V(1a) receptor triggers the expression of growth-related immediate-early genes (IEGs), including c-Fos and Egr-1. We found that pre-treatment of rat vascular smooth muscle A-10 cell line with the EGF receptor inhibitor AG1478 or the over-expression of an EGFR dominant negative mutant (HEBCD533) blocked the vasopressin-induced expression of IEGs, suggesting that activation of these early genes mediated by V(1a) receptor is via transactivation of the EGF receptor. Importantly, the inhibition of the metalloproteinases, which catalyzed the shedding of the EGF receptor agonist HB-EGF, selectively blocked the vasopressin-induced expression c-Fos. On the other hand, the inhibition of c-Src selectively blocked the vasopressin-induced expression of Egr-1. Interestingly, in contrast to the expression of c-Fos, the expression of Egr-1 was mediated via the Ras/MEK/MAPK-dependent signalling pathway. Vasopressin-triggered expression of both genes required the release of intracellular calcium, activation of PKC and beta-arrestin 2. These findings demonstrated that vasopressin up-regulated the expression of c-Fos and Erg-1 via transactivation of two distinct EGF receptor-dependent signalling pathways.
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- Lida Q. Fuentes
- Department of Physiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Physiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Physiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Histology & Pathology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555
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- Department of Physiology, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77555
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Stefano L, Rössler OG, Griesemer D, Hoth M, Thiel G. P2X(7) receptor stimulation upregulates Egr-1 biosynthesis involving a cytosolic Ca(2+) rise, transactivation of the EGF receptor and phosphorylation of ERK and Elk-1. J Cell Physiol 2007; 213:36-44. [PMID: 17474086 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The P2X(7) receptor is an ATP-gated ionotropic receptor that is permeable for small cations including Ca(2+) ions. Using 293 cells expressing P2X(7) receptors, we show that the P2X(7) receptor-specific ligand 2',3'-O-(4-benzoyl-benzoyl)-ATP (BzATP) induces a signaling cascade leading to the biosynthesis of biologically active Egr-1, a zinc finger transcription factor. BzATP-triggered Egr-1 biosynthesis was attenuated by the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059, by BAPTA-AM, the acetoxymethylester of the cytosolic Ca(2+) chelator BAPTA, and by an epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor (AG1478). These results indicate that phosphorylation and activation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase ERK, elevated levels of intracellular Ca(2+) and the transactivation of the EGF receptor are essential for BzATP-induced upregulation of Egr-1. The requirement of Ca(2+) within the signaling cascade was upstream of Raf kinase activation. Lentiviral-mediated expression of MAP kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1), a dual-specific phosphatase that dephosphorylates and inactivates ERK in the nucleus, inhibited Egr-1 biosynthesis following BzATP stimulation, indicating that MKP-1 functions as a nuclear shut-off device. Furthermore, the ternary complex factor Elk-1 was phosphorylated and the transcriptional activation potential of Elk-1 was enhanced following P2X(7) receptor stimulation. Expression of a dominant-negative mutant of Elk-1 impaired BzATP-induced upregulation of Egr-1 biosynthesis. Thus, Elk-1 connects the intracellular signaling cascade elicited by activation of P2X(7) receptors with the transcription of the Egr-1 gene.
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- Luisa Stefano
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Saarland Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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Kato T, Ohtani-Kaneko R, Ono K, Okado N, Shiga T. Developmental regulation of activated ERK expression in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion of the chick embryo. Neurosci Res 2005; 52:11-9. [PMID: 15811548 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2004] [Revised: 01/02/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are involved in the intracellular pathways that respond to various extracellular signals. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) is a member of MAPKs and has various functions in neural development. However, the in vivo distribution of the activated form of ERK (p-ERK) in the developing nervous system is not well understood. Here, we investigated the expression of p-ERK in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of chick embryos. In the spinal cord, p-ERK-positive cells appeared in the ventral ventricular zone on embryonic day 4 (E4). From E6 onward, they appeared in the gray matter and in the white matter, suggesting migration from the ventricular zone. A double labeling method revealed that these p-ERK-positive cells included oligodendrocyte precursors. In the dorsal horn, p-ERK-positive small cells appeared on E6. Subsequently, the positive cells in the dorsal horn increased transiently in number and then decreased markedly by E10. Motoneurons also expressed p-ERK transiently on E7. In the DRG, weak p-ERK immunoreaction appeared in the ventrolateral region on E5. From E6, the immunoreactivity became stronger and by E9 intense p-ERK-positive cells were observed throughout the DRG. These data provide a neuroanatomical framework to begin to examine the in vivo role of ERK in neural development.
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- Taro Kato
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan
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Koon HW, Zhao D, Na X, Moyer MP, Pothoulakis C. Metalloproteinases and transforming growth factor-alpha mediate substance P-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase activation and proliferation in human colonocytes. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:45519-27. [PMID: 15319441 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408523200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Substance P (SP) participates in acute intestinal inflammation via binding to the G-protein-coupled neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) and release of proinflammatory cytokines from colonic epithelial cells. SP also stimulates cell proliferation, a critical event in tissue healing during chronic colitis, via transactivation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Here we examined the mechanism by which SP induces EGFR and MAPK activation. We used non-transformed human NCM460 colonocytes stably transfected with the human NK-1R (NCM460-NK-1R cells) as well as untransfected U373 MG cells expressing high levels of endogenous NK-1R. Exposure of both cell lines to SP (10(-7) m) stimulated EGFR activation (1 min) followed by extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK1/2) activation (2-5 min). SP-induced ERK1/2 activation was blocked by pretreatment with the metalloproteinase inhibitor Batimastat/GM6001, the EGFR phosphorylation inhibitor AG1478, and the tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) inhibitor TAPI-1. Pretreatment with antibodies against potential EGFR ligands suggested that transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFalpha), but not the other EGFR ligands EGF, heparin-binding EGF, or amphiregulin, mediates SP-induced EGFR transactivation. SP stimulated TGFalpha release into the extracellular space that was measurable within 2 min, and this release was inhibited by metalloproteinase inhibitors and the TACE inhibitor TAPI-1. SP also induced MAPK-mediated cell proliferation that was inhibited by TACE, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), EGFR, and MEK1 inhibitors. Thus, in human colonocytes, NK-1R-induced EGFR and MAPK activation and cell proliferation involve matrix metalloproteinases (most likely TACE) and the release of TGFalpha. These signaling mechanisms may be involved in the protective effects of NK-1R in chronic colitis.
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- Hon-Wai Koon
- Gastrointestinal Neuropeptide Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Carrasco-Serrano C, Criado M. Glucocorticoid activation of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha7 subunit gene: involvement of transcription factor Egr-1. FEBS Lett 2004; 566:247-50. [PMID: 15147903 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2004] [Revised: 04/21/2004] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The alpha7 subunit is a component of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in bovine chromaffin cells. The peculiar localization of these receptors at adrenomedullary areas adjacent to the adrenal cortex suggests that factors, probably glucocorticoids, arising from the cortex might diffuse and regulate alpha7 receptor expression. In reporter gene transfection experiments, dexamethasone increased alpha7 promoter activity by up to fivefold in a concentration- and time-dependent manner despite the absence of consensus glucocorticoid receptor elements at the alpha7 promoter. Transcriptional activation induced by glucocorticoids was abolished through simultaneous mutation of at least two of the three sites for the immediate early transcription factor Egr-1, present in the proximal promoter region of the alpha7 subunit gene. Therefore, glucocorticoids activate the alpha7 subunit gene through Egr-1 in an indirect way.
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- Carmen Carrasco-Serrano
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-C.S.I.C., 03550-San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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