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Macken WL, Vandrovcova J, Hanna MG, Pitceathly RDS. Applying genomic and transcriptomic advances to mitochondrial medicine. Nat Rev Neurol 2021; 17:215-230. [PMID: 33623159 DOI: 10.1038/s41582-021-00455-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has increased our understanding of the molecular basis of many primary mitochondrial diseases (PMDs). Despite this progress, many patients with suspected PMD remain without a genetic diagnosis, which restricts their access to in-depth genetic counselling, reproductive options and clinical trials, in addition to hampering efforts to understand the underlying disease mechanisms. Although they represent a considerable improvement over their predecessors, current methods for sequencing the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes have important limitations, and molecular diagnostic techniques are often manual and time consuming. However, recent advances in genomics and transcriptomics offer realistic solutions to these challenges. In this Review, we discuss the current genetic testing approach for PMDs and the opportunities that exist for increased use of whole-genome NGS of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in the clinical environment. We consider the possible role for long-read approaches in sequencing of mtDNA and in the identification of novel nuclear genomic causes of PMDs. We examine the expanding applications of RNA sequencing, including the detection of cryptic variants that affect splicing and gene expression and the interpretation of rare and novel mitochondrial transfer RNA variants.
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- William L Macken
- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
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Park SY, Lee YJ, Min Y, Kim HR, Jeong JH, Sohn UD. The mechanism of MAP kinase activation under acidic condition in feline esophageal smooth muscle cells. Arch Pharm Res 2011; 34:1759-68. [PMID: 22076776 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-011-1020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2011] [Revised: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Reflux esophagitis results from repeated exposure of the esophagus to acidic gastric juice or bile-containing duodenal contents. In Barrett's adenocarcinoma, acid increases proliferation via ERK and p38 MAPK activation. This study was focused on determination of the mechanism(s) underlying MAPKs (ERK 1/2, p38 MAPK, and JNK) activation induced by acidic medium at pH 4 in normal feline primary cultured esophageal smooth muscle cells (FESMCs). We detected ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK phosphorylation after exposure to pH 4 or neutral media in the presence or absence of several inhibitors and quantified the MAPK levels using western blotting analysis and densitometry. Acidic medium markedly increased the phosphorylation of ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK within 10 min. Acid-induced ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK activation was inhibited by pertussis toxin (PTX-sensitive G(i/o) protein inhibitor), DEDA (phospholipase (PL) A(2) inhibitor), ρCMB (PLD inhibitor), GF109203X (protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor) and D609 (phosphatidylcholine-specific PLC inhibitor). But, genistein (tyrosine kinase inhibitor), forskolin (adenylate cyclase activator) and U73122 (phosphatidylinositol-specific PLC inhibitor) had no effect on acid-induced ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK activation. These findings indicate that the activation of ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK pathways by acidic conditions, at least in part, may be mediated by activation of the G(i/o) protein coupled receptors, PC-PLC, PLD, PLA(2), and PKC in FESMCs.
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- Sun Young Park
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea
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The bottleneck of JNK signaling: Molecular and functional characteristics of MKK4 and MKK7. Eur J Cell Biol 2011; 90:536-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 11/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Bohnenberger H, Oellerich T, Engelke M, Hsiao HH, Urlaub H, Wienands J. Complex phosphorylation dynamics control the composition of the Syk interactome in B cells. Eur J Immunol 2011; 41:1550-62. [PMID: 21469132 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2010] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Spleen tyrosine kinase Syk provides critical transducer functions for a number of immune cell receptors and has been implicated in the generation of several forms of leukemias. Catalytic activity and the ability of Syk to interact with other signaling elements depend on the phosphorylation status of Syk. We have now identified and quantified the full spectrum of phosphoacceptor sites in human Syk as well as the interactome of Syk in resting and activated B cells by high-resolution mass spectrometry. While the majority of inducible phosphorylations occurred on tyrosine residues, one of the most frequently detected phosphosites encompassed serine 297 located within the linker insert distinguishing the long and short isoforms of Syk. Full-length Syk can associate with more than 25 distinct ligands including the 14-3-3γ adaptor protein, which binds directly to phosphoserine 297. The latter complex attenuates inducible plasma membrane recruitment of Syk, thereby limiting antigen receptor-proximal signaling pathways. Collectively, the established ligand library provides a basis to understand the complexity of the Syk signaling network.
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- Hanibal Bohnenberger
- Georg August University of Göttingen, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Humboldtallee, Göttingen, Germany
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p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase promotes cell survival in response to DNA damage but is not required for the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint in human cancer cells. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:3816-26. [PMID: 20516219 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00949-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is rapidly activated by stresses and is believed to play an important role in the stress response. While Chk1 is known to mediate G(2) DNA damage checkpoint control, p38 was also reported to have an essential function in this checkpoint control. Here, we have investigated further the roles of p38 and Chk1 in the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint in cancer cells. We find that although p38 activation is strongly induced by DNA damage, its activity is not required for the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint. In contrast, Chk1 kinase is responsible for the execution of G(2) DNA damage checkpoint control in p53-deficient cells. The inhibition of p38 activity has no effect on Chk1 activation and gamma-H2AX expression. Global gene expression profiling of cancer cells in response to tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) revealed that p38 plays a strong prosurvival role through the coordinated downregulation of proapoptotic genes and upregulation of prosurvival genes. We show that the inhibition of p38 activity during G(2) DNA damage checkpoint arrest triggers apoptosis in a p53-independent manner with a concurrent decrease in the level of Bcl2 family proteins. Our results suggest that although p38 MAPK is not required for the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint function, it plays an important prosurvival role during the G(2) DNA damage checkpoint response through the upregulation of the Bcl2 family proteins.
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Chung FY, Song HJ, Park SY, Jang HS, Kim DS, Sim SS, Sohn UD. Signaling mechanisms of sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced ERK1/2 activation in cultured feline esophageal smooth muscle cells. Arch Pharm Res 2008; 31:1437-45. [PMID: 19023540 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-001-2128-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 09/25/2008] [Accepted: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid, stored and released from activated platelets, macrophages, and other mammalian cells. We previously reported that S1P induces esophageal smooth muscle contraction in freshly isolated intact cells. Here, we measured S1P-induced ERK1/2 activation and upstream signaling in cultured feline esophageal smooth muscle cells. Activation of ERK1/2 by S1P peaked at 5 min, was sustained up to 30 min, and was blocked by PTX. In contrast, S1P did not activate p38 MAPK or JNK. PTX inhibited S1P-induced ERK1/2 activation. We then used phospholipase inhibitors, DEDA for PLA(2), U73122 for PLC, and rhoCMB for PLD, to determine that ERK1/2 activation was downstream of PLC activation. The PKC inhibitors, GF109203X and chelerythrine, also suppressed ERK1/2 activation. Whereas the PTK inhibitor, genistein, partially inhibited ERK1/2 activation, the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, tyrphostin 51, had no effect. Taken together, S1P-induced ERK1/2 activation in cultured ESMCs requires a PTX-sensitive G protein, stimulation of the PLC pathway, and subsequent activation of the PKC and PTK pathways.
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- Fa Yong Chung
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Chung Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea
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Kim DY, Song HJ, Jeong JH, Suh JS, Sohn UD. Regulation of lysophosphatidic acid-induced COX-2 expression by ERK1/2 activation in cultured feline esophageal epithelial Cells. Arch Pharm Res 2008; 31:1331-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12272-001-2114-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Revised: 09/23/2008] [Accepted: 10/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wang X, Destrument A, Tournier C. Physiological roles of MKK4 and MKK7: insights from animal models. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1773:1349-57. [PMID: 17157936 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2006] [Revised: 10/20/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase (JNK) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) involved in the regulation of numerous physiological processes during development and in response to stress. Its activity is increased upon phosphorylation by the MAPK kinases, MKK4 and MKK7. Similar to the early embryonic death of mice caused by the targeted deletion of the jnk genes, mice lacking mkk4 or mkk7 die before birth. The inability of MKK4 and MKK7 to compensate for each other's functions in vivo is consistent with their synergistic effect in mediating JNK activation. However, the phenotypic analysis of the mutant mouse embryos indicates that MKK4 and MKK7 have specific roles that may be due to their selective regulation by extracellular stimuli and their distinct tissue distribution. MKK4 and MKK7 also have different biochemical properties. For example, whereas MKK4 can activate p38 MAPK, MKK7 functions as a specific activator of JNK. Here we summarize the studies that have shed light on the mechanism of activation of MKK4 and MKK7 and on their physiological functions.
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- Xin Wang
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Michael Smith Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Padda R, Wamsley-Davis A, Gustin MC, Ross R, Yu C, Sheikh-Hamad D. MEKK3-mediated signaling to p38 kinase and TonE in hypertonically stressed kidney cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2006; 291:F874-81. [PMID: 16684924 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00377.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades contain a trio of kinases, MAPK kinase kinase (MKKK) --> MAPK kinase (MKK) --> MAPK, that mediate a variety of cellular responses to different signals including hypertonicity. The signaling response to hypertonicity is conserved across evolution from yeast to mammals in that it involves activation of p38/SAPK. However, very little is known about which upstream protein kinases mediate activation of p38 by hypertonicity in mammals. The MKKKs, MEKK3 and MEKK4, are upstream regulators of p38 in many cells. To investigate these signaling proteins as potential activators of p38 in the hypertonicity response, we generated stably transfected MDCK cells that express activated versions of MEKK3 or MEKK4, utilized RNA interference to deplete MEKK3, and employed pharmacological inhibition of p38 kinase. MEKK3-transfected cells demonstrated increased betaine transporter (BGT1) mRNA levels and upregulated tonicity enhancer (TonE)-driven luciferase activity under isotonic (basal) and hypertonic conditions compared with empty vector-transfected controls; small-interference RNA-mediated depletion of MEKK3 downregulated the activity of p38 kinase and decreased the expression of BGT1 mRNA. p38 Kinase inhibition abolished the effects of MEKK3 activation on BGT1 induction. In contrast, the response to hypertonicity in MEKK4-kA-transfected cells was similar to that observed in empty vector-transfected controls. Our data are consistent with the existence of an input from MEKK3 -->--> p38 kinase -->--> TonE.
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- Ranjit Padda
- Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Wang Z, Dillon TJ, Pokala V, Mishra S, Labudda K, Hunter B, Stork PJS. Rap1-mediated activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases by cyclic AMP is dependent on the mode of Rap1 activation. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:2130-45. [PMID: 16507992 PMCID: PMC1430276 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.6.2130-2145.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Revised: 09/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Like other small G proteins of the Ras superfamily, Rap1 is activated by distinct guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) in response to different signals to elicit cellular responses. Activation of Rap1 by cyclic AMP (cAMP) can occur via cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA)-independent and PKA-dependent mechanisms. PKA-independent activation of Rap1 by cAMP is mediated by direct binding of cAMP to Rap1-guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Rap1-GEFs) Epac1 (exchange protein directly activated by cAMP 1) and Epac2 (Epac1 and Epac2 are also called cAMP-GEFI and -GEFII). The availability of cAMP analogues that selectively activate Epacs, but not PKA, provides a specific tool to activate Rap1. It has been argued that the inability of these analogues to regulate extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) signaling despite activating Rap1 provides evidence that Rap1 is incapable of regulating ERKs. We confirm that the PKA-independent activation of Rap1 by Epac1 activates a perinuclear pool of Rap1 and that this does not result in ERK activation. However, we demonstrate that this inability to regulate ERKs is not a property of Rap1 but is rather a property of Epacs themselves. The addition of a membrane-targeting motif to Epac1 (Epac-CAAX) relocalizes Epac1 from its normal perinuclear locale to the plasma membrane. In this new locale it is capable of activating ERKs in a Rap1- and cAMP-dependent manner. Rap1 activation by Epac-CAAX, but not wild-type Epac, triggers its association with B-Raf. Therefore, we propose that its intracellular localization prevents Epac1 from activating ERKs. C3G (Crk SH3 domain Guanine nucleotide exchanger) is a Rap1 exchanger that is targeted to the plasma membrane upon activation. We show that C3G can be localized to the plasma membrane by cAMP/PKA, as can Rap1 when activated by cAMP/PKA. Using a small interfering RNA approach, we demonstrate that C3G is required for the activation of ERKs and Rap1 by cAMP/PKA. This activation requires the GTP-dependent association of Rap1 with B-Raf. These data demonstrate that B-Raf is a physiological target of Rap1, but its utilization as a Rap1 effector is GEF specific. We propose a model that specific GEFs activate distinct pools of Rap1 that are differentially coupled to downstream effectors.
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- Zhiping Wang
- The Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239-3098, USA
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Moeckel GW, Zhang L, Chen X, Rossini M, Zent R, Pozzi A. Role of integrin alpha1beta1 in the regulation of renal medullary osmolyte concentration. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 290:F223-31. [PMID: 16106035 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00371.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The mechanism by which cells sense extracellular tonicity and trigger the accumulation of protective organic osmolytes is poorly understood. It has been proposed that changes in cell volume following alteration of extracellular toncity are important initiators of signaling events that lead to osmolyte accumulation. Because the extracellular matrix receptors integrins are linked to the cytoskeleton and can transduce signals that alter cell behavior, we investigated the role of these receptors in the modulation of osmolyte accumulation in the kidney medulla under different osmotic conditions. We show that integrin alpha1-null mice have impaired ability to accumulate organic osmolytes in the inner medulla due to altered signaling and decreased induction of osmolyte transporters or aldose reductase gene transcription. Utilizing inner medullary collecting duct cells, we demonstrate that the lack of integrin alpha1beta1 results in an impaired ability to induce the tonicity enhancer-binding protein TonEBP under hypertonic conditions. Furthermore, under the same conditions, integrin alpha1-null cells show prolonged ERK1/2 phosphorylation and decreased inositol uptake compared with control cells. The reduction of inositol uptake is significantly reversed by treatment with the MEK inhibitor PD-98059. Finally, integrin alpha1-null mice develop morphological changes of early tubular necrosis and increased apoptosis of renal medullary cells following dehydration. Together, these results show that integrin alpha1beta1 is an important mediator of the compatible osmolyte response in the medulla of the mammalian kidney.
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- Gilbert W Moeckel
- Renal Pathology Division, Dept. of Pathology, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2561, USA.
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Wamsley-Davis A, Padda R, Truong LD, Tsao CC, Zhang P, Sheikh-Hamad D. AT1A-mediated activation of kidney JNK1 and SMAD2 in obstructive uropathy: preservation of kidney tissue mass using candesartan. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 287:F474-80. [PMID: 15126250 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00452.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Literature suggests the involvement of the renin-angiotensin system and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the renal injury that follows chronic ureteric obstruction. SMAD proteins and the JNK1 cascade are essential components of TGF-β signaling machinery, and recent data suggest cooperative interaction between JNK1 and SMAD proteins in TGF-β-mediated gene expression. We used a rat model of chronic unilateral ureteric obstruction to study the effects of candesartan, an AT1A-receptor blocker, on tissue morphology and the activities of JNK1 and SMAD2 protein in the kidney. Ureteric obstruction for 28 days leads to interstitial fibrosis, tubule atrophy, and marked activation of SMAD2 and JNK1, without significant change in p38 kinase or ERK. Candesartan treatment, however, attenuated the chronic tubulointerstitial injury in obstructed kidneys and was associated with significant preservation of kidney tissue mass. Furthermore, treatment with candesartan diminished JNK1 activity and downregulated SMAD2 protein and activity in obstructed kidneys. In conclusion, obstructed kidneys showed chronic tubulointerstitial injury, which was associated with JNK1 and SMAD2 activation. The renoprotective effects afforded by AT1A-receptor blockade in obstructive uropathy are consistent with attenuation of JNK1- and SMAD2-mediated renal injury.
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- Ann Wamsley-Davis
- Renal Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Cells are continuously exposed to a variety of environmental stresses and have to decide 'to be or not to be' depending on the types and strength of stress. Among the many signaling pathways that respond to stress, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family members are crucial for the maintenance of cells. Three subfamilies of MAPKs have been identified: extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), and p38-MAPKs. It has been originally shown that ERKs are important for cell survival, whereas JNKs and p38-MAPKs were deemed stress responsive and thus involved in apoptosis. However, the regulation of apoptosis by MAPKs is more complex than initially thought and often controversial. In this review, we discuss MAPKs in apoptosis regulation with attention to mouse genetic models and critically point out the multiple roles of MAPKs.
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- Teiji Wada
- IMBA: Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr Bohr-gasse3-5, Vienna A-1030, Austria
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Donato NJ, Klostergaard J. Distinct stress and cell destruction pathways are engaged by TNF and ceramide during apoptosis of MCF-7 cells. Exp Cell Res 2004; 294:523-33. [PMID: 15023539 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2003.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ceramide has been proposed to be an important signaling intermediate in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced apoptosis in human MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma cells. We compared cell death and signal transduction pathways induced by TNF and ceramide in TNF-sensitive, parental MCF-7 cells to those in TNF-resistant, MCF-7 cells (3E9). TNF caused proteolysis of the caspase substrate, polyADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) in parental cells, but not in 3E9 cells. Both apoptosis and PARP cleavage were strongly prevented by co-incubation with caspase inhibitors. In contrast, ceramide-induced cell death was neither affected by TNF resistance nor was it associated with PARP cleavage, and death could not be prevented by co-incubation with caspase inhibitors in either cell line. TNF was able to activate JNK/SAPK approximately 30-fold and approximately 5-fold in parental MCF-7 and 3E9 cells, respectively; in contrast, cell-permeable ceramide only weakly stimulated JNK/SAPK activity in either cell type. Although JNK was activated by TNF, pharmacological blockade of the JNK pathway did not inhibit TNF- or ceramide-mediated cell death. Using mass spectroscopic analysis for ceramide, no increase, rather, a decrease in total ceramide content in TNF-treated parental cells was observed. These results suggest that the cell death signaling and execution pathways utilized by ceramide are distinct from those activated by TNF in MCF-7 cells.
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- Nicholas J Donato
- Department of Bioimmunotherapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Usatyuk PV, Natarajan V. Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal-induced actin remodeling and barrier function in endothelial cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:11789-97. [PMID: 14699126 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311184200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In vivo and in vitro studies indicate that 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE), generated by cellular lipid peroxidation or after oxidative stress, affects endothelial permeability and vascular tone. However, the mechanism(s) of 4-HNE-induced endothelial barrier function is not well defined. Here we provide evidence for the first time on the involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in 4-HNE-mediated actin stress fiber formation and barrier function in lung endothelial cells. Treatment of bovine lung microvascular endothelial cells with hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), as a model oxidant, resulted in accumulation of 4-HNE as evidenced by the formation of 4-HNE-Michael protein adducts. Exposure of cells to 4-HNE, in a dose- and time-dependent manner, decreased endothelial cell permeability measured as transendothelial electrical resistance. The 4-HNE-induced permeability changes were not because of cytotoxicity or endothelial cell apoptosis, which occurred after prolonged treatment and at higher concentrations of 4-HNE. 4-HNE-induced changes in transendothelial electrical resistance were calcium independent, as 4-HNE did not alter intracellular free calcium levels as compared with H(2)O(2) or diperoxovanadate. Stimulation of quiescent cells with 4-HNE (1-100 microm) resulted in phosphorylation of ERK1/2, JNK, and p38 MAPKs, and actin cytoskeleton remodeling. Furthermore, pretreatment of bovine lung microvascular endothelial cells with PD 98059 (25 microm), an inhibitor of MEK1/2, or SP 600125 (25 microm), an inhibitor of JNK, or SB 202190 (25 microm), an inhibitor of p38 MAPK, partially attenuated 4-HNE-mediated barrier function and cytoskeletal remodeling. These results suggest that the activation of ERK, JNK, and p38 MAP kinases is involved in 4-HNE-mediated actin remodeling and endothelial barrier function.
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- Peter V Usatyuk
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Usatyuk PV, Vepa S, Watkins T, He D, Parinandi NL, Natarajan V. Redox regulation of reactive oxygen species-induced p38 MAP kinase activation and barrier dysfunction in lung microvascular endothelial cells. Antioxid Redox Signal 2003; 5:723-30. [PMID: 14588145 DOI: 10.1089/152308603770380025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated compromise of endothelial barrier integrity has been implicated in a number of pulmonary disorders, including adult respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary edema, and vasculitis. The mechanisms by which ROS increase endothelial permeability are unclear. We hypothesized that ROS-induced changes in cellular redox status (thiols) may contribute to endothelial barrier dysfunction. To test this hypothesis, we used N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and diamide to modulate intracellular levels of cellular glutathione (GSH) and investigated hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and transendothelial electrical resistance (TER). Exposure of bovine lung microvascular endothelial cells (BLMVECs) to H(2)O(2), in a dose- and time-dependent fashion, increased endothelial permeability. Pretreatment of BLMVECs with NAC (5 mM) for 1 h resulted in partial attenuation of H(2)O(2)-induced TER (a measure of increase in permeability) and GSH. Furthermore, treatment of BLMVECs with diamide, which is known to reduce the intracellular GSH, resulted in significant reduction in TER, which was prevented by NAC. To understand further the role of MAPKs in ROS-induced barrier dysfunction, we examined the role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 MAPK on H(2)O(2)- and diamide-mediated permeability changes. Both H(2)O(2) and diamide, in a dose-dependent manner, activated ERK and p38 MAPK in BLMVECs. However, SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAPK, but not PD98059, blocked H(2)O(2)- and diamide-induced TER. Also, NAC prevented H(2)O(2)- and diamide-induced p38 MAPK, but not ERK activation. These results suggest a role for redox regulation of p38 MAPK in ROS-dependent endothelial barrier dysfunction.
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- Peter V Usatyuk
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Tian H, Zhang G, Li H, Zhang Q. Antioxidant NAC and AMPA/KA receptor antagonist DNQX inhibited JNK3 activation following global ischemia in rat hippocampus. Neurosci Res 2003; 46:191-7. [PMID: 12767482 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(03)00057-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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c-Jun N-terminal kinase-3 (JNK3), the only neural-specific isoform, may play an important role in excitotoxicity and neuronal injury. To analyze the variation of JNK3 activation, levels of phospho-JNK3 were measured at various time points of ischemia and selected time points of reperfusion, respectively. Our study illustrated that JNK3 was rapidly activated and translocated from cytosol to nucleus during ischemia. During reperfusion, two peaks of JNK3 activation occurred at 30 min and 3 days, respectively. To further define the mechanism of JNK3 activation, antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC), alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)/kainate (KA) receptor antagonist 6,7-dinitro-quinoxaline-2,3(1H,4H)-dione (DNQX), N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist ketamine and L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel (L-VGCC) antagonist nifedipine were given to the rats 20 min prior to ischemia. The results showed that NAC obviously inhibited JNK3 activation during the early reperfusion, whereas DNQX preferably attenuated JNK3 activation during the latter reperfusion. Ketamine and nifedipine had no significant effects on JNK3 activation during reperfusion. Consequently, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and AMPA/KA receptor were closely associated with JNK3 activation following global ischemia.
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- Hui Tian
- Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical College, 84 West Huai-hai Road, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221002, PR China
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Freshwater JD, Svensson CI, Malmberg AB, Calcutt NA. Elevated spinal cyclooxygenase and prostaglandin release during hyperalgesia in diabetic rats. Diabetes 2002; 51:2249-55. [PMID: 12086957 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.7.2249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Diabetic rats display exaggerated hyperalgesic behavior in response to noxious stimuli that may model aspects of painful diabetic neuropathy. This study examined the contribution of spinal prostaglandin production to this exaggerated hyperalgesic behavior. Rats were implanted with spinal dialysis probes and received noxious stimulation to the hind paw by subcutaneous injection of 0.5% formalin solution. Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) was measured in dialysates of lumbar spinal cerebrospinal fluid concurrent with behavioral responses to formalin injection. In separate experiments, formalin-evoked behavioral responses were measured after intrathecal delivery of either a cyclooxygenase inhibitor or an EP(1) receptor antagonist, and cyclooxygenase protein was measured in spinal cord homogenates. Diabetic rats exhibited exaggerated behavioral responses to paw formalin injection and a concurrent prolongation of formalin-evoked PGE(2) release. Formalin-evoked behavioral responses were dose-dependently reduced in diabetic rats by spinal delivery of a cyclooxygenase inhibitor or an EP(1) receptor antagonist. Protein levels of cyclooxygenase-2 were elevated in the spinal cord of diabetic rats, whereas cyclooxygenase-1 protein was reduced. Hyperalgesic behavior in diabetic rats is associated with both increased cyclooxygenase-2 protein and cyclooxygenase-mediated PGE(2) release. Spinal delivery of selective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase-2 or antagonists of prostaglandin receptors may have therapeutic potential for treating painful diabetic neuropathy.
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- Jason D Freshwater
- Department of Pathology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0612, USA
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Sun WJ, Yu YN, Chiang H, Fu YT, Xie HY, Lu DQ. EXPOSURE TO 50 Hz MAGNETIC FIELDS DOES NOT INDUCE THE PHOSPHORYLATION OF SEK1/MKK4 IN CULTURED CELLS. Electromagn Biol Med 2002. [DOI: 10.1081/jbc-120003115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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IAP Suppression of Apoptosis Involves Distinct Mechanisms: the TAK1/JNK1 Signaling Cascade and Caspase Inhibition. Mol Cell Biol 2002. [DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.6.1754-1766.2002 pmcid:pmc135597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The antiapoptotic properties of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family of proteins have been linked to caspase inhibition. We have previously described an alternative mechanism of XIAP inhibition of apoptosis that depends on the selective activation of JNK1. Here we report that two other members of the IAP family, NAIP and ML-IAP, both activate JNK1. Expression of catalytically inactive JNK1 blocks NAIP and ML-IAP protection against ICE- and TNF-α-induced apoptosis, indicating that JNK1 activation is necessary for the antiapoptotic effect of these proteins. The MAP3 kinase, TAK1, appears to be an essential component of this antiapoptotic pathway since IAP-mediated activation of JNK1, as well as protection against TNF-α- and ICE-induced apoptosis, is inhibited when catalytically inactive TAK1 is expressed. In addition, XIAP, NAIP, and JNK1 bind to TAK1. Importantly, expression of catalytically inactive TAK1 did not affect XIAP inhibition of caspase activity. These data suggest that XIAP's antiapoptotic activity is achieved by two separate mechanisms: one requiring TAK1-dependent JNK1 activation and the second involving caspase inhibition.
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Otani N, Nawashiro H, Fukui S, Nomura N, Yano A, Miyazawa T, Shima K. Differential activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways after traumatic brain injury in the rat hippocampus. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2002; 22:327-34. [PMID: 11891438 DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200203000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinases, which play a crucial role in signal transduction, are activated by phosphorylation in response to a variety of mitogenic signals. In the present study, the authors used Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry to show that phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (p-ERK) and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (p-JNK), but not p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, significantly increased in both the neurons and astrocytes after traumatic brain injury in the rat hippocampus. Different immunoreactivities of p-ERK and p-JNK were observed in the pyramidal cell layers and dentate hilar cells immediately after traumatic brain injury. Immunoreactivity for p-JNK was uniformly induced but was only transiently induced throughout all pyramidal cell layers. However, strong immunoreactivity for p-ERK was observed in the dentate hilar cells and the damaged CA3 neurons, along with the appearance of pyknotic morphologic changes. In addition, immunoreactivity for p-ERK was seen in astrocytes surrounding dentate and CA3 pyramidal neurons 6 hours after traumatic brain injury. These findings suggest that ERK and JNK but not p38 cascades may be closely involved in signal transduction in the rat hippocampus after traumatic brain injury.
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- Naoki Otani
- Department of Neurosurgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.
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Sanna MG, da Silva Correia J, Ducrey O, Lee J, Nomoto K, Schrantz N, Deveraux QL, Ulevitch RJ. IAP suppression of apoptosis involves distinct mechanisms: the TAK1/JNK1 signaling cascade and caspase inhibition. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:1754-66. [PMID: 11865055 PMCID: PMC135597 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.6.1754-1766.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The antiapoptotic properties of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) family of proteins have been linked to caspase inhibition. We have previously described an alternative mechanism of XIAP inhibition of apoptosis that depends on the selective activation of JNK1. Here we report that two other members of the IAP family, NAIP and ML-IAP, both activate JNK1. Expression of catalytically inactive JNK1 blocks NAIP and ML-IAP protection against ICE- and TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis, indicating that JNK1 activation is necessary for the antiapoptotic effect of these proteins. The MAP3 kinase, TAK1, appears to be an essential component of this antiapoptotic pathway since IAP-mediated activation of JNK1, as well as protection against TNF-alpha- and ICE-induced apoptosis, is inhibited when catalytically inactive TAK1 is expressed. In addition, XIAP, NAIP, and JNK1 bind to TAK1. Importantly, expression of catalytically inactive TAK1 did not affect XIAP inhibition of caspase activity. These data suggest that XIAP's antiapoptotic activity is achieved by two separate mechanisms: one requiring TAK1-dependent JNK1 activation and the second involving caspase inhibition.
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- M Germana Sanna
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Kawano Y, Ryder JW, Rincon J, Zierath JR, Krook A, Wallberg-Henriksson H. Evidence against high glucose as a mediator of ERK1/2 or p38 MAPK phosphorylation in rat skeletal muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2001; 281:E1255-9. [PMID: 11701441 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.6.e1255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hyperglycemia leads to multiple changes in insulin signaling in skeletal muscle from people with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades may be directly activated by an acute exposure to high extracellular glucose concentrations. We determined whether an elevation in the extracellular glucose concentration would induce signal transduction in skeletal muscle via MAPK cascades. Epitrochlearis muscles were incubated in the presence of 5 or 25 mM glucose. Exposure of muscle to either hyperosmosis (600 mM mannitol) or insulin (6 nM) led to a marked increase in extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK)1/2 phosphorylation. Hyperosmosis elicited a 5.2-fold increase in p38 phosphorylation (P < 0.05), whereas insulin was without effect. ERK1/2 phosphorylation was not increased by high glucose exposure. After a 20-min exposure to 25 mM glucose, a tendency toward repressed (23%) p38 phosphorylation was observed (P = 0.06). No effect of high glucose was noted on signal transduction to signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 and Akt. In conclusion, short-term exposure of skeletal muscle to high levels of glucose does not appear to alter ERK1/2 or p38 MAPK phosphorylation.
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- Y Kawano
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- N G Ahn
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
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Pearson G, Robinson F, Beers Gibson T, Xu BE, Karandikar M, Berman K, Cobb MH. Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathways: regulation and physiological functions. Endocr Rev 2001; 22:153-83. [PMID: 11294822 DOI: 10.1210/edrv.22.2.0428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1318] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases comprise a family of ubiquitous proline-directed, protein-serine/threonine kinases, which participate in signal transduction pathways that control intracellular events including acute responses to hormones and major developmental changes in organisms. MAP kinases lie in protein kinase cascades. This review discusses the regulation and functions of mammalian MAP kinases. Nonenzymatic mechanisms that impact MAP kinase functions and findings from gene disruption studies are highlighted. Particular emphasis is on ERK1/2.
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- G Pearson
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Kyriakis JM, Avruch J. Mammalian mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathways activated by stress and inflammation. Physiol Rev 2001; 81:807-69. [PMID: 11274345 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2001.81.2.807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2515] [Impact Index Per Article: 109.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The molecular details of mammalian stress-activated signal transduction pathways have only begun to be dissected. This, despite the fact that the impact of these pathways on the pathology of chronic inflammation, heart disease, stroke, the debilitating effects of diabetes mellitus, and the side effects of cancer therapy, not to mention embryonic development, innate and acquired immunity, is profound. Cardiovascular disease and diabetes alone represent the most significant health care problems in the developed world. Thus it is not surprising that understanding these pathways has attracted wide interest, and in the past 10 years, dramatic progress has been made. Accordingly, it is now becoming possible to envisage the transition of these findings to the development of novel treatment strategies. This review focuses on the biochemical components and regulation of mammalian stress-regulated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. The nuclear factor-kappa B pathway, a second stress signaling paradigm, has been the subject of several excellent recent reviews (258, 260).
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- J M Kyriakis
- Diabetes Research Laboratory, Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
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Gotoh I, Adachi M, Nishida E. Identification and characterization of a novel MAP kinase kinase kinase, MLTK. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:4276-86. [PMID: 11042189 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008595200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The MAPK cascades regulate a wide variety of cellular functions, including cell proliferation, differentiation, and stress responses. Here we have identified a novel MAP kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK), termed MLTK (for MLK-like mitogen-activated protein triple kinase), whose expression is increased by activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway. There are two alternatively spliced forms of MLTK, MLTKalpha and MLTKbeta. When overexpressed in cells, both MLTKalpha and MLTKbeta are able to activate the ERK, JNK/SAPK, p38, and ERK5 pathways. Moreover, both MLTKalpha and MLTKbeta are activated in response to osmotic shock with hyperosmolar media through autophosphorylation. Remarkably, expression of MLTKalpha, but not MLTKbeta, in Swiss 3T3 cells results in the disruption of actin stress fibers and dramatic morphological changes. A kinase-dead form of MLTKalpha does not cause these phenomena. Inhibition of the p38 pathway significantly blocks MLTKalpha-induced stress fiber disruption and morphological changes. These results suggest that MLTK is a stress-activated MAPKKK that may be involved in the regulation of actin organization.
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- I Gotoh
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Clerk A, Pham FH, Fuller SJ, Sahai E, Aktories K, Marais R, Marshall C, Sugden PH. Regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinases in cardiac myocytes through the small G protein Rac1. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:1173-84. [PMID: 11158304 PMCID: PMC99571 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.4.1173-1184.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2000] [Accepted: 11/22/2000] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins of the Ras and Rho (Rac, Cdc42, and Rho) families have been implicated in cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, and this may involve the extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and/or p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascades. In other systems, Rac and Cdc42 have been particularly implicated in the activation of JNKs and p38-MAPKs. We examined the activation of Rho family small G proteins and the regulation of MAPKs through Rac1 in cardiac myocytes. Endothelin 1 and phenylephrine (both hypertrophic agonists) induced rapid activation of endogenous Rac1, and endothelin 1 also promoted significant activation of RhoA. Toxin B (which inactivates Rho family proteins) attenuated the activation of JNKs by hyperosmotic shock or endothelin 1 but had no effect on p38-MAPK activation. Toxin B also inhibited the activation of the ERK cascade by these stimuli. In transfection experiments, dominant-negative N17Rac1 inhibited activation of ERK by endothelin 1, whereas activated V12Rac1 cooperated with c-Raf to activate ERK. Rac1 may stimulate the ERK cascade either by promoting the phosphorylation of c-Raf or by increasing MEK1 and/or -2 association with c-Raf to facilitate MEK1 and/or -2 activation. In cardiac myocytes, toxin B attenuated c-Raf(Ser-338) phosphorylation (50 to 70% inhibition), but this had no effect on c-Raf activity. However, toxin B decreased both the association of MEK1 and/or -2 with c-Raf and c-Raf-associated ERK-activating activity. V12Rac1 cooperated with c-Raf to increase expression of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), whereas N17Rac1 inhibited endothelin 1-stimulated ANF expression, indicating that the synergy between Rac1 and c-Raf is potentially physiologically important. We conclude that activation of Rac1 by hypertrophic stimuli contributes to the hypertrophic response by modulating the ERK and/or possibly the JNK (but not the p38-MAPK) cascades.
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- A Clerk
- Division of Biomedical Sciences (Molecular Pathology Section), Imperial College School of Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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Chapter 13 Mitogen-activated protein kinases and stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1568-1254(01)80015-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Igarashi M, Yamaguchi H, Hirata A, Daimon M, Tominaga M, Kato T. Insulin activates p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase via a MAP kinase kinase (MKK) 3/MKK 6 pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells. Eur J Clin Invest 2000; 30:668-77. [PMID: 10964158 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2000.00671.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Induction of stress-activated mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases such as p38 could be important for the development of cardiovascular diseases since p38 MAP kinase activation stimulates apoptosis, cell growth, prostanoid formation and other cellular dysfunctions when induced by oxidants, hyperosmolarity, or pro-inflammatory cytokines. On the other hand, insulin resistance is one of the most important factors promoting atherogenesis, including cardiovascular diseases, but it is not clear how these different factors transmit their signals intracellularly at the cytosolic and nuclear levels. In this study, we investigated the effect of insulin on p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). MATERIALS AND METHODS VSMC were obtained from the aortas of male Wistar rats by the media explant technique. After being stimulated by insulin with SB-203580, PD-98059, or GF109203X, the cells were solubilized and the expressions of MAP kinases, MAP kinase kinases and p70 S6 kinase were examined by immunoblot analysis. The amount of DNA synthesis was measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation. RESULTS Insulin activated p38 MAP kinase phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner, and the phosphorylation was specifically inhibited by SB-203580, a p38 MAP kinase-specific inhibitor, but not by PD-98059, a specific inhibitor of upstream kinase (MEK), of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), or GF209203X, a protein kinase C-specific inhibitor. Insulin also activated MAP kinase kinase (MKK) 3/MKK 6 phosphorylation, the upstream kinase of p38 MAP kinase, but neither stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/ERK kinase (SEK1/MKK4) nor SAPK/c-jun NH2-terminal protein kinase. Surprisingly, phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase and an increase of DNA synthesis by insulin were suppressed dose dependently by SB-203580. CONCLUSION These results have established that insulin activates the p38 MAP kinase cascade via an MKK 3/6 pathway in rat VSMC, independently of a MEK-ERK cascade, and partly regulates cell growth.
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- M Igarashi
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Yang T, Huang Y, Heasley LE, Berl T, Schnermann JB, Briggs JP. MAPK mediation of hypertonicity-stimulated cyclooxygenase-2 expression in renal medullary collecting duct cells. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:23281-6. [PMID: 10930430 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910237199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that hypertonicity stimulates cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in cultured medullary epithelial cells. The aims of the present study were (i) to examine the role of cytoplasmic signaling through MAPK pathways in tonicity regulation of COX-2 expression in collecting duct cells and (ii) to assess the possible contribution of COX-2 to the survival of inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells under hypertonic conditions. In mIMCD-K2 cells, a cell line derived from mouse IMCDs, hypertonicity induced a marked increase in COX-2 protein expression. The stimulation was reduced significantly by inhibition of MEK1 (PD-98059, 5-50 microm) and p38 (SB-203580, 5-100 microm) and was almost abolished by the combination of the two compounds. To study the role of JNK in tonicity-stimulated COX-2 expression, IMCD-3 cell lines stably transfected with dominant-negative mutants of three JNKs (JNK-1, -2, and -3) were used. Hypertonicity-stimulated COX-2 protein expression was significantly reduced in dominant-negative JNK-2-expressing cells and was unchanged in dominant-negative JNK-1- and JNK-3-expressing cells compared with controls. The reduction of COX-2 expression was associated with greatly reduced viability of dominant-negative JNK-2-expressing cells during hypertonicity treatment. 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (PP2) (2-8 microm), an inhibitor of Src kinases, reduced the tonicity-stimulated COX-2 expression in a dose-dependent manner, whereas PP3, an inactive analog of PP2, had no effect. Inhibition of COX-2 activity by NS-398 (30-90 microm) and SC-58236 (10-20 microm) significantly reduced viability of mIMCD-K2 cells subjected to prolonged hypertonic treatment. We conclude that 1) all three members of the MAPK family (ERK, JNK-2, and p38) as well as Src kinases are required for tonicity-stimulated COX-2 expression in mouse collecting duct cells and that 2) COX-2 may play a role in cell survival of medullary cells under hypertonic conditions.
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- T Yang
- NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Ward NL, Hagg T. SEK1/MKK4, c-Jun and NFKappaB are differentially activated in forebrain neurons during postnatal development and injury in both control and p75NGFR-deficient mice. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:1867-81. [PMID: 10886328 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The common neurotrophin receptor (p75NGFR) can signal in vitro through activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway and nuclear translocation of NFKappaB. Activation of JNK and its substrate c-Jun can lead to apoptosis. We investigated these activities in vivo by comparing immunoreactivity for phosphorylated(p) SEK-1 (or MKK4, which activates JNK), c-Jun (ser63, ser73) and nuclear translocation of NFKappaB-p50 in tissue sections through the forebrain of control and p75NGFR-deficient mice. During postnatal development, SEK1p-immunoreactivity was detectable in p75NGFR-positive cholinergic neurons and p75NGFR-negative neurons throughout the forebrain in control mice. During development, few cells contained c-Junp, although many neurons contained c-Jun. No obvious c-Jun immunostaining was present in the adult forebrain. At any age, NFKappaB-p50 immunoreactivity was seen in nuclei of most cells throughout the forebrain. Following fimbria fornix transection in adult mice, few basal forebrain neurons contained SEK1p while many axotomized choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-positive neurons contained c-Junp and nuclear NFKappaB-p50. The immunostaining patterns of SEK1p, c-Junp and NFKB during development and following injury were largely similar in p75NGFR-deficient mice. During development, cells throughout the forebrain had TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labelling (TUNEL)-labelling (a potential marker for apoptosis), however, their presence was not predicted by number of neurons stained for SEK1p or c-Junp. These results suggest that the expected activation of the JNK pathway by p75NGFR, as well as the expected relationship between SEK1 and downstream activation of c-Jun do not occur in the mammalian forebrain. Also, these results suggest that this activation does not necessarily lead to cell death.
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- N L Ward
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Novia Scotia, B3H 4H7 Canada
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Siow YL, Choy PC, Leung WM, O K. Effect of Flos carthami on stress-activated protein kinase activity in the isolated reperfused rat heart. Mol Cell Biochem 2000; 207:41-7. [PMID: 10888225 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017266628572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The apoptotic death of cardiomyocytes due to ischemia/reperfusion is one of the major complications of heart disease. Ischemia/reperfusion has been shown to lead to the activation of the stress-activated protein (SAP) kinases and the p38/reactivating kinase (p38/RK). In this study, the direct effect of an aqueous Flos carthami (FC) extract on SAP kinases was investigated. When isolated rat hearts were perfused by Langendorff mode with media containing FC extract prior to the induction of global ischemia and the subsequent reperfusion, SAP kinase activity was inhibited 95%. Untreated ischemic/reperfused hearts showed a 57% elevation in the activity of SAP kinase. The in vitro effect of these FC extracts on SAP kinase was also tested. At a concentration of 10 microg/ml, the aqueous FC extract resulted in 50% inhibition of SAP kinase activity in ischemic heart tissue. Our results showed that FC affected both the interaction of SAP kinase with c-jun as well as the phosphotransferase reaction. These results clearly demonstrate that extracts from Flos carthami exerted inhibitory effects on SAP kinase. The administration of the FC extract may lead to a modulation of the apoptotic effect of SAP kinase activation induced during ischemia/reperfusion.
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- Y L Siow
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Duzgun SA, Rasque H, Kito H, Azuma N, Li W, Basson MD, Gahtan V, Dudrick SJ, Sumpio BE. Mitogen-activated protein phosphorylation in endothelial cells exposed to hyperosmolar conditions. J Cell Biochem 2000; 76:567-71. [PMID: 10653976 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(20000315)76:4<567::aid-jcb5>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The effect of hyperosmolarity on the induction of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) was studied in bovine aortic endothelial cell (EC). Different types of agents were used to differentiate the effects of osmolarity from other variables. Hypertonic treatment with physiologically relevant levels of NaCl (350 mOsm/kg H(2)O) significantly increased the level of expression of p38 within 2 min, and ERK-1/2 and JNK after 10 min. The inductions peaked between 30 and 60 min and returned to baseline levels within 2 h. A similar pattern of induction occurred with ionic contrast agent. p38 induction by glucose and mannitol showed a similar pattern, although the level of ERK-1/2 phosphorylation was not as robust, and JNK was not induced by glucose. Urea did not affect the level of induction of the MAPK isoforms. It is concluded that MAPK plays an important role in hyperosmolality-induced signal transduction. Different osmotic agents induce MAPK expression differently. No MAPK induction with urea implies that cell shrinkage may be an important component of hyperosmolality-induced MAPK phosphorylation.
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- S A Duzgun
- Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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He C, Fong SH, Yang D, Wang GL. BWMK1, a novel MAP kinase induced by fungal infection and mechanical wounding in rice. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 1999; 12:1064-73. [PMID: 10624015 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.1999.12.12.1064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The activation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases by different environmental stresses has been previously observed in several dicot plant species. Here, we report the isolation of a novel MAP kinase in rice that is induced during infection by the blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea or upon mechanical wounding. The gene is designated as BWMK1 for blast- and wound-induced MAP kinase. The cDNA of BWMK1 was isolated from rice leaves challenged by the blast pathogen. Transcripts of the corresponding gene accumulated in rice leaves 4 h after blast inoculation and 30 min after mechanical wounding. This gene encodes a 506 amino acid protein that contains a new dual-phosphorylation activation motif TDY and about 150 unique amino acids on its C terminus. In-gel kinase activity and immunoprecipitation assays confirmed that BWMK1 is a functional MAP kinase. These results show that BWMK1 is a new member of the plant MAP kinase family and may mediate both defense and wound signaling in rice.
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- C He
- Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Ingram AJ, Ly H, Thai K, Kang MJ, Scholey JW. Mesangial cell signaling cascades in response to mechanical strain and glucose. Kidney Int 1999; 56:1721-8. [PMID: 10571780 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00743.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Elevated glucose levels and glomerular hypertension (Pgc) are considered to contribute to the elaboration of matrix protein by mesangial cells (MCs) in diabetic glomeruli. MCs grown in 30 mM of glucose produce excessive matrix protein, as do MCs exposed to cyclic strain, and the combination of the two exacerbates this. Tight glucose control or reduction in Pgc clinically delays progression of diabetic nephropathy. MC c-fos is induced in response to either application of strain or high ambient glucose, inducing increases in activated protein-1 transactivational activity and extracellular matrix production. Stimuli that lead to c-fos induction pass through the three mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathways: p44/42, SAPK/JNK, and p38/HOG. We studied MAP kinase activation in MCs exposed to mechanical strain and a high glucose. METHODS MCs (passage 5 through 10) cultured for 96 hours on type 1 collagen-coated flexible-bottom plates in either 5.6 or 30 mM glucose were exposed to 5, 10, or 30 minutes of cyclic strain (60 cycles per min) by computer-driven generation of vacuums of -14 kPa, inducing 20% elongation in the diameter of the surface. Control MCs were grown on both coated rigid and flexible-bottom plates. Protein levels (by Western blot) and activity assays for all three kinase cascades were performed at baseline and after 5, 10, and 30 minutes. All experiments were performed in triplicate. RESULTS MAP kinase signaling was seen in response to stretch, and high ambient glucose affected the pattern of activation. Both p44/42 and p38HOG kinase activities showed small increases to a maximum of 2.5- to 3.5-fold greater than static MCs at 10 minutes. Activity in both kinase cascades was slightly suppressed by 30 mM glucose. In contrast, SAPK/JNK activity was present at a very low level in static MCs and increased markedly by 10 minutes of stretch. Thirty micromolars of glucose augmented this effect by a factor of six over MCs cultured in 5.6 mM glucose after 10 minutes of stretch. Neither glucose concentration nor mechanical strain had any effect on the protein expression of any of the kinases by Western blot. CONCLUSIONS MAP kinase cascade signaling is seen when physical force is applied to MCs, and glucose affects the pattern of activity. Thirty micromolars of glucose markedly increase the level of SAPK/JNK activation. This may have implications in diabetic signal transduction and matrix protein production.
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- A J Ingram
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Ducret C, Maira SM, Dierich A, Wasylyk B. The net repressor is regulated by nuclear export in response to anisomycin, UV, and heat shock. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:7076-87. [PMID: 10490644 PMCID: PMC84702 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.10.7076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The ternary complex factors (TCFs) are targets for Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling pathways. They integrate the transcriptional response at the level of serum response elements in early-response genes, such as the c-fos proto-oncogene. An important aim is to understand the individual roles played by the three TCFs, Net, Elk1, and Sap1a. Net, in contrast to Elk1 and Sap1a, is a strong repressor of transcription. We now show that Net is regulated by nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling in response to specific signalling pathways. Net is mainly nuclear under both normal and basal serum conditions. Net contains two nuclear localization signals (NLSs); one is located in the Ets domain, and the other corresponds to the D box. Net also has a nuclear export signal (NES) in the conserved Ets DNA binding domain. Net is apparently unique among Ets proteins in that a particular leucine in helix 1, a structural element, generates a NES. Anisomycin, UV, and heat shock induce active nuclear exclusion of Net through a pathway that involves c-Jun N-terminal kinase kinase and is inhibited by leptomycin B. Nuclear exclusion relieves transcriptional repression by Net. The specific induction of nuclear exclusion of Net by particular signalling pathways shows that nuclear-cytoplasmic transport of transcription factors can add to the specificity of the response to signalling cascades.
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- C Ducret
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, France
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Nadkarni V, Gabbay KH, Bohren KM, Sheikh-Hamad D. Osmotic response element enhancer activity. Regulation through p38 kinase and mitogen-activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:20185-90. [PMID: 10400634 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.29.20185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Hypertonicity induces a group of genes that are responsible for the intracellular accumulation of protective organic osmolytes such as sorbitol and betaine. Two representative genes are the aldose reductase enzyme (AR, EC 1.1.1.21), which is responsible for the conversion of glucose to sorbitol, and the betaine transporter (BGT1), which mediates Na+-coupled betaine uptake in response to osmotic stress. We recently reported that the induction of BGT1 mRNA in the renal epithelial Madin-Darby canine kidney cell line is inhibited by SB203580, a specific p38 kinase inhibitor. In these studies we report that the hypertonic induction of aldose reductase mRNA in HepG2 cells as well as the osmotic response element (ORE)-driven reporter gene expression in transfected HepG2 cells are both inhibited by SB203580, suggesting that p38 kinase mediates the activation and/or binding of the transcription factor(s) to the ORE. Electrophoretic gel mobility shift assays with cell extracts prepared from SB203580-treated, hypertonically stressed HepG2 cells further show that the binding of trans-acting factors to the ORE is prevented and is thus also dependent on the activity of p38 kinase. Similarly, treatment of hypertonically stressed cells with PD098059, a mitogen-activated extracellular regulated kinase kinase (MEK1) inhibitor, results in inhibition of the hypertonic induction of aldose reductase mRNA, ORE-driven reporter gene expression, and the binding of trans-acting factors to the ORE. ORE-driven reporter gene expression was not affected by p38 kinase inhibition or MEK1 inhibition in cells incubated in iso-osmotic media. These data indicate that p38 kinase and MEK1 are involved in the regulation of the hyperosmotic stress response.
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- V Nadkarni
- Harry B. and Aileen Gordon Diabetes Research Laboratory, Molecular Diabetes and Metabolism Section, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Kawasaki H, Fujii H, Gotoh Y, Morooka T, Shimohama S, Nishida E, Hirano T. Requirement for mitogen-activated protein kinase in cerebellar long term depression. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:13498-502. [PMID: 10224117 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.19.13498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade has been shown to play an essential role in regulation of cell proliferation and cell differentiation. Although mammalian MAPKs are most abundantly expressed in postmitotic and terminally differentiated neuronal cells, their function in the central nervous system is still largely undefined. We present evidence here for a role of the MAPK cascade in cerebellar long term depression (LTD), which is a widely studied form of synaptic plasticity in mammalian brain. In cultured Purkinje cells, LTD is known to be induced by iontophoretic application of glutamate and depolarization of Purkinje cells. We found that MAPK was activated in Purkinje cells by treatment of primary cultures of rat embryonic cerebella with glutamate and a depolarization-inducing agent, KCl. Application of PD98059, a specific inhibitor of MAPK kinase (MAPKK/MEK), inhibited both the activation of MAPK and the induction of LTD in Purkinje cells. Furthermore, the induction of LTD was completely blocked by introduction into Purkinje cells of anti-active MAPK antibody, which was found to specifically and potently inhibit the activity of MAPK. These results suggest that postsynaptic activation of the MAPK cascade is essential for the induction of cerebellar LTD.
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- H Kawasaki
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan
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Boettner B, Van Aelst L. Rac and Cdc42 effectors. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 22:135-58. [PMID: 10081068 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-58591-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Tournier C, Whitmarsh AJ, Cavanagh J, Barrett T, Davis RJ. The MKK7 gene encodes a group of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase kinases. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:1569-81. [PMID: 9891090 PMCID: PMC116085 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.2.1569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase (JNK) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) group and is an essential component of a signaling cascade that is activated by exposure of cells to environmental stress. JNK activation is regulated by phosphorylation on both Thr and Tyr residues by a dual-specificity MAPK kinase (MAPKK). Two MAPKKs, MKK4 and MKK7, have been identified as JNK activators. Genetic studies demonstrate that MKK4 and MKK7 serve nonredundant functions as activators of JNK in vivo. We report here the molecular cloning of the gene that encodes MKK7 and demonstrate that six isoforms are created by alternative splicing to generate a group of protein kinases with three different NH2 termini (alpha, beta, and gamma isoforms) and two different COOH termini (1 and 2 isoforms). The MKK7alpha isoforms lack an NH2-terminal extension that is present in the other MKK7 isoforms. This NH2-terminal extension binds directly to the MKK7 substrate JNK. Comparison of the activities of the MKK7 isoforms demonstrates that the MKK7alpha isoforms exhibit lower activity, but a higher level of inducible fold activation, than the corresponding MKK7beta and MKK7gamma isoforms. Immunofluorescence analysis demonstrates that these MKK7 isoforms are detected in both cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments of cultured cells. The presence of MKK7 in the nucleus was not, however, required for JNK activation in vivo. These data establish that the MKK4 and MKK7 genes encode a group of protein kinases with different biochemical properties that mediate activation of JNK in response to extracellular stimuli.
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- C Tournier
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Program in Molecular Medicine and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Igarashi M, Wakasaki H, Takahara N, Ishii H, Jiang ZY, Yamauchi T, Kuboki K, Meier M, Rhodes CJ, King GL. Glucose or diabetes activates p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase via different pathways. J Clin Invest 1999; 103:185-95. [PMID: 9916130 PMCID: PMC407875 DOI: 10.1172/jci3326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 324] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/1998] [Accepted: 12/01/1998] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hyperglycemia can cause vascular dysfunctions by multiple factors including hyperosmolarity, oxidant formation, and protein kinase C (PKC) activation. We have characterized the effect of hyperglycemia on p38 mitogen-activated protein (p38) kinase activation, which can be induced by oxidants, hyperosmolarity, and proinflammatory cytokines, leading to apoptosis, cell growth, and gene regulation. Glucose at 16.5 mM increased p38 kinase activity in a time-dependent manner compared with 5.5 mM in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (SMC). Mannitol activated p38 kinase only at or greater than 22 mM. High glucose levels and a PKC agonist activated p38 kinase, and a PKC inhibitor, GF109203X, prevented its activation. However, p38 kinase activation by mannitol or tumor necrosis factor-alpha was not inhibited by GF109203X. Changes in PKC isoform distribution after exposure to 16.5 mM glucose in SMC suggested that both PKC-beta2 and PKC-delta isoforms were increased. Activities of p38 kinase in PKC-delta- but not PKC-beta1-overexpressed SMC were increased compared with control cells. Activation of p38 kinase was also observed and characterized in various vascular cells in culture and aorta from diabetic rats. Thus, moderate hyperglycemia can activate p38 kinase by a PKC-delta isoform-dependent pathway, but glucose at extremely elevated levels can also activate p38 kinase by hyperosmolarity via a PKC-independent pathway.
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- M Igarashi
- Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Skaper SD, Walsh FS. Neurotrophic molecules: strategies for designing effective therapeutic molecules in neurodegeneration. Mol Cell Neurosci 1998; 12:179-93. [PMID: 9828084 DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1998.0714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Over the past several years, neurotrophic factors-a description generally applied to naturally occurring polypeptides that support the development and survival of neurons-have made considerable progress from the laboratory into the clinic. Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies indicates that it may be possible to use neurotrophic factors to prevent, slow the progression of, or even reverse the effects of a number of neurodegenerative diseases and other types of insults in both the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system. Initially, investigations focused on recombinant neurotrophic proteins that are identical or highly homologous to the natural human sequence. Given the difficulties inherent with a protein therapeutic approach to treating nervous system disorders, especially those of the CNS, increasing attention has now turned to the development of alternative strategies and, in particular, small molecule mimetics. Regulation of the transcription of neurotrophic factors may provide a means of manipulating endogenous factor production; gene therapy may also allow for the circumvention of exogenous neurotrophic factor administration. The problem of transport across the blood-brain barrier may be overcome by developing small-molecule mimetics that maintain the neurotrophic activity of the protein while having improved pharmacokinetic and disposition characteristics. Components of neurotrophic factor signal transduction pathways may provide additional targets for novel drugs that can induce or modulate the responses normally activated by the binding of the neurotrophic factor to its receptor. This review focusses on some of the major themes and lines of mechanistic and therapeutic advances in this fast-moving field of neuroscience.
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- S D Skaper
- Neuroscience Research Department, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5AW, United Kingdom
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Watts BA, Di Mari JF, Davis RJ, Good DW. Hypertonicity activates MAP kinases and inhibits HCO-3 absorption via distinct pathways in thick ascending limb. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:F478-86. [PMID: 9755119 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1998.275.4.f478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases are activated by osmotic stress in a variety of cells, but their function and regulation in renal tubules is poorly understood. The present study was designed to examine the osmotic regulation of MAP kinases in the medullary thick ascending limb (MTAL) of the rat and to determine their possible role in the hyperosmotic inhibition of HCO-3 absorption in this segment. Tissues from the inner stripe of the outer medulla and microdissected MTALs were incubated at 37 degreesC in control (290 mosmol/kgH2O) or hyperosmotic (300 mM added mannitol) solution for 15 min. Activities of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 MAP kinase were then measured using immune complex assays. Hyperosmolality increased p38 MAP kinase activity (2.3-fold) and ERK activity (2.0-fold) but had no effect on JNK activity (1.1-fold). Exposure to hyperosmolality for various times showed that the activation of p38 MAP kinase was rapid (</=5 min) and was sustained for up to 60 min, whereas the activation of ERK was transient (ERK activity peaked at 15 min, then declined to basal levels at 30 min). Pretreatment with the MAP kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059 (15 microM) blocked the hyperosmotic activation of p38 MAP kinase and ERK but did not prevent hyperosmotic inhibition of HCO-3 absorption. These results show that hyperosmolality differentially activates p38 MAP kinase and ERK in the MTAL. In contrast, we found no evidence for involvement of JNK in the early response to hyperosmotic stress. Eliminating the activation of p38 MAP kinase and ERK does not prevent hyperosmotic inhibition of HCO-3 absorption, suggesting that hyperosmolality inhibits apical membrane Na+/H+ exchange (NHE3) activity via a signaling pathway distinct from these MAP kinase pathways.
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- B A Watts
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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Kawakami Y, Hartman SE, Holland PM, Cooper JA, Kawakami T. Multiple Signaling Pathways for the Activation of JNK in Mast Cells: Involvement of Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase, Protein Kinase C, and JNK Kinases, SEK1 and MKK7. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.4.1795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Stimulation of the high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) as well as a variety of stresses induce activation of c-Jun N-terminal protein kinases (JNKs) stress-activated protein kinases in mast cells. At least three distinct signaling pathways leading to JNK activation have been delineated based on the involvements of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk), protein kinase C (PKC), and the JNK-activating cascades composed of multiple protein kinases. The PKC-dependent pathway, which is inhibited by a PKC inhibitor Ro31-8425 and can be activated by PMA, functions as a major route in FcεRI-stimulated mast cells derived from btk gene knockout mice. On the other hand, wild-type mouse-derived mast cells use both PKC-dependent and PKC-independent pathways for JNK activation. A PKC-independent pathway is regulated by Btk and SEK1 via the PAK→MEKK1→SEK1→JNK cascade, and is sensitive to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin and LY-294002, while the PKC-dependent pathway is affected to a lesser extent by both wortmannin treatment and overexpression of wild-type and dominant negative mutant SEK1 proteins. Another PKC-independent pathway involves Btk and MKK7, a recently cloned direct activator of JNK. Among the stresses tested, UV irradiation seems to activate Btk and JNK via the PKC-independent pathways.
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- Yuko Kawakami
- *Division of Allergy, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121
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- *Division of Allergy, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121
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- †Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109; and
- ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- *Division of Allergy, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121
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Grammer AC, Swantek JL, McFarland RD, Miura Y, Geppert T, Lipsky PE. TNF Receptor-Associated Factor-3 Signaling Mediates Activation of p38 and Jun N-Terminal Kinase, Cytokine Secretion, and Ig Production Following Ligation of CD40 on Human B Cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.3.1183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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CD40 engagement induces a variety of functional outcomes following association with adaptor molecules of the TNF receptor-associated factor (TRAF) family. Whereas TRAF2, -5, and -6 initiate NF-κB activation, the outcomes of TRAF3-initiated signaling are less characterized. To delineate CD40-induced TRAF3-dependent events, Ramos B cells stably transfected with a dominant negative TRAF3 were stimulated with membranes expressing recombinant CD154/CD40 ligand. In the absence of TRAF3 signaling, activation of p38 and control of Ig production were abrogated, whereas Jun N-terminal kinase activation and secretion of IL-10, lymphotoxin-α, and TNF-α were partially blocked. By contrast, induction of apoptosis, activation of NF-κB, generation of granulocyte-macrophage CSF, and up-regulation of CD54, MHC class II, and CD95 were unaffected by the TRAF3 dominant negative. Together, these results indicate that TRAF3 initiates independent signaling pathways via p38 and JNK that are associated with specific functional outcomes.
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- Amrie C. Grammer
- *Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center and Departments of Internal Medicine,
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- *Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center and Departments of Internal Medicine,
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- *Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center and Departments of Internal Medicine,
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- *Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center and Departments of Internal Medicine,
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Akiba H, Nakano H, Nishinaka S, Shindo M, Kobata T, Atsuta M, Morimoto C, Ware CF, Malinin NL, Wallach D, Yagita H, Okumura K. CD27, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, activates NF-kappaB and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase via TRAF2, TRAF5, and NF-kappaB-inducing kinase. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:13353-8. [PMID: 9582383 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.21.13353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CD27 is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily and is expressed on T, B, and NK cells. The signal via CD27 plays pivotal roles in T-T and T-B cell interactions. Here we demonstrate that overexpression of CD27 activates NF-kappaB and stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Deletion analysis of the cytoplasmic domain of CD27 revealed that the C-terminal PIQEDYR motif was indispensable for both NF-kappaB and SAPK/JNK activation and was also required for the interaction with TNF receptor-associated factor (TRAF) 2 and TRAF5, both of which have been implicated in NF-kappaB activation by members of the TNF-R superfamily. Co-transfection of a dominant negative TRAF2 or TRAF5 blocked NF-kappaB and SAPK/JNK activation induced by CD27. Recently, a TRAF2-interacting kinase has been identified, termed NF-kappaB-inducing kinase (NIK). A kinase-inactive mutant NIK blocked CD27-, TRAF2-, and TRAF5-mediated NF-kappaB and SAPK/JNK activation. These results indicate that TRAF2 and TRAF5 are involved in NF-kappaB and SAPK/JNK activation by CD27, and NIK is a common downstream kinase of TRAF2 and TRAF5 for NF-kappaB and SAPK/JNK activation.
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- H Akiba
- Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Matsuda S, Moriguchi T, Koyasu S, Nishida E. T lymphocyte activation signals for interleukin-2 production involve activation of MKK6-p38 and MKK7-SAPK/JNK signaling pathways sensitive to cyclosporin A. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:12378-82. [PMID: 9575191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.20.12378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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p38/CSBP, a subgroup member of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) superfamily molecules, is known to be activated by proinflammatory cytokines and environmental stresses. We report here that p38 is specifically activated by signals that lead to interleukin-2 (IL-2) production in T lymphocytes. A p38 activator MKK6 was also markedly activated by the same stimulation. Pretreatment of cells with SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38, as well as expression of a dominant-negative mutant of MKK6, suppressed the transcriptional activation of the IL-2 promoter. We also demonstrated that MKK7, a recently described MAPK kinase family member, plays a major role in the activation of stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) in T lymphocytes. Moreover, a dominant-negative mutant of MKK7 abrogated the transcriptional activation of the distal nuclear factor of activated T cells response element in the IL-2 promoter. Cyclosporin A, a potent immunosuppressant, inhibited activation of both p38 and SAPK/JNK pathways but not the MAPK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway. Our results indicate that both MKK6 to p38 and MKK7 to SAPK/JNK signaling pathways are activated in a cyclosporin A-sensitive manner and contribute to IL-2 gene expression in T lymphocytes.
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- S Matsuda
- Department of Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan
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Hata D, Kitaura J, Hartman SE, Kawakami Y, Yokota T, Kawakami T. Bruton's tyrosine kinase-mediated interleukin-2 gene activation in mast cells. Dependence on the c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation pathway. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:10979-87. [PMID: 9556577 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.18.10979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Cross-linking of the high affinity IgE receptor (FcepsilonRI) on mast cells induces secretion of cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-2, through transcriptional activation of cytokine genes. Previously, defects in the gene coding for Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) were shown to result in defective cytokine production in mast cells, and thereby mice carrying btk mutations exhibited diminished anaphylactic reactions in response to IgE and antigen. In this study, we provide evidence that the transcription factors involved in the IL-2 gene expression in T cells are also required for maximal activation of the IL-2 gene in FcepsilonRI-stimulated mast cells. Among them, AP-1 (Jun/Fos) and NF-AT were identified as candidate transcription factors that are regulated by Btk. Consistent with our previous data indicating that Btk regulates stress-activated protein kinases, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), c-Jun and other JNK-regulatable transcription factors are activated by FcepsilonRI cross-linking in a Btk-dependent manner. Further, FcepsilonRI-induced IL-2 gene activation is dependent on c-Jun and a component, SEK1, of its upstream activation pathway. Collectively, these data demonstrate that Btk regulates the transcription of the IL-2 gene through the JNK-regulatable transcription factors in FcepsilonRI-stimulated mast cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Hata
- Division of Allergy, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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Affiliation(s)
- T S Lewis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
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