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Molecular cloning and characterization of angiopoietin-like protein-8 gene in pigs and its tissue-specific expression in different animals. Biologia (Bratisl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00824-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The pleiotropic effects of antithrombotic drugs in the metabolic-cardiovascular-neurodegenerative disease continuum: impact beyond reduced clotting. Clin Sci (Lond) 2021; 135:1015-1051. [PMID: 33881143 DOI: 10.1042/cs20201445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Antithrombotic drugs are widely used for primary and secondary prevention, as well as treatment of many cardiovascular disorders. Over the past few decades, major advances in the pharmacology of these agents have been made with the introduction of new drug classes as novel therapeutic options. Accumulating evidence indicates that the beneficial outcomes of some of these antithrombotic agents are not solely related to their ability to reduce thrombosis. Here, we review the evidence supporting established and potential pleiotropic effects of four novel classes of antithrombotic drugs, adenosine diphosphate (ADP) P2Y12-receptor antagonists, Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor Inhibitors, and Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs), which include Direct Factor Xa (FXa) and Direct Thrombin Inhibitors. Specifically, we discuss the molecular evidence supporting such pleiotropic effects in the context of cardiovascular disease (CVD) including endothelial dysfunction (ED), atherosclerosis, cardiac injury, stroke, and arrhythmia. Importantly, we highlight the role of DOACs in mitigating metabolic dysfunction-associated cardiovascular derangements. We also postulate that DOACs modulate perivascular adipose tissue inflammation and thus, may reverse cardiovascular dysfunction early in the course of the metabolic syndrome. In this regard, we argue that some antithrombotic agents can reverse the neurovascular damage in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's brain and following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Overall, we attempt to provide an up-to-date comprehensive review of the less-recognized, beneficial molecular aspects of antithrombotic therapy beyond reduced thrombus formation. We also make a solid argument for the need of further mechanistic analysis of the pleiotropic effects of antithrombotic drugs in the future.
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Napp LC, Jabs O, Höckelmann A, Dutzmann J, Kapopara PR, Sedding DG, Gaestel M, Bauersachs J, Bavendiek U. Normal endothelial but impaired arterial development in MAP-Kinase activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) deficient mice. Vasc Cell 2016; 8:4. [PMID: 27790365 PMCID: PMC5073967 DOI: 10.1186/s13221-016-0038-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Angiogenesis is a fundamental process during development and disease, and many details of the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms are incompletely understood. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2), a major downstream target of p38 MAPK, has recently been identified as a regulator of Interleukin 1β dependent angiogenesis in vivo, and in vitro data suggest a role of MK2 for VEGF-dependent angiogenic processes in endothelial cells. We thus hypothesized that MK2 plays a role during physiological vascular development in vivo. Vascular development was investigated in the retina of MK2-deficient mice. Retinal angiogenesis such as sprouting, branching and pruning was unchanged in MK2-/- mice compared to wildtype littermates. Early arterial development was also comparable between genotypes. However, with further expansion of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) during maturation of the arterial network at later time points, the number of arterial branch points was significantly lower in MK2-/- mice, resulting in a reduced total arterial area in adult mice. Isolated aortic smooth muscle cells from MK2-/- mice showed a more dedifferentiated phenotype in vitro and downregulation of central SMC marker genes, consistent with the known impaired migration of MK2-/- SMC. In conclusion, MK2 is not required for physiological retinal angiogenesis. However, its loss is associated with an altered genetic profile of SMC and an impaired arterial network in adult mice, indicating a distinct and probably cell-specific role of MK2 in arteries.
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- L Christian Napp
- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Kong Y, Tong Y, Chen C, Gao M, Gao X, Yao W. Alleviation of high-fat diet-induced atherosclerosis and glucose intolerance by a novel GLP-1 fusion protein in ApoE(-/-) mice. Endocrine 2016; 53:71-80. [PMID: 26832342 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-015-0831-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We have previously constructed an engineered anti-diabetic fusion protein using glucagon-like peptide-1 and the globular domain of adiponectin. Herein, we evaluated the therapeutic effects of this fusion protein (GAD) on high-fat diet (HFD)-fed ApoE(-/-) mice. The lipid-lowering effect of GAD was determined in C57BL/6 mice using a lipid tolerance test. The effects of GAD on HFD-induced glucose intolerance, atherosclerosis, and hepatic steatosis were evaluated in HFD-fed ApoE(-/-) mice using glucose tolerance test, histological examinations and real-time quantitative PCR. The anti-inflammation activity of GAD was assessed in vitro on macrophages. GAD improved lipid metabolism in C57BL/6 mice. GAD treatment alleviated glucose intolerance, reduced blood lipid level, and attenuated atherosclerotic lesion in HFD-fed ApoE(-/-) mice, which was associated with a repressed macrophage infiltration in the vessel wall. GAD treatment also blocked hepatic macrophage infiltration and prevented hepatic inflammation. GAD suppressed lipopolysaccharide-triggered inflammation responses on macrophages, which can be abolished by H89, an inhibitor of protein kinase A. These findings demonstrate that GAD is able to generate a variety of metabolic benefits in HFD-fed ApoE(-/-) mice and indicate that this engineered fusion protein is a promising lead structure for anti-atherosclerosis drug discovery.
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- Yuelin Kong
- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
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Sun J, Nan G. The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Signaling Pathway as a Discovery Target in Stroke. J Mol Neurosci 2016; 59:90-8. [PMID: 26842916 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-016-0717-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Protein kinases are critical modulators of a variety of intracellular and extracellular signal transduction pathways, and abnormal phosphorylation events can contribute to disease progression in a variety of diseases. As a result, protein kinases have emerged as important new drug targets for small molecule therapeutics. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway transmits signals from the cell membrane to the nucleus in response to a variety of different stimuli. Because this pathway controls a broad spectrum of cellular processes, including growth, inflammation, and stress responses, it is accepted as a therapeutic target for cancer and peripheral inflammatory disorders. There is also increasing evidence that MAPK is an important regulator of ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebral vascular disease, raising the possibility that it might be a drug discovery target for stroke. In this review, we discuss the MAPK signaling pathway in association with its activation in stroke-induced brain injury.
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- Jing Sun
- Department of Neurology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, No. 126 Xiantai Street, Changchun, 130000, Jilin, China
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- Department of Neurology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, No. 126 Xiantai Street, Changchun, 130000, Jilin, China.
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Xing B, Bachstetter AD, Van Eldik LJ. Inhibition of neuronal p38α, but not p38β MAPK, provides neuroprotection against three different neurotoxic insults. J Mol Neurosci 2014; 55:509-18. [PMID: 25012593 PMCID: PMC4303701 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-014-0372-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway plays a key role in pathological glial activation and neuroinflammatory responses. Our previous studies demonstrated that microglial p38α and not the p38β isoform is an important contributor to stressor-induced proinflammatory cytokine upregulation and glia-dependent neurotoxicity. However, the contribution of neuronal p38α and p38β isoforms in responses to neurotoxic agents is less well understood. In the current study, we used cortical neurons from wild-type or p38β knockout mice, and wild-type neurons treated with two highly selective inhibitors of p38α MAPK. Neurons were treated with one of three neurotoxic insults (L-glutamate, sodium nitroprusside, and oxygen-glucose deprivation), and neurotoxicity was assessed. All three stimuli led to neuronal death and neurite degeneration, and the degree of neurotoxicity induced in wild-type and p38β knockout neurons was not significantly different. In contrast, selective inhibition of neuronal p38α was neuroprotective. Our results show that neuronal p38β is not required for neurotoxicity induced by multiple toxic insults, but that p38α in the neuron contributes quantitatively to the neuronal dysfunction responses. These data are consistent with our previous findings of the critical importance of microglia p38α compared to p38β, and continue to support selective targeting of the p38α isoform as a potential therapeutic strategy.
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- Bin Xing
- Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA
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Tietz SM, Hofmann R, Thomas T, Tackenberg B, Gaestel M, Berghoff M. MK2 and Fas receptor contribute to the severity of CNS demyelination. PLoS One 2014; 9:e100363. [PMID: 24964076 PMCID: PMC4070940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Models of inflammatory or degenerative diseases demonstrated that the protein-kinase MK2 is a key player in inflammation. In this study we examined the role of MK2 in MOG35-55-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the animal model for multiple sclerosis. In MK2-deficient (MK2-/-) mice we found a delayed onset of the disease and MK2-/- mice did not recover until day 24 after EAE induction. At this day a higher number of leukocytes in the CNS of MK2-/- mice was found. TNFα was not detectable in serum of MK2-/- mice in any stage of EAE, while high TNFα levels were found at day 16 in wild-type mice. Further investigation revealed an increased expression of FasR mRNA in leukocytes isolated from CNS of wild-type mice but not in MK2-/- mice, however in vitro stimulation of MK2-/- splenocytes with rmTNFα induced the expression of FasR. In addition, immunocomplexes between the apoptosis inhibitor cFlip and the FasR adapter molecule FADD were only detected in splenocytes of MK2-/- mice at day 24 after EAE induction. Moreover, the investigation of blood samples from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients revealed reduced FasR mRNA expression compared to healthy controls. Taken together, our data suggest that MK2 is a key regulatory inflammatory cytokines in EAE and multiple sclerosis. MK2-/- mice showed a lack of TNFα and thus might not undergo TNFα-induced up-regulation of FasR. This may prevent autoreactive leukocytes from apoptosis and may led to prolonged disease activity. The findings indicate a key role of MK2 and FasR in the regulation and limitation of the immune response in the CNS.
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- Silvia M. Tietz
- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
- Theodor-Kocher-Institute, Universtiy of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Child Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroimmunology Group, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Ashraf MI, Ebner M, Wallner C, Haller M, Khalid S, Schwelberger H, Koziel K, Enthammer M, Hermann M, Sickinger S, Soleiman A, Steger C, Vallant S, Sucher R, Brandacher G, Santer P, Dragun D, Troppmair J. A p38MAPK/MK2 signaling pathway leading to redox stress, cell death and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Cell Commun Signal 2014; 12:6. [PMID: 24423080 PMCID: PMC3896752 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-12-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Many diseases and pathological conditions are characterized by transient or constitutive overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are causal for ischemia/reperfusion (IR)-associated tissue injury (IRI), a major contributor to organ dysfunction or failure. Preventing IRI with antioxidants failed in the clinic, most likely due to the difficulty to timely and efficiently target them to the site of ROS production and action. IR is also characterized by changes in the activity of intracellular signaling molecules including the stress kinase p38MAPK. While ROS can cause the activation of p38MAPK, we recently obtained in vitro evidence that p38MAPK activation is responsible for elevated mitochondrial ROS levels, thus suggesting a role for p38MAPK upstream of ROS and their damaging effects. Results Here we identified p38MAPKα as the predominantly expressed isoform in HL-1 cardiomyocytes and siRNA-mediated knockdown demonstrated the pro-oxidant role of p38MAPKα signaling. Moreover, the knockout of the p38MAPK effector MAPKAP kinase 2 (MK2) reproduced the effect of inhibiting or knocking down p38MAPK. To translate these findings into a setting closer to the clinic a stringent kidney clamping model was used. p38MAPK activity increased upon reperfusion and p38MAPK inhibition by the inhibitor BIRB796 almost completely prevented severe functional impairment caused by IR. Histological and molecular analyses showed that protection resulted from decreased redox stress and apoptotic cell death. Conclusions These data highlight a novel and important mechanism for p38MAPK to cause IRI and suggest it as a potential therapeutic target for prevention of tissue injury.
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- Daniel Swarovski Research Laboratory, Department of Visceral, Transplant- and Thoracic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University (IMU), Innrain 66, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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Gurgis FMS, Ziaziaris W, Munoz L. Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase–Activated Protein Kinase 2 in Neuroinflammation, Heat Shock Protein 27 Phosphorylation, and Cell Cycle: Role and Targeting. Mol Pharmacol 2013; 85:345-56. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.113.090365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Neuropathology after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of both the immediate impact injury and secondary injury mechanisms. Unresolved post-traumatic glial activation is a secondary injury mechanism that contributes to a chronic state of neuroinflammation in both animal models of TBI and human head injury patients. We recently demonstrated, using in vitro models, that p38α MAPK signaling in microglia is a key event in promoting cytokine production in response to diverse disease-relevant stressors and subsequent inflammatory neuronal dysfunction. From these findings, we hypothesized that the p38α signaling pathway in microglia could be contributing to the secondary neuropathologic sequelae after a diffuse TBI. Mice where microglia were p38α-deficient (p38α KO) were protected against TBI-induced motor deficits and synaptic protein loss. In wild-type (WT) mice, diffuse TBI produced microglia morphological activation that lasted for at least 7 d; however, p38α KO mice failed to activate this response. Unexpectedly, we found that the peak of the early, acute phase cytokine and chemokine levels was increased in injured p38α KO mice compared with injured WT mice. The increased cytokine levels in the p38α KO mice could not be accounted for by more infiltration of macrophages or neutrophils, or increased astrogliosis. By 7 d after injury, the cytokine and chemokine levels remained elevated in injured WT mice but not in p38α KO mice. Together, these data suggest that p38α balances the inflammatory response by acutely attenuating the early proinflammatory cytokine surge while perpetuating the chronic microglia activation after TBI.
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Moens U, Kostenko S, Sveinbjørnsson B. The Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Activated Protein Kinases (MAPKAPKs) in Inflammation. Genes (Basel) 2013; 4:101-33. [PMID: 24705157 PMCID: PMC3899974 DOI: 10.3390/genes4020101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are implicated in several cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, cell survival, cell motility, metabolism, stress response and inflammation. MAPK pathways transmit and convert a plethora of extracellular signals by three consecutive phosphorylation events involving a MAPK kinase kinase, a MAPK kinase, and a MAPK. In turn MAPKs phosphorylate substrates, including other protein kinases referred to as MAPK-activated protein kinases (MAPKAPKs). Eleven mammalian MAPKAPKs have been identified: ribosomal-S6-kinases (RSK1-4), mitogen- and stress-activated kinases (MSK1-2), MAPK-interacting kinases (MNK1-2), MAPKAPK-2 (MK2), MAPKAPK-3 (MK3), and MAPKAPK-5 (MK5). The role of these MAPKAPKs in inflammation will be reviewed.
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- Ugo Moens
- Molecular Inflammation Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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- Molecular Inflammation Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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- Molecular Inflammation Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Shi GX, Andres DA, Cai W. Ras family small GTPase-mediated neuroprotective signaling in stroke. Cent Nerv Syst Agents Med Chem 2012; 11:114-37. [PMID: 21521171 DOI: 10.2174/187152411796011349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Selective neuronal cell death is one of the major causes of neuronal damage following stroke, and cerebral cells naturally mobilize diverse survival signaling pathways to protect against ischemia. Importantly, therapeutic strategies designed to improve endogenous anti-apoptotic signaling appear to hold great promise in stroke treatment. While a variety of complex mechanisms have been implicated in the pathogenesis of stroke, the overall mechanisms governing the balance between cell survival and death are not well-defined. Ras family small GTPases are activated following ischemic insults, and in turn, serve as intrinsic switches to regulate neuronal survival and regeneration. Their ability to integrate diverse intracellular signal transduction pathways makes them critical regulators and potential therapeutic targets for neuronal recovery after stroke. This article highlights the contribution of Ras family GTPases to neuroprotective signaling cascades, including mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family protein kinase- and AKT/PKB-dependent signaling pathways as well as the regulation of cAMP response element binding (CREB), Forkhead box O (FoxO) and hypoxiainducible factor 1(HIF1) transcription factors, in stroke.
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- Geng-Xian Shi
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 741 S. Limestone St., Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA.
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MAPK usage in periodontal disease progression. JOURNAL OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 2012; 2012:308943. [PMID: 22315682 PMCID: PMC3270463 DOI: 10.1155/2012/308943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In periodontal disease, host recognition of bacterial constituents, including lipopolysaccharide (LPS), induces p38 MAPK activation and subsequent inflammatory cytokine expression, favoring osteoclastogenesis and increased net bone resorption in the local periodontal environment. In this paper, we discuss evidence that the p38/MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 (MK2) signaling axis is needed for periodontal disease progression: an orally administered p38α inhibitor reduced the progression of experimental periodontal bone loss by reducing inflammation and cytokine expression. Subsequently, the significance of p38 signaling was confirmed with RNA interference to attenuate MK2-reduced cytokine expression and LPS-induced alveolar bone loss. MAPK phosphatase-1 (MKP-1), a negative regulator of MAPK activation, was also critical for periodontal disease progression. In MPK-1-deficient mice, p38-sustained activation increased osteoclast formation and bone loss, whereas MKP-1 overexpression dampened p38 signaling and subsequent cytokine expression. Finally, overexpression of the p38/MK2 target RNA-binding tristetraprolin (TTP) decreased mRNA stability of key inflammatory cytokines at the posttranscriptional level, thereby protecting against periodontal inflammation. Collectively, these studies highlight the importance of p38 MAPK signaling in immune cytokine production and periodontal disease progression.
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David S, Zarruk JG, Ghasemlou N. Inflammatory pathways in spinal cord injury. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2012; 106:127-52. [PMID: 23211462 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-407178-0.00006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Injury to the spinal cord results in direct damage to axons, neuronal cell bodies, and glia that cause functional loss below the site of injury. In addition, the injury also triggers an inflammatory response that contributes to secondary tissue damage that leads to further functional loss. Reducing inflammation after spinal cord injury (SCI) is therefore a worthy therapeutic goal. Inflammation in the injured spinal cord is a complex response that involves resident cells of the central nervous system as well as infiltrating immune cells, and is mediated by a variety of molecular pathways and signaling molecules. Here, we discuss approaches we have used to identify novel therapeutic targets to modulate the inflammatory response after SCI to reduce tissue damage and promote recovery. Effective treatments for SCI will likely require a combination of approaches to reduce inflammation and secondary damage with those that promote axon regeneration.
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- Samuel David
- Centre for Research in Neuroscience, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Muto A, Panitch A, Kim N, Park K, Komalavilas P, Brophy CM, Dardik A. Inhibition of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Activated Protein Kinase II with MMI-0100 reduces intimal hyperplasia ex vivo and in vivo. Vascul Pharmacol 2011; 56:47-55. [PMID: 22024359 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2011.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 07/06/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Vein graft intimal hyperplasia remains the leading cause of graft failure, despite many pharmacological approaches that have failed to translate to human therapy. We investigated whether local suppression of inflammation and fibrosis with MMI-0100, a novel peptide inhibitor of Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Activated Protein Kinase II (MK2), would be an alternative strategy to reduce cell proliferation and intimal hyperplasia. The cell permeant peptide MMI-0100 was synthesized using standard Fmoc chemistry. Pharmacological doses of MMI-0100 induced minimal human endothelial and smooth muscle cell proliferation (30% and 12% respectively). MMI-0100 suppressed IL-6 expression to control levels, without effect on IL-8 expression. MMI-0100 caused sodium nitroprusside induced smooth muscle cell relaxation and inhibited intimal thickening in human saphenous vein rings in a dose-dependent fashion. In a murine aortic bypass model, MMI-0100 reduced intimal thickness in vein grafts by 72%, and there were fewer F4/80-reactive cells in vein grafts treated with MMI-0100. MMI-0100 prevents vein graft intimal thickening ex vivo and in vivo. These results suggest that inhibition of MK2 with the cell-permeant peptide MMI-0100 may be a novel strategy to suppress fibrotic processes such as vein graft disease.
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- Akihito Muto
- Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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The p38 pathway has been at the center of interest for anti-inflammatory drug discovery for many years as it is crucial for the biosynthesis of TNF-α, IL-1β and other mediators. Most of the anti-inflammatory effects of p38 inhibition are mediated through MAPK-activated protein kinase-2 (MK2), a direct downstream target of p38, which makes MK2 a very interesting drug target. Within the last 5 years, several classes of low-molecular-weight MK2 inhibitors were disclosed in the patent and primary literature. Advanced compounds could be optimized to nanomolar potencies and inhibit TNF-α release, as well as the phosphorylation of the MK2 substrate heat-shock protein 27 in cellular assays. This article will review the recent progress in this field and will highlight and discuss the most promising compound series disclosed so far.
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) contributes to secondary damage after spinal cord injury. J Neurosci 2010; 30:13750-9. [PMID: 20943915 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2998-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The inflammatory response contributes importantly to secondary tissue damage and functional deficits after spinal cord injury (SCI). In this work, we identified mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAPK2 or MK2), a downstream substrate of p38 MAPK, as a potential target using microarray analysis of contused spinal cord tissue taken at the peak of the inflammatory response. There was increased expression and phosphorylation of MK2 after SCI, with phospho-MK2 expressed in microglia/macrophages, neurons and astrocytes. We examined the role of MK2 in spinal cord contusion injury using MK2(-/-) mice. These results show that locomotor recovery was significantly improved in MK2(-/-) mice, compared with wild-type controls. MK2(-/-) mice showed reduced neuron and myelin loss, and increased sparing of serotonergic fibers in the ventral horn caudal to the injury site. We also found differential expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and 9 in MK2(-/-) and wild-type mice after SCI. Significant reduction was also seen in the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and protein nitrosylation in the injured spinal cord of MK2(-/-) mice. Our previous work has shown that macrophages lacking MK2 have an anti-inflammatory phenotype. We now show that there is no difference in the number of macrophages in the injured spinal cord between the two mouse strains and little if any difference in their phagocytic capacity, suggesting that macrophages lacking MK2 have a beneficial phenotype. These findings suggest that a lack of MK2 can reduce tissue damage after SCI and improve locomotor recovery. MK2 may therefore be a useful target to treat acute SCI.
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KR-003048, a potent, orally active inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 632:93-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2009] [Revised: 12/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Radtke S, Wüller S, Yang XP, Lippok BE, Mütze B, Mais C, de Leur HSV, Bode JG, Gaestel M, Heinrich PC, Behrmann I, Schaper F, Hermanns HM. Cross-regulation of cytokine signalling: pro-inflammatory cytokines restrict IL-6 signalling through receptor internalisation and degradation. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:947-59. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.065326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The inflammatory response involves a complex interplay of different cytokines which act in an auto- or paracrine manner to induce the so-called acute phase response. Cytokines are known to crosstalk on multiple levels, for instance by regulating the mRNA stability of targeted cytokines through activation of the p38-MAPK pathway. In our study we discovered a new mechanism that answers the long-standing question how pro-inflammatory cytokines and environmental stress restrict immediate signalling of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokines. We show that p38, activated by IL-1β, TNFα or environmental stress, impairs IL-6-induced JAK/STAT signalling through phosphorylation of the common cytokine receptor subunit gp130 and its subsequent internalisation and degradation. We identify MK2 as the kinase that phosphorylates serine 782 in the cytoplasmic part of gp130. Consequently, inhibition of p38 or MK2, deletion of MK2 or mutation of crucial amino acids within the MK2 target site or the di-leucine internalisation motif blocks receptor depletion and restores IL-6-dependent STAT activation as well as gene induction. Hence, a novel negative crosstalk mechanism for cytokine signalling is described, where cytokine receptor turnover is regulated in trans by pro-inflammatory cytokines and stress stimuli to coordinate the inflammatory response.
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- Simone Radtke
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Department of Paediatrics, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Rudolf Virchow Center, DFG Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology, Medical School Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical School Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
- Rudolf Virchow Center, DFG Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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Maddahi A, Edvinsson L. Cerebral ischemia induces microvascular pro-inflammatory cytokine expression via the MEK/ERK pathway. J Neuroinflammation 2010; 7:14. [PMID: 20187933 PMCID: PMC2837637 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-7-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cerebral ischemia from middle cerebral artery wall (MCA) occlusion results in increased expression of cerebrovascular endothelin and angiotensin receptors and activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, as well as reduced local cerebral blood flow and increased levels of pro-inflammatory mediators in the infarct region. In this study, we hypothesised that inhibition of the cerebrovascular inflammatory reaction with a specific MEK1/2 inhibitor (U0126) to block transcription or a combined receptor blockade would reduce infarct size and improve neurological score. METHODS Rats were subjected to a 2-hours middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) followed by reperfusion for 48 hours. Two groups of treated animals were studied; (i) one group received intraperitoneal administration of a specific MEK1/2 inhibitor (U0126) starting at 0, 6, or 12 hours after the occlusion, and (ii) a second group received two specific receptor antagonists (a combination of the angiotensin AT1 receptor inhibitor Candesartan and the endothelin ETA receptor antagonist ZD1611), given immediately after occlusion. The middle cerebral arteries, microvessels and brain tissue were harvested; and the expressions of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1ss (IL-1ss), interleukin-6 (IL-6), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and phosphorylated ERK1/2, p38 and JNK were analysed using immunohistochemistry. RESULTS We observed an infarct volume of 25 +/- 2% of total brain volume, and reduced neurological function 2 days after MCAO followed by 48 hours of recirculation. Immunohistochemistry revealed enhanced expression of TNF-alpha, IL-1ss, IL-6 and iNOS, as well as elevated levels of phosphorylated ERK1/2 in smooth muscle cells of ischemic MCA and in associated intracerebral microvessels. U0126, given intraperitoneal at zero or 6 hours after the ischemic event, but not at 12 hours, reduced the infarct volume (11.7 +/- 2% and 15 +/- 3%, respectively), normalized pERK1/2, and prevented elevation of the expressions of TNF-alpha IL-1ss, IL-6 and iNOS. Combined inhibition of angiotensin AT1 and endothelin ETA receptors decreased the volume of brain damaged (12.3 +/- 3; P < 0.05) but only slightly reduced MCAO-induced enhanced expression of iNOS and cytokines CONCLUSION The present study shows elevated microvascular expression of TNF-alpha, IL-1ss, IL-6 and iNOS following focal ischemia, and shows that this expression is transcriptionally regulated via the MEK/ERK pathway.
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- Aida Maddahi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
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Gorog DA, Jabr RI, Tanno M, Sarafraz N, Clark JE, Fisher SG, Cao XB, Bellahcene M, Dighe K, Kabir AMN, Quinlan RA, Kato K, Gaestel M, Marber MS, Heads RJ. MAPKAPK-2 modulates p38-MAPK localization and small heat shock protein phosphorylation but does not mediate the injury associated with p38-MAPK activation during myocardial ischemia. Cell Stress Chaperones 2009; 14:477-89. [PMID: 19214782 PMCID: PMC2728281 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-009-0101-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Revised: 01/02/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2009] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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MAPKAPK-2 (MK2) is a protein kinase activated downstream of p38-MAPK which phosphorylates the small heat shock proteins HSP27 and alphaB crystallin and modulates p38-MAPK cellular distribution. p38-MAPK activation is thought to contribute to myocardial ischemic injury; therefore, we investigated MK2 effects on ischemic injury and p38 cellular localization using MK2-deficient mice (KO). Immunoblotting of extracts from Langendorff-perfused hearts subjected to aerobic perfusion or global ischemia or reperfusion showed that the total and phosphorylated p38 levels were significantly lower in MK2(-/-) compared to MK2(+/+) hearts at baseline, but the ratio of phosphorylated/total p38 was similar. These results were confirmed by cellular fractionation and immunoblotting for both cytosolic and nuclear compartments. Furthermore, HSP27 and alphaB crsytallin phosphorylation were reduced to baseline in MK2(-/-) hearts. On semiquantitative immunofluorescence laser confocal microscopy of hearts during aerobic perfusion, the mean total p38 fluorescence was significantly higher in the nuclear compared to extranuclear (cytoplasmic, sarcomeric, and sarcolemmal compartments) in MK2(+/+) hearts. However, although the increase in phosphorylated p38 fluorescence intensity in all compartments following ischemia in MK2(+/+) hearts was lost in MK2(-/-) hearts, it was basally elevated in nuclei of MK2(-/-) hearts and was similar to that seen during ischemia in MK2(+/+) hearts. Despite these differences, similar infarct volumes were recorded in wild-type MK2(+/+) and MK2(-/-) hearts, which were decreased by the p38 inhibitor SB203580 (1 microM) in both genotypes. In conclusion, p38 MAPK-induced myocardial ischemic injury is not modulated by MK2. However, the absence of MK2 perturbs the cellular distribution of p38. The preserved nuclear distribution of active p38 MAPK in MK2(-/-) hearts and the conserved response to SB203580 suggests that activation of p38 MAPK may contribute to injury independently of MK2.
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- Diana A. Gorog
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey Postgraduate Medical School, Daphne Jackson Road, Manor Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7WG UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Aichi, Japan
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical School Hanover, Hanover, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Cardiology, King’s College London School of Medicine, The Rayne Institute, St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, SE1 7EH UK
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Schottelius AJ, Zügel U, Döcke WD, Zollner TM, Röse L, Mengel A, Buchmann B, Becker A, Grütz G, Naundorf S, Friedrich A, Gaestel M, Asadullah K. The role of mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 in the p38/TNF-alpha pathway of systemic and cutaneous inflammation. J Invest Dermatol 2009; 130:481-91. [PMID: 19657354 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) is a downstream molecule of p38, involved in the production of TNF-alpha, a key cytokine, and an established drug target for many inflammatory diseases. We investigated the role of MK2 in skin inflammation to determine its drug target potential. MK2 deficiency significantly decreased plasma TNF-alpha levels after systemic endotoxin application. Deficient mice showed decreased skin edema formation in chronic 2-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced irritative dermatitis and in subacute 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB)-induced contact hypersensitivity. Surprisingly, MK2 deficiency did not inhibit edema formation in subacute 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB)-induced contact allergy and even increased TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels as well as granulocyte infiltration in diseased ears. Ear inflammation in this model, however, was inhibited by TNF-alpha neutralization as it was in the subacute DNFB model. MK2 deficiency also did not show anti-inflammatory effects in acute DNFB-induced contact hypersensitivity, whereas the p38 inhibitor, SB203580, ameliorated skin inflammation supporting a pathophysiological role of p38. When evaluating possible mechanisms, we found that TNF-alpha production in MK2-deficient spleen cells was strongly diminished after TLR stimulation but less affected after T-cell receptor stimulation. Our data suggest that MK2, in contrast to its downstream effector molecule, TNF-alpha, has a rather elusive role in T-cell-dependent cutaneous inflammation.
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Lovering F, Kirincich S, Wang W, Combs K, Resnick L, Sabalski JE, Butera J, Liu J, Parris K, Telliez J. Identification and SAR of squarate inhibitors of mitogen activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK-2). Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:3342-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chen J, Li C, Pei DS, Han D, Liu XM, Jiang HX, Wang XT, Guan QH, Wen XR, Hou XY, Zhang GY. GluR6-containing KA receptor mediates the activation of p38 MAP kinase in rat hippocampal CA1 region during brain ischemia injury. Hippocampus 2009; 19:79-89. [PMID: 18680160 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Our previous study showed that kainate (KA) receptor subunit GluR6 played an important role in ischemia-induced MLK3 and JNK activation and neuronal degeneration through the GluR6-PSD95-MLK3 signaling module. However, whether the KA receptors subunit GluR6 is involved in the activation of p38 MAP kinase during the transient brain ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in the rat hippocampal CA1 subfield is still unknown. In this present study, we first evaluated the time-course of phospho-p38 MAP kinase at various time-points after 15 min of ischemia and then observed the effects of antagonist of KA receptor subunit GluR6, GluR6 antisence oligodeoxynucleotides on the phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase induced by I/R. Results showed that inhibiting KA receptor GluR6 or suppressing the expression of KA receptor GluR6 could down-regulate the elevation of phospho-p38 MAP kinase induced by I/R. These drugs also reduced the phosphorylation of MLK3, MKK3/MKK6, MKK4, and MAPKAPK2. Additionally, our results indicated administration of three drugs, including p38 MAP kinase inhibitor before brain ischemia significantly decreased the number of TUNEL-positive cells detected at 3 days of reperfusion and increased the number of the surviving CA1 pyramidal cells at 5 days of reperfusion after 15 min of ischemia. Taken together, we suggest that GluR6-contained KA receptors can mediate p38 MAP kinase activation through a kinase cascade, including MLK3, MKK3/MKK6, and MKK4 and then induce increased phosphorylation of MAPKAPK-2 during ischemia injury and ultimately result in neuronal cell death in the rat hippocampal CA1 region.
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- Juan Chen
- Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease Bioinformation, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Duraisamy S, Bajpai M, Bughani U, Dastidar SG, Ray A, Chopra P. MK2: a novel molecular target for anti-inflammatory therapy. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2008; 12:921-36. [DOI: 10.1517/14728222.12.8.921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Wang X. Lipopolysaccharide augments venous and arterial thrombosis in the mouse. Thromb Res 2008; 123:355-60. [PMID: 18448153 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 02/11/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Animal models of diseases are essential for therapeutic target validation, drug discovery and development. Increasing evidence has demonstrated the importance of inflammation in thrombosis. Here, murine models of vena cava thrombosis and carotid arterial thrombosis augmented by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were established and characterized to study the association between inflammation and thrombosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Murine (C57BL/6 mice) models of ferric chloride (FeCl(3))-induced carotid arterial and vena cava thrombosis were established. Thrombus formation was measured indirectly by Doppler blood flow (i.e., clot functional interference with blood flow) in the arterial thrombosis model and directly by protein content of the clot in the venous thrombosis model. An optimal concentration of FeCl(3) was defined to induce thrombus formation and used to study the effects of LPS (i.e., a well-known inflammatory stimulus under these conditions). Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to examine the effect of LPS on TNFalpha and IL-1beta mRNA expression in thrombus formation. RESULTS Dose-dependent analysis demonstrated that 2 mg/kg, i.p., LPS provided a maximal prothrombotic effect in 2.5% ferric chloride-induced vena cava thrombosis, with a 60% increase in thrombus size (n=8, p<0.05) compared to vehicle treatment. In contrast, 2 mg/kg LPS had no significant effect on thrombus formation in a more severe, 3.5% FeCl(3)-induced vena cava thrombosis. A similar prothrombotic effect was observed for LPS in 2.5% FeCl(3)-induced carotid arterial thrombosis model. Treatment of 2 mg/kg LPS significantly augmented arterial thrombosis immediately (between 5-30 minutes) following FeCl(3) injury as assessed by change of Doppler blood flow (n=8, p<0.05). Real-time PCR demonstrated significant induction of TNFalpha and IL-1beta mRNA expression in the thrombus formation in the vessels in response to LPS challenge. CONCLUSION These data demonstrate that LPS augments thrombus formation in acute vascular injury and that LPS-augmented thrombosis might be a useful tool to study the relationship between inflammation and thrombosis.
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- Xinkang Wang
- Discovery Translational Medicine, Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
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Thomas T, Timmer M, Cesnulevicius K, Hitti E, Kotlyarov A, Gaestel M. MAPKAP kinase 2-deficiency prevents neurons from cell death by reducing neuroinflammation--relevance in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. J Neurochem 2008; 105:2039-52. [PMID: 18298661 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05310.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The inflammatory response in the brain is closely associated with the pathogenesis of degenerative neurological disorders. A role for the p38 stress-activated protein kinase/MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) axis in inflammation and apoptosis is well documented. Here, we provide evidence that neurodegeneration can be prevented by eliminating MK2. In primary mesencephalic neuron-glia co-cultures dopaminergic neurons from MK2-deficient (MK2-/-) mice were significantly more resistant to lipopolysaccharide-induced neurotoxicity compared with cells from wild-type mice. This neuroprotection in MK2-deficient cultures was associated with a reduced inflammatory response, especially with reduced production of the inflammatory mediators tumor necrosis factor alpha, keratinocyte-derived chemokine, interleukin-6, and nitric oxide (NO). Interestingly, in primary neuron-enriched cell cultures p38 MAPK, but not MK2, also participates in NO-mediated neuronal cell death. In the MPTP mouse model for Parkinson's disease, MK2-deficient mice show a reduced neuroinflammation and less degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra after MPTP lesion compared with wild-type mice. In conclusion, our results reveal that MK2 does not directly participate in neuronal cell death, but indirectly contributes to neurodegeneration by the production of neurotoxic substances, such as NO or tumor necrosis factor alpha, from activated glia cells.
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- Tobias Thomas
- Institute of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Quann EJ, Khwaja F, Djakiew D. The p38 MAPK pathway mediates aryl propionic acid induced messenger rna stability of p75 NTR in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Res 2008; 67:11402-10. [PMID: 18056468 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-1792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The p75(NTR) acts as a tumor suppressor in the prostate, but its expression is lost as prostate cancer progresses and is minimal in established prostate cancer cell lines such as PC-3, DU-145, and LNCaP. Previously, we showed that treatment with R-flurbiprofen or ibuprofen induced p75(NTR) expression in PC-3 and DU-145 cells leading to p75(NTR)-mediated decreased survival. Here, we investigate the mechanism by which these drugs induce p75(NTR) expression. We show that the observed increase in p75(NTR) protein due to R-flurbiprofen and ibuprofen treatment was accompanied by an increase in p75(NTR) mRNA, and this increase in mRNA was the result of increased mRNA stability and not by an up-regulation of transcription. In addition, we show that treatment with R-flurbiprofen or ibuprofen led to sustained activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. Furthermore, inhibition of the p38 MAPK pathway with the p38 MAPK-specific inhibitor SB202190 or by small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of p38 MAPK protein prevented induction of p75(NTR) by R-flurbiprofen and ibuprofen. We also observed that siRNA knockdown of MAPK-activated protein kinase (MK)-2 and MK3, the kinases downstream of p38 MAPK that are responsible for the mRNA stabilizing effects of the p38 MAPK pathway, also prevented an induction of p75(NTR) by R-flurbiprofen and ibuprofen. Finally, we identify the RNA stabilizing protein HuR and the posttranscriptional regulator eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E as two possible mechanisms by which the p38 MAPK pathway may increase p75(NTR) expression. Collectively, the data suggest that R-flurbiprofen and ibuprofen induce p75(NTR) expression by increased mRNA stability that is mediated through the p38 MAPK pathway.
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- Emily J Quann
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20057-1436, USA
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Shinozaki Y, Sato Y, Koizumi S, Ohno Y, Nagao T, Inoue K. Retinoic acids acting through retinoid receptors protect hippocampal neurons from oxygen-glucose deprivation-mediated cell death by inhibition of c-jun-N-terminal kinase and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. Neuroscience 2007; 147:153-63. [PMID: 17521827 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Revised: 04/16/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Retinoic acids (RAs), including all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and 9-cis retinoic acid (9-cis RA), play fundamental roles in a variety of physiological events in vertebrates, through their specific nuclear receptors: retinoic acid receptor (RAR) and retinoid X receptor (RXR). Despite the physiological importance of RA, their functional significance under pathological conditions is not well understood. We examined the effect of ATRA on oxygen/glucose-deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/Rep)-induced neuronal damage in cultured rat hippocampal slices, and found that ATRA significantly reduced neuronal death. The cytoprotective effect of ATRA was observed not only in cornu ammonis (CA) 1 but also in CA2 and dentate gyrus (DG), and was attenuated by selective antagonists for RAR or RXR. By contrast, in the CA3 region, no protective effects of ATRA were observed. The OGD/Rep also increased phosphorylated forms of c-jun-N-terminal kinase (P-JNK) and p38 (P-p38) in hippocampus, and specific inhibitors for these kinases protected neurons. ATRA prevented the increases in P-JNK and P-p38 after OGD/Rep, as well as the decrease in NeuN and its shrinkage, all of which were inhibited by antagonists for RAR or RXR. These findings suggest that the ATRA signaling via retinoid receptors results in the inhibition of JNK and p38 activation, leading to the protection of neurons against OGD/Rep-induced damage in the rat hippocampus.
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- Y Shinozaki
- Division of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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Simi A, Lerouet D, Pinteaux E, Brough D. Mechanisms of regulation for interleukin-1beta in neurodegenerative disease. Neuropharmacology 2007; 52:1563-9. [PMID: 17428507 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2007.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2007] [Revised: 02/27/2007] [Accepted: 02/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The interleukin-1 family of cytokines are central to the pathology of acute and chronic diseases of the central nervous system. We describe current evidence on the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of interleukin-1beta production, secretion and activity in the brain. Regarding the induction of protein synthesis, the possible involvement of Toll like receptor-4 is discussed including evidence that ischemic brain damage is reduced in Toll like receptor-4 knockout mice. The post-translational involvement of the P2X7-receptor and caspase-1 in the processing and release of active IL-1beta is also considered, as is evidence suggesting a possible extracellular cleavage of pro-IL-1beta by neutrophil derived proteases. We provide some fresh perspectives on how interleukin-1beta may be regulated and how these mechanisms could be targeted in disease.
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- Anastasia Simi
- Faculty of Life Sciences, C.2210 Michael Smith Building, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Gerits N, Kostenko S, Moens U. In vivo functions of mitogen-activated protein kinases: conclusions from knock-in and knock-out mice. Transgenic Res 2007; 16:281-314. [PMID: 17219248 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-006-9052-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Multicellular organisms achieve intercellular communication by means of signalling molecules whose effect on the target cell is mediated by signal transduction pathways. Such pathways relay, amplify and integrate signals to elicit appropriate biological responses. Protein kinases form crucial intermediate components of numerous signalling pathways. One group of protein kinases, the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAP kinases) are kinases involved in signalling pathways that respond primarily to mitogens and stress stimuli. In vitro studies revealed that the MAP kinases are implicated in several cellular processes, including cell division, differentiation, cell survival/apoptosis, gene expression, motility and metabolism. As such, dysfunction of specific MAP kinases is associated with diseases such as cancer and immunological disorders. However, the genuine in vivo functions of many MAP kinases remain elusive. Genetically modified mouse models deficient in a specific MAP kinase or expressing a constitutive active or a dominant negative variant of a particular MAP kinase offer valuable tools for elucidating the biological role of these protein kinases. In this review, we focus on the current status of MAP kinase knock-in and knock-out mouse models and their phenotypes. Moreover, examples of the application of MAP kinase transgenic mice for validating therapeutic properties of specific MAP kinase inhibitors, and for investigating the role of MAP kinase in pathogen-host interactions will be discussed.
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- Nancy Gerits
- Department of Microbiology and Virology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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Wang X. Investigational anti-inflammatory agents for the treatment of ischaemic brain injury. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2006; 14:393-409. [PMID: 15882116 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.14.4.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability in Western countries. To date, only approximately 2% of stroke patients are eligible for thrombolysis treatment with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. The very limited options available for stroke treatment and recent disappointing clinical trials in stroke call for novel therapeutic approaches. Inflammation represents one of the key pathophysiological mechanisms for the progression of ischaemic stroke. Recent advances in preclinical models of stroke using investigational small molecular antagonists, neutralising antibodies/proteins or genetically altered gene functions against various inflammatory mediators suggest a great therapeutic potential of anti-inflammation for ischaemic stroke. The scope of the present review is to update the evidence for a role of inflammatory pathways in stroke and to summarise the investigational drugs currently available both in preclinical and clinical development for potential treatment of ischaemic stroke.
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- Xinkang Wang
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Discovery Biology, 311 Pennington-Rocky Hill Road, Pennington, NJ 08534, USA.
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Culbert AA, Skaper SD, Howlett DR, Evans NA, Facci L, Soden PE, Seymour ZM, Guillot F, Gaestel M, Richardson JC. MAPK-activated Protein Kinase 2 Deficiency in Microglia Inhibits Pro-inflammatory Mediator Release and Resultant Neurotoxicity. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:23658-67. [PMID: 16774924 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513646200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAP K2 or MK2) is one of several kinases directly regulated by p38 MAPK. A role for p38 MAPK in the pathology of Alzheimer disease (AD) has previously been suggested. Here, we provide evidence to suggest that MK2 also plays a role in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative pathology of relevance to AD. MK2 activation and expression were increased in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) + interferon gamma-stimulated microglial cells, implicating a role for MK2 in eliciting a pro-inflammatory response. Microglia cultured ex vivo from MK2-deficient (MK2-/-) mice demonstrated significant inhibition in release of tumor necrosis factor alpha, KC (mouse chemokine with highest sequence identity to human GROs and interleukin-8), and macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha on stimulation with LPS + interferon gamma or amyloid-beta peptide (1-42) compared with MK2+/+ wild-type microglia. Consistent with an inhibition in pro-inflammatory mediator release, cortical neurons co-cultured with LPS + interferon gamma-stimulated or amyloid-beta peptide (1-42)-stimulated MK2-/- microglia were protected from microglial-mediated neuronal cell toxicity. In a transgenic mouse model of AD in which amyloid precursor protein and presenilin-1 harboring familial AD mutations are overexpressed in specific regions of the brain, elevated activation and expression of MK2 correlated with beta-amyloid deposition, microglial activation, and up-regulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha, and KC gene expression in the same brain regions. Our data propose a role for MK2 in AD brain pathology, for which neuroinflammation involving cytokines and chemokines and overt neuronal loss have been documented.
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- Ainsley A Culbert
- Neurology & GI Centre of Excellence for Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development Limited, New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue, Harlow CM19 5AW, Essex, United Kingdom.
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Johansen C, Funding AT, Otkjaer K, Kragballe K, Jensen UB, Madsen M, Binderup L, Skak-Nielsen T, Fjording MS, Iversen L. Protein Expression of TNF-α in Psoriatic Skin Is Regulated at a Posttranscriptional Level by MAPK-Activated Protein Kinase 2. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:1431-8. [PMID: 16424170 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.3.1431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Alterations in specific signal transduction pathways may explain the increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines seen in inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis. We reveal increased TNF-alpha protein expression, but similar TNF-alpha mRNA levels, in lesional compared with nonlesional psoriatic skin, demonstrating for the first time that TNF-alpha expression in lesional psoriatic skin is regulated posttranscriptionally. Increased levels of activated MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) together with increased MK2 kinase activity were found in lesional compared with nonlesional psoriatic skin. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that activated MK2 was located in the basal layers of the psoriatic epidermis, whereas no positive staining was seen in nonlesional psoriatic skin. In vitro experiments demonstrated that both anisomycin and IL-1beta caused a significant activation of p38 MAPK and MK2 in cultured normal human keratinocytes. In addition, TNF-alpha protein levels were significantly up-regulated in keratinocytes stimulated with anisomycin or IL-1beta. This increase in TNF-alpha protein expression was completely blocked by the p38 inhibitor, SB202190. Transfection of cultured keratinocytes with MK2-specific small interfering RNA led to a significant decrease in MK2 expression and a subsequent significant reduction in the protein expression of the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha, IL-6, and IL-8, whereas no change in the expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 was seen. This is the first time that MK2 expression and activity have been investigated in an inflammatory disease such as psoriasis. The results strongly suggest that increased activation of MK2 is responsible for the elevated and posttranscriptionally regulated TNF-alpha protein expression in psoriatic skin, making MK2 a potential target in the treatment of psoriasis.
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- Claus Johansen
- Department of Dermatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Endogenous tolerance to cerebral ischemia is nature's strategy for neuroprotection. Exploring the physiologic and molecular mechanism of this phenomenon may give us new means of protection against ischemia and other degenerative disorders. This article reviews the currently available experimental methods to induce ischemic tolerance in the brain and gives a brief summary of the potential mode of action.
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- K J Kapinya
- Department of Experimental Neurology, Medical Faculty Charité, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
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Clausen BH, Lambertsen KL, Meldgaard M, Finsen B. A quantitative in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction study of microglial-macrophage expression of interleukin-1beta mRNA following permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in mice. Neuroscience 2005; 132:879-92. [PMID: 15857694 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2004] [Revised: 12/22/2004] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) is known to play a central role in ischemia-induced brain damage in rodents. In comparison to the rat, however, the available data on the cellular synthesis of IL-1beta mRNA and protein in the mouse are very limited. Here, we report on the time profile, the topography and the quantitative, cellular expression of IL-1beta mRNA in mice subjected to permanent occlusion of the distal middle cerebral artery (MCA). The in situ hybridization analysis showed that IL-1beta mRNA was expressed during the first post-surgical hour in a small number of high-expressing macrophage-like cells, located in cortical layers I and II of the future infarct. At 2 h, a significant number of faintly labeled IL-1beta mRNA-expressing cells had appeared in the developing peri-infarct, and the number remained constant at 4 h and 6 h, when the hybridization signal began to distribute to the cellular processes. Quantitative PCR performed on whole hemispheres showed a significant 20-fold increase in the relative level of IL-1beta mRNA at 12 h and a highly significant 42-fold increase at 24 h, at which time single IL-1beta mRNA-expressing cells were supplemented by aggregates and perivascular infiltrates of intensely labeled IL-1beta mRNA-expressing cells. Immunohistochemistry and double immunohistochemical stainings in addition to combined in situ hybridization, confirmed that the intensely labeled IL-1beta mRNA-expressing and IL-1beta protein synthesizing cells predominantly were glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunonegative, macrophage associated antigen-1-immunopositive microglia-macrophages. By day 5 there was a dramatic decline in the relative level of IL-1beta mRNA in the ischemic hemisphere. In summary, the data provide evidence that permanent occlusion of the distal MCA in mice results in expression of IL-1beta mRNA and IL-1beta synthesis in spatially and temporally segregated subpopulations of microglia and macrophages.
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- B H Clausen
- Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Vician LJ, Xu G, Liu W, Feldman JD, Machado HB, Herschman HR. MAPKAP kinase-2 is a primary response gene induced by depolarization in PC12 cells and in brain. J Neurosci Res 2005; 78:315-28. [PMID: 15389839 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Using a combination of targeted differential display for induced protein kinases and differential library screening, we identified mitogen-activated protein kinase activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAPK2), as a primary response gene whose transcription is stimulated by membrane depolarization and by forskolin in rat PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. MAPKAPK3 was neither induced nor repressed by similar treatments. The increase in MAPKAPK2 mRNA is preceded by an increase in a MAPKAPK2 intron-containing RNA precursor, indicating that the increase in message is due at least in part to increased transcription. The open reading frame of full-length rat MAPKAPK2 cDNA is 99% identical to mouse MAPKAPK2 and 92% identical to human MAPKAPK2. The human MAPKAPK2 predicted protein contains 14 additional amino acids in the proline-rich N-terminal domain, when compared to murine and rat MAPKAPK2 predicted proteins. The MAPKAPK2 form found in PC12 cells corresponds to variant 2 in the human; this ortholog carries a nuclear translocation signal near its C-terminus. MAPKAPK2 message is also induced in the dentate gyrus, CA1, and CA3 of the rat hippocampus between 2-4 hr after the onset of kainic acid-induced seizures.
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- Linda J Vician
- Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA
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Roux PP, Blenis J. ERK and p38 MAPK-activated protein kinases: a family of protein kinases with diverse biological functions. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2004; 68:320-44. [PMID: 15187187 PMCID: PMC419926 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.68.2.320-344.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1800] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Conserved signaling pathways that activate the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are involved in relaying extracellular stimulations to intracellular responses. The MAPKs coordinately regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, motility, and survival, which are functions also known to be mediated by members of a growing family of MAPK-activated protein kinases (MKs; formerly known as MAPKAP kinases). The MKs are related serine/threonine kinases that respond to mitogenic and stress stimuli through proline-directed phosphorylation and activation of the kinase domain by extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 and p38 MAPKs. There are currently 11 vertebrate MKs in five subfamilies based on primary sequence homology: the ribosomal S6 kinases, the mitogen- and stress-activated kinases, the MAPK-interacting kinases, MAPK-activated protein kinases 2 and 3, and MK5. In the last 5 years, several MK substrates have been identified, which has helped tremendously to identify the biological role of the members of this family. Together with data from the study of MK-knockout mice, the identities of the MK substrates indicate that they play important roles in diverse biological processes, including mRNA translation, cell proliferation and survival, and the nuclear genomic response to mitogens and cellular stresses. In this article, we review the existing data on the MKs and discuss their physiological functions based on recent discoveries.
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- Philippe P Roux
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Dong J, Ramachandiran S, Tikoo K, Jia Z, Lau SS, Monks TJ. EGFR-independent activation of p38 MAPK and EGFR-dependent activation of ERK1/2 are required for ROS-induced renal cell death. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 287:F1049-58. [PMID: 15226155 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00132.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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2,3,5-Tris-(glutathion-S-yl)hydroquinone (TGHQ), a reactive metabolite of the nephrotoxicant hydroquinone, induces the ROS-dependent activation of MAPKs, followed by histone H3 phosphorylation and oncotic cell death in renal proximal tubule epithelial cells (LLC-PK(1)). Cell death and histone H3 phosphorylation are attenuated by pharmacological inhibition of p38 MAPK or ERK1/2 pathways. Because TGHQ, but not epidermal growth factor (EGF), induces histone H3 phosphorylation and cell death in LLC-PK(1) cells, we hypothesized that there are differences in the mechanisms by which TGHQ and EGF induce activation of the EGF receptor (EGFR). We therefore compared the relative ability of TGHQ, H(2)O(2), and EGF to activate EGFR and MAPKs and found that p38 MAPK activation is EGFR independent, whereas ERK1/2 activation occurs mainly through EGFR activation. TGHQ, H(2)O(2), and EGF induce different EGFR tyrosine phosphorylation profiles that likely influence the subsequent differential kinetics of MAPK activation. We next transfected LLC-PK(1) cells with a dominant negative p38 MAPK-expressing plasmid (pcDNA3-DNp38). TGHQ failed to induce phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and its substrate, MK-2, in pcDNA3-DNp38-transfected cells, indicating loss of function of p38 MAPK. In untransfected, pcDNA3 or pcDNA3-p38 (native)-transfected LLC-PK(1) cells, Hsp27 was intensively phosphorylated after TGHQ treatment, whereas in pcDNA3-DNp38-transfected cells, TGHQ failed to induce Hsp27 phosphorylation. Thus EGFR-independent p38 MAPK and EGFR-dependent ERK1/2 activation by TGHQ lead to the activation of two downstream signaling factors, i.e., histone H3 and Hsp27 phosphorylation, which have in common the potential ability to remodel chromatin.
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- Jing Dong
- Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85721, 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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Yannoni YM, Gaestel M, Lin LL. P66ShcAinteracts with MAPKAP kinase 2 and regulates its activity. FEBS Lett 2004; 564:205-11. [PMID: 15094067 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00351-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2004] [Revised: 02/29/2004] [Accepted: 03/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Three mitogen activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAP kinase 2, MK2) interacting proteins were identified using a yeast two-hybrid approach. ShcA, a signaling phospho-protein, human polyhomeotic 2 (HPH2), a transcriptional regulator, and highly similar to smoothelin (HSTS), which is related to the cytoskeletal associated protein smoothelin, interact specifically with MK2. The interaction of MK2 with the 66 kDa isoform of ShcA, p66(ShcA), and HPH2 was confirmed using co-immunoprecipitation. MK2 is activated with p66(ShcA) co-expression and p66(ShcA) is an in vitro substrate for MK2, further demonstrating their association and suggesting a biological role for p66(Shc) in MK2 activation.
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- Yvonne M Yannoni
- Department of Inflammation, Wyeth Research, 200 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140-2311, USA.
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Shi Y, Kotlyarov A, Laabeta K, Gruber AD, Butt E, Marcus K, Meyer HE, Friedrich A, Volk HD, Gaestel M. Elimination of protein kinase MK5/PRAK activity by targeted homologous recombination. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:7732-41. [PMID: 14560018 PMCID: PMC207624 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.21.7732-7741.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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MK5 (mitogen-activated protein kinase [MAPK]-activated protein kinase 5), also designated PRAK (p38-regulated and -activated kinase), was deleted from mice by homologous recombination. Although no MK5 full-length protein and kinase activity was detected in the MK5 knockout mice, the animals were viable and fertile and did not display abnormalities in tissue morphology or behavior. In addition, these mice did not show increased resistance to endotoxic shock or decreased lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine production. Hence, MK5 deletion resulted in a phenotype very different from the complex inflammation-impaired phenotype of mice deficient in MK2, although MK2 and MK5 exhibit evolutional, structural, and apparent extensive functional similarities. To explain this discrepancy, we used wild-type cells and embryonic fibroblasts from both MK2 and MK5 knockout mice as controls to reexamine the mechanism of activation, the interaction with endogenous p38 MAPK, and the substrate specificity of both enzymes. In contrast to MK2, which shows interaction with and chaperoning properties for p38 MAPK and which is activated by extracellular stresses such as arsenite or sorbitol treatment, endogenous MK5 did not show these properties. Furthermore, endogenous MK5 is not able to phosphorylate Hsp27 in vitro and in vivo. We conclude that the differences between the phenotypes of MK5- and MK2-deficient mice result from clearly different functional properties of both enzymes.
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- Yu Shi
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical School Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Shi Y, Kotlyarov A, Laabeta K, Gruber AD, Butt E, Marcus K, Meyer HE, Friedrich A, Volk HD, Gaestel M. Elimination of protein kinase MK5/PRAK activity by targeted homologous recombination. Mol Cell Biol 2003. [PMID: 14560018 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.21.7732-774.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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MK5 (mitogen-activated protein kinase [MAPK]-activated protein kinase 5), also designated PRAK (p38-regulated and -activated kinase), was deleted from mice by homologous recombination. Although no MK5 full-length protein and kinase activity was detected in the MK5 knockout mice, the animals were viable and fertile and did not display abnormalities in tissue morphology or behavior. In addition, these mice did not show increased resistance to endotoxic shock or decreased lipopolysaccharide-induced cytokine production. Hence, MK5 deletion resulted in a phenotype very different from the complex inflammation-impaired phenotype of mice deficient in MK2, although MK2 and MK5 exhibit evolutional, structural, and apparent extensive functional similarities. To explain this discrepancy, we used wild-type cells and embryonic fibroblasts from both MK2 and MK5 knockout mice as controls to reexamine the mechanism of activation, the interaction with endogenous p38 MAPK, and the substrate specificity of both enzymes. In contrast to MK2, which shows interaction with and chaperoning properties for p38 MAPK and which is activated by extracellular stresses such as arsenite or sorbitol treatment, endogenous MK5 did not show these properties. Furthermore, endogenous MK5 is not able to phosphorylate Hsp27 in vitro and in vivo. We conclude that the differences between the phenotypes of MK5- and MK2-deficient mice result from clearly different functional properties of both enzymes.
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- Yu Shi
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical School Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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