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Golovynska I, Stepanov YV, Golovynskyi S, Zhou T, Stepanova LI, Garmanchuk LV, Ohulchanskyy TY, Qu J. Macrophages Modulated by Red/NIR Light: Phagocytosis, Cytokines, Mitochondrial Activity, Ca 2+ Influx, Membrane Depolarization and Viability. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 98:484-497. [PMID: 34569637 DOI: 10.1111/php.13526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Low-level light therapy (LLLT) is emerging as a promising therapeutic approach to modulate the biochemical and molecular processes within living cells. LLLT is known to produce local and systemic effects; therefore, immune cells in local tissues or in the circulation are affected by light. However, this specific effect remains weakly explored. In this study, the effect of red (650 nm) and NIR (808 nm) light on phagocytosis (respiratory burst), cytokine expression, mitochondrial activity, ROS generation, Ca2+ influx and membrane depolarization in macrophages in vitro is investigated. Both the phagocytic capacity and adhesion of macrophages strongly (˜2.5 times) increased in the first hours after exposure to light in a dose-dependent manner. The light-evoked upregulation of phagocytosis is found to be less efficient than the maximal pharmacologically induced enhancement of ˜3.2 times. Also, red/NIR light reduces the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and activates the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines by several times in activated macrophages. At the same time, the viability shows a biphasic dose response: it increases after irradiation with lower doses (0.3-1 J cm-2 ) and decreases after treatment with higher doses (18-30 J cm-2 ), which is apparently associated with the upregulation of ROS generation, followed by an increase in the mitochondrial activity.
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- Iuliia Golovynska
- Center for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Biology and Medicine, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Biology and Medicine, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Center for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Center for Biomedical Optics and Photonics, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Tseng CH, Tzeng CC, Shih PK, Yang CN, Chuang YC, Peng SI, Lin CS, Wang JP, Cheng CM, Chen YL. Identification of furo[3′, 2′:3,4]naphtho[1,2-d]imidazole derivatives as orally active and selective inhibitors of microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1). Mol Divers 2011; 16:215-29. [PMID: 22161217 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-011-9347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Chih-Hua Tseng
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Tseng CH, Lin CS, Shih PK, Tsao LT, Wang JP, Cheng CM, Tzeng CC, Chen YL. Furo[3′,2′:3,4]naphtho[1,2-d]imidazole derivatives as potential inhibitors of inflammatory factors in sepsis. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:6773-9. [PMID: 19699097 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Synthesis, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activities of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives as chemical mediators and xanthine oxidase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:2785-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2008] [Revised: 02/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mathison RD, Davison JS. The tripeptide feG regulates the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species by neutrophils. JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION-LONDON 2006; 3:9. [PMID: 16776845 PMCID: PMC1534017 DOI: 10.1186/1476-9255-3-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/15/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND The D-isomeric form of the tripeptide FEG (feG) is a potent anti-inflammatory agent that suppresses type I hypersensitivity (IgE-mediated allergic) reactions in several animal species. One of feG's primary actions is to inhibit leukocyte activation resulting in loss of their adhesive and migratory properties. Since activation of neutrophils is often associated with an increase in respiratory burst with the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), we examined the effect of feG on the respiratory burst in neutrophils of antigen-sensitized rats. A role for protein kinase C (PKC) in the actions of feG was evaluated by using selective isoform inhibitors for PKC. RESULTS At 18 h after antigen (ovalbumin) challenge of sensitized Sprague-Dawley rats a pronounced neutrophilia occurred; a response that was reduced in animals treated with feG (100 microg/kg). With antigen-challenged animals the protein kinase C (PKC) activator, PMA, significantly increased intracellular ROS of circulating neutrophils, as determined by flow cytometry using the fluorescent probe dihydrorhodamine-123. This increase was prevented by treatment with feG at the time of antigen challenge. The inhibitor of PKCdelta, rottlerin, which effectively prevented intracellular ROS production by circulating neutrophils of animals receiving a naïve antigen, failed to inhibit PMA-stimulated ROS production if the animals were challenged with antigen. feG treatment, however, re-established the inhibitory effects of the PKCdelta inhibitor on intracellular ROS production. The extracellular release of superoxide anion, evaluated by measuring the oxidative reduction of cytochrome C, was neither modified by antigen challenge nor feG treatment. However, hispidin, an inhibitor of PKCbeta, inhibited the release of superoxide anion from circulating leukocytes in all groups of animals. feG prevented the increased expression of the beta1-integrin CD49d on the circulating neutrophils elicited by antigen challenge. CONCLUSION feG reduces the capacity of circulating neutrophils to generate intracellular ROS consequent to an allergic reaction by preventing the deregulation of PKCdelta. This action of feG may be related to the reduction in antigen-induced up-regulation of CD49d expression on circulating neutrophils.
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- Ronald D Mathison
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada
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Oda M, Ikari S, Matsuno T, Morimune Y, Nagahama M, Sakurai J. Signal transduction mechanism involved in Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin-induced superoxide anion generation in rabbit neutrophils. Infect Immun 2006; 74:2876-86. [PMID: 16622226 PMCID: PMC1459708 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.5.2876-2886.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin induces the generation of superoxide anion (O2(-)) via production of 1,2-diacylglycerol (DG) in rabbit neutrophils. The mechanism of the generation, however, remains poorly understood. Here we report a novel mechanism for the toxin-induced production of O2(-) in rabbit neutrophils. Treatment of the cells with the toxin resulted in tyrosine phosphorylation of a protein of about 140 kDa. The protein reacted with anti-TrkA (nerve growth factor high-affinity receptor) antibody and bound nerve growth factor. Anti-TrkA antibody inhibited the production of O2(-) and binding of the toxin to the protein. The toxin induced phosphorylation of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1 (PDK1). K252a, an inhibitor of TrkA receptor, and LY294002, an inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), reduced the toxin-induced production of O2(-) and phosphorylation of PDK1, but not the formation of DG. These inhibitors inhibited the toxin-induced phosphorylation of protein kinase C theta (PKCtheta). U73122, a phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, and pertussis toxin inhibited the toxin-induced generation of O2(-) and formation of DG, but not the phosphorylation of PDK1. These observations show that the toxin independently induces production of DG through activation of endogenous PLC and phosphorylation of PDK1 via the TrkA receptor signaling pathway and that these events synergistically activate PKCtheta in stimulating an increase in O2(-). In addition, we show the participation of mitogen-activated protein kinase-associated signaling events via activation of PKCtheta in the toxin-induced generation of O2(-).
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- Masataka Oda
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan
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Chen YL, Zhao YL, Lu CM, Tzeng CC, Wang JP. Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and anti-inflammatory evaluation of 2-(furan-2-yl)-4-(phenoxy)quinoline derivatives. Part 4. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:4373-8. [PMID: 16524734 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A number of 2-(furan-2-yl)-4-phenoxyquinoline derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated for anti-inflammatory evaluation. 4-[(2-Furan-2-yl)quinolin-4-yloxy]benzaldehyde (8), with an IC(50) value of 5.0 microM against beta-glucuronidase release, was more potent than its tricyclic furo[2,3-b]quinoline isomer 3a (>30 microM), its 4'-COMe counterpart 7 (7.5 microM), and its oxime derivative 13a (11.4 microM) and methyloxime derivative 13b (>30 microM). For the inhibition of lysozyme release, however, oxime derivative 12a (8.9 microM) and methyloxime derivative 12b (10.4 microM) are more potent than their ketone precursor 7 and their respective tricyclic furo[2,3-b]quinoline counterparts 4a and 4b. Among them, 4-[4-[(2-furan-2-yl)-quinolin-4-yloxy]phenyl]but-3-en-2-one (10) is the most active against lysozyme release with an IC(50) value of 4.6 microM, while 8 is the most active against beta-glucuronidase release with an IC(50) value of 5.0 microM. (E)-1-[3-[(2-Furan-2-yl)quinolin-4-yloxy]phenyl] ethanone oxime (11a) is capable of inhibiting both lysozyme and beta-glucuronidase release with IC(50) values of 7.1 and 9.5 microM, respectively. For the inhibition of TNF-alpha formation, 1-[3-[(2-furan-2-yl)quinolin-4-yloxy]phenyl]ethanone (6) is the most potent with an IC(50) value of 2.3 microM which is more potent than genistein (9.1 microM). For the inhibitory activity of fMLP-induced superoxide anion generation, 11a (2.7 microM), 11b (2.8 microM), and 13b (2.2 microM) are three of the most active. None of above compounds exhibited significant cytotoxicity.
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- Yeh-Long Chen
- Faculty of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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El Zein N, Corazza F, Sariban E. The neuropeptide pituitary adenylate cyclase activating protein is a physiological activator of human monocytes. Cell Signal 2006; 18:162-73. [PMID: 15993038 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2005.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2005] [Revised: 03/31/2005] [Accepted: 03/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating protein (PACAP) and its structurally related vasointestinal peptide (VIP) bind to three G-protein-coupled receptors named VPAC1 and VPAC2 for VIP/PACAP receptors and PAC1 for PACAP preferred receptors. We report that in freshly isolated human monocytes PACAP acts as a pro-inflammatory molecule. By RT-PCR, VPAC1 mRNA was the only receptor found to be expressed; VPAC1 protein was detected by Western blotting and visualized by immunohistochemistry. Signaling pathways activated by PACAP include the extracellular regulated kinase (ERK), the stress-activated MAPK p38, the focal adhesion kinase, Pyk2 and its associated cytoskeleton protein paxillin and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI-3K). PACAP induces a transient peak in cytoplasmic calcium associated with an increase in reactive oxygen species production and upregulation in membrane expression of the integrin CD11b as well as the complement receptor 1. Control of the different pathways and functions stimulated by PACAP were evaluated using Phospholipase C (PLC), PI-3K, ERK and p38 MAPK inhibitors and led to the conclusion that PLC and to a lesser degree PI-3K activation are upstream events occurring in VPAC1 mediated PACAP stimulation of monocytes and are in contrast to ERK and p38 mandatory for the initiation of other cellular events associated with monocytes activation.
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- Nabil El Zein
- Hemato-Oncology Unit and Laboratory of Pediatric Oncology, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants, Brussels, Belgium.
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Kogure K, Fukuzawa K. Tocopheryl Succinate—Versatile Functions due to Its Unique Physicochemical Properties. J Clin Biochem Nutr 2004. [DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.35.29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Kentaro Kogure
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima
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Kogure K, Morita M, Hama S, Nakashima S, Tokumura A, Fukuzawa K. Enhancement by alpha-tocopheryl hemisuccinate of nitric oxide production induced by lypopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma through the upregulation of protein kinase C in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:2367-72. [PMID: 11985620 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The effect of alpha-tocopheryl hemisuccinate (TS) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/interferon-gamma (IFN)-induced nitric oxide production in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) was examined. The LPS/IFN-induced NO production was enhanced by TS but not by the other alpha-tocopherol (alpha-T) derivatives alpha-tocopheryl acetate (TA) and alpha-tocopheryl nicotinate (TN), or alpha-T itself. alpha-T, TA and TN inhibited the enhancement by TS of LPS/IFN-induced NO production. The enhancing effect of TS was observed in the presence of LPS, but not IFN, suggesting that TS participates in the LPS-stimulated signal pathway leading to NO production. Protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors, but not protein kinase A inhibitors, inhibited the enhancing effect of TS on LPS/IFN-induced NO production. Furthermore, TS enhanced the amount of PKCalpha in VSMC. From these results, we concluded that the enhancing effect of LPS/IFN-induced NO production was caused by upregulation of PKC in VSMC.
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- Kentaro Kogure
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Japan
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Kogure K, Morita M, Nakashima S, Hama S, Tokumura A, Fukuzawa K. Superoxide is responsible for apoptosis in rat vascular smooth muscle cells induced by alpha-tocopheryl hemisuccinate. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1528:25-30. [PMID: 11514094 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(01)00168-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We investigated the mechanism of cell toxicity of alpha-tocopheryl hemisuccinate (TS). TS concentration- and time-dependently induced the lactate dehydrogenase release and DNA fragmentation of rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). Exogenous addition of superoxide dismutase, but not catalase, significantly inhibited the cell toxicity of TS. The NADPH-dependent oxidase activity of VSMC was stimulated by TS treatment. The cell toxicity of TS was inhibited by NADPH oxidase inhibitor 4-(2-aminoethyl)-benzenesulfonyl fluoride. Consequently, TS-induced apoptosis of VSMC was suggested to be caused by exogenous O(2)(-) generated via the oxidase system activated with TS.
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- K Kogure
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokushima, Shomachi-1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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Jeyaseelan S, Kannan MS, Hsuan SL, Singh AK, Walseth TF, Maheswaran SK. Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica leukotoxin-induced cytolysis of bovine leukocytes: role of arachidonic acid and its regulation. Microb Pathog 2001; 30:59-69. [PMID: 11162186 DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2000.0410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica leukotoxin (Lkt) is the major factor that contributes to lung injury in bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis. Lkt is a pore-forming exotoxin that has the unique property of inducing cytolysis only in ruminant leukocytes and platelets. Cytolysis of many cell types is mediated by arachidonic acid (AA) and its generation by phospholipases is regulated by G-protein-coupled receptors. However, the contribution of Lkt-induced AA generation to cytolysis and the signalling cascade underlying AA generation in bovine leukocytes have not been determined. We have determined whether AA mediates Lkt-induced cytolysis and delineated the signalling mechanisms underlying AA generation in bovine leukocytes. Bovine lymphoma cells were used as an experimental system to investigate the Lkt-induced [(3)H] AA release, an index of AA generation and lactate dehydrogenase release, an index of cytolysis. The results indicate that Lkt induces AA release and cytolysis in a concentration- and time-dependent fashion. The AA analog, 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraynoic acid inhibited Lkt-induced cytolysis, but not AA release. Lkt-induced AA release and cytolysis were inhibited by pertussis toxin, inhibitors of cytosolic phospholipase A(2)(cPLA(2)), phospholipase C and protein kinase C (PKC), and by chelation of intracellular calcium. Furthermore, Western blot analysis revealed the presence of G(i), G(s)and G(q)type G-proteins. These results demonstrate that AA metabolites from cPLA(2)activation contribute to Lkt-induced cytolysis and G(i)type G-proteins, Ca(2+)and PKC, regulate the cPLA(2)activity.
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- S Jeyaseelan
- Department of Veterinary PathoBiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Chang LC, Wang JP. Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase by formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine in rat neutrophils. Eur J Pharmacol 2000; 390:61-6. [PMID: 10708707 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(00)00033-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The signaling pathways leading to p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation in formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-stimulated rat neutrophils were examined. Immunoblot analysis with antibodies against a phosphorylated form of p38 MAPK showed that fMLP-stimulated p38 MAPK activation was dependent on a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein. Two phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin and 2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one (LY294002), did not affect the p38 MAPK activation. Phosphorylation of p38 MAPK was concentration dependently attenuated by a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein, and by a Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase C inhibitor, 13-cyanoethyl-12-methyl-6,7,12,13-tetrahydroindolo[2,3-a]pyrrolo[3 , 4-c]carbazole-7-one (Gö6976). However, the protein kinase C inhibitors with a broader spectrum, 2-[1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl]-3-(1H-indol-3-y l)-maleimide (Gö6983) and 2-[1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-1H-indol-3-yl]-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-maleimi de (GF109203X), had no inhibitory effect. fMLP-stimulated p38 MAPK phosphorylation was also reduced in cells pretreated with a phospholipase C inhibitor, 1-[6-((17beta-3-methoxyestra-1,3, 5(10)-trien-17-yl)amino)hexyl]-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione (U73122), or preloaded with an intracellular Ca(2+) chelator, 1, 2-bis-(o-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA). We conclude that phosphorylation of p38 MAPK by fMLP stimulation in rat neutrophils is dependent on G(i/o) protein, nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, phospholipase C/Ca(2+), and probably Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase C pathways.
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- L C Chang
- Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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