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Kumar R, Chhikara BS, Er Zeybekler S, Gupta DS, Kaur G, Chhillar M, Aggarwal AK, Rahdar A. Nanotoxicity of multifunctional stoichiometric cobalt oxide nanoparticles (SCoONPs) with repercussions toward apoptosis, necrosis, and cancer necrosis factor (TNF-α) at nano-biointerfaces. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2023; 12:716-740. [PMID: 37915472 PMCID: PMC10615831 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfad086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Introduction Apoptosis, necrosis, and cancer necrosis factor (TNF-a) are all impacted by the nanotoxicity of multifunctional stoichiometric cobalt oxide nanoparticles (SCoONPs) at nano-biointerfaces. The creation of multi-functional nanoparticles has had a considerable impact on the transport of drugs and genes, nanotheranostics (in-vivo imaging, concurrent diagnostics), interventions for external healing, the creation of nano-bio interfaces, and the instigation of desired changes in nanotherapeutics. Objectives The quantitative structure-activity relationships, chemical transformations, biological interactions as well as toxicological analyses are considered as main objectives. Discrete dimensions of SCoNPs-cell interaction interfaces, their characteristic physical features (size, shape, shell structure, and surface chemistry), impact on cell proliferation and differentiation are the key factors responsible for nanotoxicity. Methods The development of multi-functional nanoparticles has been significant in drug/gene delivery, nanotheranostics (in-vivo imaging, coinciding diagnostics), and external healing interventions, designing a nano-bio interface, as well as inciting desired alterations in nanotherapeutics. Every so often, the cellular uptake of multi-functional cobalt [Co, CoO, Co2(CO)8 and Co3O4] nanoparticles (SCoONPs) influences cellular mechanics and initiates numerous repercussions (oxidative stress, DNA damage, cytogenotoxicity, and chromosomal damage) in pathways, including the generation of dysregulating factors involved in biochemical transformations. Results The concerns and influences of multifunctional SCoNPs on different cell mechanisms (mitochondria impermeability, hydrolysis of ATP, the concentration of Ca2+, impaired calcium clearance, defective autophagy, apoptosis, and necrosis), and interlinked properties (adhesion, motility, and internalization dynamics, role in toxicity, surface hydrophilic and hydrophobicity, biokinetics and biomimetic behaviors of biochemical reactions) have also been summarized. SCoONPs have received a lot of interest among the nanocarriers family because of its advantageous qualities such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, nontoxicity, and nonimmunogenicity. Conclusion Various applications, such as bio-imaging, cell labeling, gene delivery, enhanced chemical stability, and increased biocompatibility, concerning apoptosis, necrosis, and nano-bio interfaces, along with suitable examples. In this analysis, the multi-functional cobalt [Co, CoO, Co2(CO)8 and Co3O4] nanoparticles (SCoNPs) intricacies (cytogenotoxicity, clastogenicity, and immunomodulatory), nanotoxicity, and associated repercussions have been highlighted and explained.
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- Rajiv Kumar
- University of Delhi, Mall Road, New Delhi 110007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, Auchandi Road, Bawana, Delhi 110039, India
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Hastanesi 9/3A 35100 Bornova-Izmir 35100, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology, SPP School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s NMIMS, V.L. Mehta Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400056, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, SPP School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s NMIMS, V.L. Mehta Road, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai 400056, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, Ring Road, Raja Garden, New Delhi 110027, India
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zabol, Sistan va Baluchestan, Zabol 538-98615, Iran
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You Y, Li J, Chen L, Wang M, Dong X, Yan L, Zhang A, Zhao F. Photothermal Killing of A549 Cells and Autophagy Induction by Bismuth Selenide Particles. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:3373. [PMID: 34207060 PMCID: PMC8233872 DOI: 10.3390/ma14123373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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With a highly efficient optical absorption capability, bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3) can be used as an outstanding photothermal agent for anti-tumor treatment and shows promise in the field of nanotechnology-based biomedicine. However, little research has been completed on the relevant mechanism underlying the photothermal killing effect of Bi2Se3. Herein, the photothermal effects of Bi2Se3 particles on A549 cells were explored with emphasis put on autophagy. First, we characterized the structure and physicochemical property of the synthesized Bi2Se3 and confirmed their excellent photothermal conversion efficiency (35.72%), photostability, biocompatibility and ability of photothermal killing on A549 cells. Enhanced autophagy was detected in Bi2Se3-exposed cells under an 808 nm laser. Consistently, an elevated expression ratio of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II (LC3-II) to LC3-I, a marker of autophagy occurrence, was induced in Bi2Se3-exposed cells upon near infrared (NIR) irradiation. Meanwhile, the expression of cleaved-PARP was increased in the irradiated cells dependently on the exposure concentrations of Bi2Se3 particles. Pharmacological inhibition of autophagy by 3-methyladenine (3-MA) further strengthened the photothermal killing effect of Bi2Se3. Meanwhile, stress-related signaling pathways, including p38 and stress activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK), were activated, coupled with the attenuated PI3K/Akt signaling. Our study finds that autophagy and the activation of stress-related signaling pathways are involved in the photothermal killing of cancerous cells by Bi2Se3, which provides a more understanding of photothermal materials.
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- Yue You
- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, College of Pharmacy, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China;
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing 100049, China; (Y.Y.); (J.L.); (L.C.); (M.W.); (X.D.); (L.Y.)
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Kim J, Park M, Choi J, Singh DK, Kwon HJ, Kim SH, Kim I. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2019; 29:1350-1356. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cheng YC, Hueng DY, Huang HY, Chen JY, Chen Y. Magnolol and honokiol exert a synergistic anti-tumor effect through autophagy and apoptosis in human glioblastomas. Oncotarget 2018; 7:29116-30. [PMID: 27074557 PMCID: PMC5045382 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant brain tumor associated with a high mortality rate. The aim of this study is to investigate the synergistic effects of honokiol (Hono) and magnolol (Mag), extracted from Magnolia officinalis, on cytotoxicity and inhibition of human GBM tumor progression in cellular and animal models. In comparison with Hono or Mag alone, co-treatment with Hono and Mag (Hono-Mag) decreased cyclin A, D1 and cyclin-dependent kinase 2, 4, 6 significantly, leading to cell cycle arrest in U87MG and LN229 human glioma cells. In addition, phosphorylated phosphoinositide 3-kinase (p-PI3K), p-Akt, and Ki67 were decreased after Hono-Mag treatment, showing proliferation inhibition. Hono-Mag treatment also reduced p-p38 and p-JNK but elevated p-ERK expression. Besides, Hono-Mag treatment induced autophagy and intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis. Both ERK and autophagy inhibitors enhanced Hono-Mag-induced apoptosis in LN229 cells, indicating a rescuer role of ERK. In human GBM orthotopic xenograft model, the Hono-Mag treatment inhibited the tumor progression and induced apoptosis more efficiently than Temozolomide, Hono, or Mag group. In conclusion, the Hono-Mag exerts a synergistic anti-tumor effect by inhibiting cell proliferation and inducing autophagy and apoptosis in human GBM cells. The Hono-Mag may be applied as an adjuvant therapy to improve the therapeutic efficacy of GBM treatment.
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- Yu-Chen Cheng
- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Biochemistry, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yuan Y, Cao P, Smith MA, Kramp K, Huang Y, Hisamoto N, Matsumoto K, Hatzoglou M, Jin H, Feng Z. Dysregulated LRRK2 signaling in response to endoplasmic reticulum stress leads to dopaminergic neuron degeneration in C. elegans. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22354. [PMID: 21857923 PMCID: PMC3153934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mutation of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is the leading genetic cause of Parkinson's Disease (PD), manifested as age-dependent dopaminergic neurodegeneration, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Multiple roles of LRRK2 may contribute to dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has also been linked to PD pathogenesis, but its interactive mechanism with PD genetic factors is largely unknown. Here, we used C. elegans, human neuroblastoma cells and murine cortical neurons to determine the role of LRRK2 in maintaining dopaminergic neuron viability. We found that LRRK2 acts to protect neuroblastoma cells and C. elegans dopaminergic neurons from the toxicity of 6-hydroxydopamine and/or human α-synuclein, possibly through the p38 pathway, by supporting upregulation of GRP78, a key cell survival molecule during ER stress. A pathogenic LRRK2 mutant (G2019S), however, caused chronic p38 activation that led to death of murine neurons and age-related dopaminergic-specific neurodegeneration in nematodes. These observations establish a critical functional link between LRRK2 and ER stress.
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- Yiyuan Yuan
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya Solution-Oriented Research for Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Levin A, Hayouka Z, Friedler A, Loyter A. Over-expression of the HIV-1 Rev promotes death of nondividing eukaryotic cells. Virus Genes 2010; 40:341-6. [PMID: 20151187 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-010-0458-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Expression of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev protein is essential for completion of the viral life cycle. Rev mediates nuclear export of partially spliced and unspliced viral transcripts and therefore bears a nuclear localization signal (NLS) as well as a nuclear export signal (NES), which allow its nucleocytoplasmic shuttling. Attempts to express the wild-type Rev protein in eukaryotic human cultured cells have encountered difficulties and so far have failed. Here we show that accumulation of Rev, which occurs in nondividing Rev-expressing cells or when such cells reach confluency, results in death of these cells. Cell death was also promoted by addition of a cell permeable peptide bearing the Rev-NES sequence, but not by the Rev-NLS peptide. Our results probably indicate that binding of excess amounts of the Rev protein or the NES peptide to the exportin receptor CRM1 results in cells' death.
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- Aviad Levin
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Colston J, Horobin RW, Rashid-Doubell F, Pediani J, Johal KK. Why fluorescent probes for endoplasmic reticulum are selective: an experimental and QSAR-modelling study. Biotech Histochem 2009; 78:323-32. [PMID: 15473580 DOI: 10.1080/10520290310001646659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The basis of the selectivity of fluorochromes routinely used to visualize the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in live cells remains obscure. To clarify this, interactions of living cells with fluorochromes of varied physicochemical properties were analyzed experimentally and numerically using a quantitative structure activity relationship analysis (QSAR). Routine selective ER probes were found to be amphipathic, lipophilic cations with moderate-sized conjugated systems. The moderately lipophilic character permits probe uptake by passive diffusion without nonspecific accumulation in biomembranes. The moderately amphipathic character favors uptake into the ER, perhaps owing to its high concentration of zwitterionic lipid head-groups. The QSAR model rationalizes the impractical character of some ER probes mentioned in the literature, and could permit design of novel ER probes with different emission colors. The possibility of using the QSAR model as a tool to predict the accumulation of xenobiotics in the ER of living cells is illustrated by the localization of certain antipsychotic drugs in cultured cells.
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- J Colston
- Institute of Biomedical & Life Sciences, West Medical Building, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland.
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Cheng Y, Qiu F, Ye YC, Guo ZM, Tashiro SI, Onodera S, Ikejima T. Autophagy inhibits reactive oxygen species-mediated apoptosis via activating p38-nuclear factor-kappa B survival pathways in oridonin-treated murine fibrosarcoma L929 cells. FEBS J 2009; 276:1291-306. [PMID: 19187231 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Autophagy and apoptosis have been known to be interconnected positively or negatively; however, the molecular mechanisms mediating these two cellular processes are not fully understood. In the present study, we demonstrated that the exposure of L929 cells to oridonin led to intracellular reactive oxygen species generation, followed by lipid peroxidation, as well as decreases in superoxide dismutase and glutathione activities. The reactive oxygen species scavenger N-acetyl-cysteine resulted in the complete inhibition of oridonin-induced apoptosis and mitochondrial membrane potential collapse. We showed that reactive oxygen species triggered apoptosis by Bax translocation, cytochrome c release and extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation. Further data confirmed that oridonin also induced L929 cell autophagy, as demonstrated by extensive autophagic vacuolization and the punctuate distribution of monodansylcadaverine staining and GFP-LC3, as well as the LC3-II/LC3-I proportion and Beclin 1 activation. Subsequently, we found that inhibition of autophagy by 3-methyladenine or small interfering RNA against LC3 and Beclin 1 promoted oridonin-induced cell apoptosis. The effects of p38 and nuclear factor-kappa B in oridonin-induced apoptosis and autophagy were further examined. Interruption of p38 and nuclear factor-kappa B activation by specific inhibitors or small interfering RNAs promoted apoptosis and reactive oxygen species generation, but decreased autophagy. Moreover, we showed that inhibition of autophagy reduced oridonin-induced activation of p38. Additionally, nuclear factor-kappa B activation was inhibited by blocking the p38 pathway. Consequently, these findings indicate that oridonin-induced L929 cell apoptosis is regulated by reactive oxygen species-mediated signaling pathways, and that oridonin-induced autophagy may block apoptosis by up-regulating p38 and nuclear factor-kappa B activation.
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- Yan Cheng
- China-Japan Research Institute of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
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Alok A, Mukhopadhyay D, Karande AA. Glycodelin A, an immunomodulatory protein in the endometrium, inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in monocytic cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 41:1138-47. [PMID: 18996219 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glycodelin A (GdA), is a lipocalin with an immunomodulatory role, secreted by the endometrium under progesterone regulation and proposed to play a role in protecting the fetus from maternal immune attack. Glycodelin A has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of T cells and B cells and also on the activity of natural killer cells. We have earlier demonstrated that the inhibitory effect of glycodelin A on T cell proliferation is due to apoptosis induced in these cells through the caspase-dependent intrinsic mitochondrial pathway. Studies reported until now have shown that glycodelin modulates the adaptive immune responses. We, therefore, decided to look at its effect, if any, on the innate immune system. The effect of glycodelin on monocytes was studied using human monocytic cell lines, THP1 and U937, and primary human monocytes as model systems. We demonstrated that glycodelin inhibited the proliferation of THP1 and U937 and induced apoptosis in these cells as well as in primary monocytes. We found that this signaling was caspase-independent but followed the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. No effect of glycodelin was seen on the phagocytic ability of monocytes post-differentiation into macrophages. These observations suggest that, at the fetomaternal interface, glycodelin plays a protective role by deleting the monocytes that could become pro-inflammatory. Importantly, leaving the macrophages untouched to carry on with efficient clearance of the apoptotic cells.
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- Anshula Alok
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Shaw PJ, Ganey PE, Roth RA. Tumor necrosis factor alpha is a proximal mediator of synergistic hepatotoxicity from trovafloxacin/lipopolysaccharide coexposure. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008; 328:62-8. [PMID: 18820134 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.108.143792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The use of trovafloxacin (TVX), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, was severely restricted because of an association of TVX therapy with idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity in patients. The mechanisms underlying idiosyncratic toxicity are unknown; however, one hypothesis is that an inflammatory stress can render an individual sensitive to the drug. Previously, we reported that treatment of mice with TVX and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha-dependent liver injury, whereas TVX or LPS treatment alone was nontoxic. The goal of this study was to elucidate the role of TNFalpha in TVX/LPS-induced liver injury. TNF receptor (TNFR) 1 p55(-/-) and TNFR2 (p75(-/-)) mice were protected from hepatotoxicity caused by TVX/LPS coexposure, suggesting that TVX/LPS-induced liver injury requires both TNF receptors. TNFalpha inhibition using etanercept significantly reduced the TVX/LPS-induced increases in the plasma concentrations of several cytokines around the time of onset of liver injury. However, despite the reduction in chemokines, etanercept treatment did not affect the TVX/LPS-induced hepatic accumulation of neutrophils. In addition, etanercept treatment attenuated TVX/LPS induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and this was associated with a reduction in hepatic fibrin deposition. Mice treated with TVX and a nontoxic dose of TNFalpha also developed liver injury. In summary, TNFalpha acts through p55 and p75 receptors to precipitate an innocuous inflammatory cascade. TVX enhances this cascade, converting it into one that results in hepatocellular injury.
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- Patrick J Shaw
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Zalevsky J, Secher T, Ezhevsky SA, Janot L, Steed PM, O'Brien C, Eivazi A, Kung J, Nguyen DHT, Doberstein SK, Erard F, Ryffel B, Szymkowski DE. Dominant-negative inhibitors of soluble TNF attenuate experimental arthritis without suppressing innate immunity to infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:1872-83. [PMID: 17641054 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.3.1872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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TNF is a pleiotropic cytokine required for normal development and function of the immune system; however, TNF overexpression also induces inflammation and is associated with autoimmune diseases. TNF exists as both a soluble and a transmembrane protein. Genetic studies in mice have suggested that inflammation in disease models involves soluble TNF (solTNF) and that maintenance of innate immune function involves transmembrane TNF (tmTNF). These findings imply that selective pharmacologic inhibition of solTNF may be anti-inflammatory and yet preserve innate immunity to infection. To address this hypothesis, we now describe dominant-negative inhibitors of TNF (DN-TNFs) as a new class of biologics that selectively inhibits solTNF. DN-TNFs blocked solTNF activity in human and mouse cells, a human blood cytokine release assay, and two mouse arthritis models. In contrast, DN-TNFs neither inhibited the activity of human or mouse tmTNF nor suppressed innate immunity to Listeria infection in mice. These results establish DN-TNFs as the first selective inhibitors of solTNF, demonstrate that inflammation in mouse arthritis models is primarily driven by solTNF, and suggest that the maintenance of tmTNF activity may improve the therapeutic index of future anti-inflammatory agents.
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Aerbajinai W, Zhu J, Gao Z, Chin K, Rodgers GP. Thalidomide induces gamma-globin gene expression through increased reactive oxygen species-mediated p38 MAPK signaling and histone H4 acetylation in adult erythropoiesis. Blood 2007; 110:2864-71. [PMID: 17620452 PMCID: PMC2018668 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2007-01-065201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Although thalidomide has been shown to improve anemia in some patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and stimulates erythropoietin in patients with multiple myeloma, thalidomide's specific effects on gamma-globin gene expression during erythroid differentiation have not been studied. Here, we investigated the effects of thalidomide on gamma-globin gene expression and the involved signaling pathway using an ex vivo culture system of primary human CD34+ cells. We found that thalidomide induced gamma-globin mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner, but had no effect on beta-globin expression. We also demonstrated that intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels were increased by treatment with thalidomide for 48 hours (from day 3 to day 5). Western blot analysis demonstrated that thalidomide activated the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway in a time- and dose-dependent manner and increased histone H4 acetylation. Pretreatment of cells with the antioxidant enzyme catalase and the intracellular hydroxyl scavenger dimethylthiourea (DMTU) abrogated the thalidomide-induced p38 MAPK activation and histone H4 acetylation. Moreover, pretreatment with catalase and DMTU diminished thalidomide-induced gamma-globin gene expression. These data indicate that thalidomide induces increased expression of the gamma-globin gene via ROS-dependent activation of the p38 MAPK signaling pathway and histone H4 acetylation.
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- Wulin Aerbajinai
- Molecular and Clinical Hematology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2560, USA
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Panchal RG, Ruthel G, Brittingham KC, Lane D, Kenny TA, Gussio R, Lazo JS, Bavari S. Chemical Genetic Screening Identifies Critical Pathways in Anthrax Lethal Toxin-Induced Pathogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:245-55. [PMID: 17379140 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2006] [Revised: 12/28/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Anthrax lethal toxin (LT)-induced cell death via mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MAPKK) cleavage remains questionable. Here, a chemical genetics approach was used to investigate what pathways mediate LT-induced cell death. Several small molecules were found to protect macrophages from anthrax LT cytotoxicity and MAPKK from cleavage by lethal factor (LF), without inhibiting LF enzymatic activity or cellular proteasome activity. Interestingly, the compounds activated MAPK-signaling molecules, induced proinflammatory cytokine production, and inhibited LT-induced macrophage apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner. We propose that induction of antiapoptotic responses by MAPK-dependent or -independent pathways and activation of host innate responses may protect macrophages from anthrax LT-induced cell death. Altering host responses through a chemical genetics approach can help identify critical cellular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of anthrax and can be exploited to further explore host-pathogen interactions.
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- Rekha G Panchal
- Target Structure-Based Drug Discovery Group, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
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Tse AKW, Wan CK, Zhu GY, Shen XL, Cheung HY, Yang M, Fong WF. Magnolol suppresses NF-kappaB activation and NF-kappaB regulated gene expression through inhibition of IkappaB kinase activation. Mol Immunol 2007; 44:2647-58. [PMID: 17240450 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2006.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 12/10/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The mis-regulation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) signal pathway is involved in a variety of inflammatory diseases that leds to the production of inflammatory mediators. Our studies using human U937 promonocytes cells suggested that magnolol, a low molecular weight lignan isolated from the medicinal plant Magnolia officinalis, differentially down-regulated the pharmacologically induced expression of NF-kappaB-regulated inflammatory gene products MMP-9, IL-8, MCP-1, MIP-1alpha, TNF-alpha. Pre-treatment of magnolol blocked TNF-alpha-induced NF-kappaB activation in different cell types as evidenced by EMSA. Magnolol did not directly affect the binding of p65/p50 heterodimer to DNA. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated that magnolol inhibited the TNF-alpha-stimulated phosphorylation and degradation of the cytosolic NF-kappaB inhibitor IkappaBalpha and the effects were dose-dependent. Mechanistically, a non-radioactive IkappaB kinases (IKK) assay using immunoprecipitated IKKs protein demonstrated that magnolol inhibited both intrinsic and TNF-alpha-stimulated IKK activity, thus suggesting a critical role of magnolol in abrogating the phosphorylation and degradation of IkappaBalpha. The involvement of IKK was further verified in a HeLa cell NF-kappaB-dependent luciferase reporter system. In this system magnolol suppressed luciferase expression stimulated by TNF-alpha and by the transient transfection and expression of NIK (NF-kappaB-inducing kinase), wild type IKKbeta, constitutively active IKKalpha and IKKbeta, or the p65 subunit. Magnolol was also found to inhibit the nuclear translocation and phosphorylation of p65 subunit of NF-kappaB. In line with the observation that NF-kappaB activation may up-regulate anti-apoptotic genes, it was shown in U937 cells that magnolol enhanced TNF-alpha-induced apoptotic cell death. Our results suggest that magnolol or its derivatives may have potential anti-inflammatory actions through IKK inactivation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anfernee Kai-Wing Tse
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Apoptosis triggered by Rv1818c, a PE family gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is regulated by mitochondrial intermediates in T cells. Microbes Infect 2006; 9:271-81. [PMID: 17223373 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Revised: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ectopic expression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE-family gene Rv1818c, triggers apoptosis in the mammalian Jurkat T cells, which is blocked by anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. Although complete overlap is not observed, a considerable proportion of cellular pools of ectopically expressed Rv1818c localizes to mitochondria. However, recombinant Rv1818c does not trigger release of cytochrome c from isolated mitochondria even though Rv1818c protein induced apoptosis of Jurkat T cells. Apoptosis induced by Rv1818c is blocked by the broad-spectrum caspase inhibitory peptide zVAD-FMK. Unexpectedly, Rv1818c-induced apoptosis is not blocked in a Jurkat sub-clone deficient for caspase-8 (JI 9.2) or in cells where caspase-9 function is inhibited or expression of caspase-9 reduced by siRNA, arguing against a central role for these caspases in Rv1818c-induced apoptotic signaling. Depleting cellular pools of the mitochondrial protein Smac/DIABLO substantially reduces apoptosis consistent with mitochondrial involvement in this death pathway. We present evidence that Rv1818c-induced apoptosis is blocked by the co-transfection of an endogenous inhibitor of caspase activation, XIAP in T cells. Additionally, Rv1818c is released into extracellular environment via exosomes secreted by M. tuberculosis infected BM-DC's and macrophages. Furthermore, the extracellular Rv1818c protein can be detected in T cells co-cultured with infected BM-DC's. Taken together, these data suggest that Rv1818c-induced apoptotic signaling is likely regulated in part by the Smac-dependent activation of caspases in T cells.
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Zhang J, Bui TN, Xiang J, Lin A. Cyclic AMP inhibits p38 activation via CREB-induced dynein light chain. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:1223-34. [PMID: 16449637 PMCID: PMC1367190 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.26.4.1223-1234.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase p38 plays a critical role in inflammation, cell cycle progression, differentiation, and apoptosis. The activity of p38 is stimulated by a variety of extracellular stimuli, such as the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and subjected to regulation by other intracellular signaling pathways, including the cyclic AMP (cAMP) pathway. Yet the underlying mechanism by which cAMP inhibits p38 activation is unknown. Here we show that the induction of dynein light chain (DLC) by cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) is required for cAMP-mediated inhibition of p38 activation. cAMP inhibits p38 activation via the protein kinase A-CREB pathway. The inhibition is mediated by the CREB target gene Dlc, whose protein product, DLC, interferes with the formation of the MKK3/6-p38 complex, thereby suppressing p38 phosphorylation activation by MKK3/6. The inhibition of p38 activation by cAMP leads to suppression of NF-kappaB activity and promotion of apoptosis in response to TNF-alpha. Thus, our results identify DLC as a novel inhibitor of the p38 pathway and provide a molecular mechanism by which cAMP suppresses p38 activation and promotes apoptosis.
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- Jiyan Zhang
- Ben May Institute for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Tse AKW, Wan CK, Shen XL, Yang M, Fong WF. Honokiol inhibits TNF-α-stimulated NF-κB activation and NF-κB-regulated gene expression through suppression of IKK activation. Biochem Pharmacol 2005; 70:1443-57. [PMID: 16181613 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2005] [Revised: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Honokiol, a small molecular weight lignan originally isolated from Magnolia officinalis, shows anti-angiogenic, anti-invasive and anti-proliferative activities in a variety of cancers. In this study, we investigated whether honokiol affects the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) which controls a large number of genes involved in angiogenesis, metastasis and cell survival. We observed that the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced NF-kappaB activation was blocked by honokiol in four different cancer cell lines as evidenced by EMSA. Honokiol did not directly affect the NF-kappaB-DNA binding. Immunoblot experiments demonstrated that honokiol inhibited the TNF-alpha-stimulated phosphorylation and degradation of the cytosolic NF-kappaB inhibitor IkappaBalpha. Furthermore, honokiol suppressed the intrinsic and TNF-alpha-stimulated upstream IkappaB kinases (IKKs) activities measured by a non-radioactive kinase assay using immunoprecipitated IKKs, suggesting a critical role of honokiol in abrogating the phosphorylation and degradation of IkappaBalpha. In a HeLa cell NF-kappaB-dependent luciferase reporter system, honokiol suppressed luciferase expression stimulated by TNF-alpha and by the transient transfection and expression of NIK (NF-kappaB-inducing kinase), wild type IKKbeta, constitutively active IKKalpha and IKKbeta, or the p65 subunit. Honokiol was also found to inhibit the nuclear translocation and phosphorylation of p65 subunit of NF-kappaB. RT-PCR results showed that honokiol suppressed NF-kappaB-regulated inflammatory and carcinogenic gene products including MMP-9, TNF-alpha, IL-8, ICAM-1 and MCP-1. In line with the observation that NF-kappaB activation may up-regulate anti-apoptotic genes, it was shown that honokiol enhanced TNF-alpha-induced apoptotic cell death. In summary, our results demonstrate that honokiol suppresses NF-kappaB activation and NF-kappaB-regulated gene expression through the inhibition of IKKs, which provides a possible mechanism for its anti-tumor actions.
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- Anfernee Kai-Wing Tse
- Bioactive Products Research Group, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Murata-Ohsawa M, Tohda S, Kogoshi H, Sakano S, Nara N. The Notch ligand, Delta-1, alters retinoic acid (RA)-induced neutrophilic differentiation into monocytic and reduces RA-induced apoptosis in NB4 cells. Leuk Res 2005; 29:197-203. [PMID: 15607369 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2004.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2004] [Accepted: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Effects of Notch activation on retinoic acid (RA)-induced differentiation and apoptosis were investigated. NB4, an acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cell line, undergoes neutrophilic differentiation and apoptosis by RA. Notch activation induced by a recombinant Notch ligand, Delta-1, did not affect the growth by itself. Treatment with RA plus Delta-1 made part of NB4 cells monocyte-like shaped and reduced the apoptosis. Similar phenomenon was also observed in primary APL cells. RA treatment induced cleavage of caspase-8 and PARP in NB4. Delta-1 suppressed the RA-induced cleavage of them, which may be a possible mechanism through which Delta-1 suppressed the RA-induced apoptosis.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Caspase 8
- Caspases/drug effects
- Caspases/metabolism
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/physiology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Lineage/drug effects
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/metabolism
- Ligands
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/pharmacology
- Monocytes/physiology
- Neutrophils/cytology
- Neutrophils/drug effects
- Neutrophils/metabolism
- Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Notch
- Tretinoin/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tretinoin/metabolism
- Tretinoin/pharmacology
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- Mai Murata-Ohsawa
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Okada M, Sugita K, Inukai T, Goi K, Kagami K, Kawasaki K, Nakazawa S. Hepatocyte growth factor protects small airway epithelial cells from apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha or oxidative stress. Pediatr Res 2004; 56:336-44. [PMID: 15201405 DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000134255.58638.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Involvement of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in lung morphogenesis and regeneration has been established by in vitro and in vivo experiments in animals. In the present study, the protective activity of HGF against tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced damage of pulmonary epithelial cells was examined using the human small airway epithelial cell line (SAEC). Western blot analysis revealed that the receptor for HGF (c-Met) was highly expressed on the surface of SAEC and its downstream signal transduction pathway was functional. The SAEC was induced into apoptosis by the treatment with TNF-alpha or H2O2 in a dose-dependant manner, but was significantly rescued from apoptosis in the presence of HGF. The HGF effect was evident when added not only at the same time but also within several hours after treatment. This protective activity of HGF against the TNF-alpha- or H2O2-induced apoptosis was mediated, at least in part, by up-regulating the nuclear factor kappaB activity and an increase in the ratio of apoptosis-suppressing to apoptosis-inducing proteins. These results suggest that administration of HGF might exhibit a potent function in vivo for protection and improvement of acute and chronic lung injuries induced by inflammation and/or oxidative stress.
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- Michiyo Okada
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Tamaho, Nakakoma, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Ueda K, Kosako H, Fukui Y, Hattori S. Proteomic identification of Bcl2-associated athanogene 2 as a novel MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 substrate. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:41815-21. [PMID: 15271996 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m406049200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The p38 MAPK cascade is activated by various stresses or cytokines. Downstream of p38 MAPKs, there are diversification and extensive branching of signaling pathways. Fluorescent two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis of phosphoprotein-enriched samples from HeLa cells in which p38 MAPK activity was either suppressed or activated enabled us to detect approximately 90 candidate spots for factors involved in p38-dependent pathways. Among these candidates, here we identified four proteins including Bcl-2-associated athanogene 2 (BAG2) by peptide mass fingerprintings. BAG family proteins are highly conserved throughout eukaryotes and regulate Hsc/Hsp70-mediated molecular chaperone activities and apoptosis. The results of two-dimensional immunoblots suggested that the phosphorylation of BAG2 was specifically controlled in a p38 MAPK-dependent manner. Furthermore, BAG2 was directly phosphorylated at serine 20 in vitro by MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAP kinase 2), which is known as a primary substrate of p38 MAPK and mediates several p38 MAPK-dependent processes. We confirmed that MAPKAP kinase 2 is also required for phosphorylation of BAG2 in vivo. Thus, p38 MAPK-MAPKAP kinase 2-BAG2 phosphorylation cascade may be a novel signaling pathway for response to extracellular stresses.
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- Koji Ueda
- Division of Cellular Proteomics, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Schett G, Steiner CW, Xu Q, Smolen JS, Steiner G. TNFalpha mediates susceptibility to heat-induced apoptosis by protein phosphatase-mediated inhibition of the HSF1/hsp70 stress response. Cell Death Differ 2004; 10:1126-36. [PMID: 14502236 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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TNFalpha uniquely combines proinflammatory features with a proapoptotic potential. Activation of HSF1 followed by induction of hsp70 is part of a stress response, which protects cells from apoptosis. Herein, the effects of TNFalpha on the hsp70 stress response were investigated. TNFalpha caused transient downregulation of HSF1 activation and hsp70 synthesis, leading to increased sensitivity to heat-induced apoptosis. Blockade of TNF-R1, but not TNF-R2, as well as inhibition of protein phosphatases PP1/PP2a and PP2b completely blocked this effect. In contrast, blockade of MAPK/SAPK-, NF-kappaB (NF-kappaB)-, and PKC- pathways as well as the caspase cascade did not prevent downregulation of HSF1/hsp70. These data demonstrate that TNFalpha transiently inhibits the hsp70 stress response via TNF-R1 and activation of protein phosphatases. The price of inhibition of an essential cellular stress response is increased sensitivity to apoptotic cell death.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Annexin A5/analysis
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Blotting, Western
- Caspases/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Down-Regulation
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Flow Cytometry
- HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
- HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/pharmacology
- Heat Shock Transcription Factors
- Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
- Heat-Shock Response/drug effects
- Heat-Shock Response/physiology
- Hot Temperature
- Humans
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/physiology
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
- U937 Cells/drug effects
- U937 Cells/metabolism
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- G Schett
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Vienna, Austria.
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Weitsman GE, Ravid A, Liberman UA, Koren R. The role of p38 MAP kinase in the synergistic cytotoxic action of calcitriol and TNF-alpha in human breast cancer cells. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 89-90:361-4. [PMID: 15225801 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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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Calcitriol, the hormonal form of Vitamin D, potentiates the activity of some agents of the anti-cancer immune system including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Different signaling pathways activated by TNF-alpha may be targets for calcitriol action. Activation of p38 MAP kinase was shown to have both pro- and anti-apoptotic actions in TNF-alpha-induced programmed cell death depending on cell context. Treatment of MCF-7 breast cancer cells with TNF-alpha resulted in activation of p38 MAP kinase that persisted for at least 24h. Whereas calcitriol had no effect on the earlier phase of p38 MAP kinase activation (up to 1h), it inhibited the activation of this pathway between one and 24h after exposure to TNF-alpha. Both calcitriol and the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor SB203580 enhanced TNF-alpha-induced cytotoxicity and drop in mitochondrial membrane potential, but their combined effect was sub-additive. Taken together, these findings suggest that p38 MAP kinase plays an anti-apoptotic role in TNF-alpha-induced cytotoxicity in MCF-7 cells and that the synergistic interaction between TNF-alpha and calcitriol, leading to mitochondrial damage and subsequent cell death, is partially due to modulation of this signaling pathway.
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- Gregory E Weitsman
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Nishihara H, Hwang M, Kizaka-Kondoh S, Eckmann L, Insel PA. Cyclic AMP promotes cAMP-responsive element-binding protein-dependent induction of cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-2 and suppresses apoptosis of colon cancer cells through ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:26176-83. [PMID: 15078890 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313346200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We recently reported that cAMP suppresses apoptosis in colon cancer cells and induces cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein-2 (c-IAP2) via a cAMP-responsive element (CRE), suggesting a mechanism for chemoprevention of colon cancer by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. In this study, we used T84 human colon cancer cells to define the pathway by which increases in cAMP induce c-IAP2 expression. Treatment with several different cAMP agonists stimulated phosphorylation of CRE-binding protein (CREB) and activated expression of c-IAP2 in a CREB-dependent manner. Studies with pharmacological inhibitors revealed that cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of CREB required activation of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK but was largely independent of protein kinase A. Immunoblots and transcriptional reporter assays using specific inhibitors, as well as expression of constitutively active forms of MEK1 and MKK3, showed that c-IAP2 induction by cAMP is regulated predominantly through ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK and suggested involvement of p90 ribosomal protein S6 kinase and mitogen and stress response kinase-1 as well. Consistent with those results, we found that cAMP-dependent suppression of apoptosis was blocked by treatment with inhibitors of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK. We conclude that cAMP can induce c-IAP2 expression in colon cancer cells through CREB phosphorylation and CRE-dependent transcription in a manner that involves activation of ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK. These results emphasize that activation of kinases other than protein kinase A can mediate the actions of agents that increase cAMP, particularly in the regulation of CREB-dependent events.
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- Hiroshi Nishihara
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0636, USA
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Lüschen S, Scherer G, Ussat S, Ungefroren H, Adam-Klages S. Inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase reduces TNF-induced activation of NF-kappaB, elicits caspase activity, and enhances cytotoxicity. Exp Cell Res 2004; 293:196-206. [PMID: 14729457 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2003.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Among other cellular responses, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induces different forms of cell death and the activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). The influence of p38 MAPK activation on TNF-induced apoptosis or necrosis is controversially discussed. Here, we demonstrate that pharmacological inhibition of p38 MAPK enhances TNF-induced cell death in murine fibroblast cell lines L929 and NIH3T3. Furthermore, overexpression of dominant-negative versions of p38 MAPK or its upstream kinase MKK6 led to increased cell death in L929 cells. While overexpression of the p38 isoforms alpha and beta did not protect L929 cells from TNF-induced toxicity, overexpression of constitutively active MKK6 decreased TNF-induced cell death. Although the used inhibitors of p38 MAPK decreased the phosphorylation of the survival kinase PKB/Akt, this effect could be ruled out as cause of the observed sensitization to TNF-induced cytotoxicity. Finally, we demonstrate that the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB)-dependent gene expression, shown as an example for the anti-apoptotic gene cellular inhibitor of apoptosis (c-IAP2), was reduced by p38 MAPK inhibition. In consequence, we found that inhibition of p38 MAPK led to the activation of the executioner caspase-3.
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- Silke Lüschen
- Institute of Immunology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Michaelisstrasse 5, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
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Sade H, Sarin A. Reactive oxygen species regulate quiescent T-cell apoptosis via the BH3-only proapoptotic protein BIM. Cell Death Differ 2004; 11:416-23. [PMID: 14713957 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The survival of quiescent T cells in the peripheral immune system is dependent on signals transmitted from the extracellular environment. The requirement for survival factors is also manifested in vitro, providing a robust system to examine molecular mechanisms underlying T-cell death. We show that peripheral T cells cultured in the absence of survival factors accumulate reactive oxygen species (ROS), upregulate BIM (Bcl-2-interacting mediator of death) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression, culminating in Fas-independent neglect-induced death (NID). We have examined ROS, iNOS and cytokine modulation of T-cell NID. Antioxidants inhibit BIM induction, caspase activation and apoptosis but do not promote cell cycle entry. iNOS-deficient T cells are protected from apoptosis, implicating iNOS in the regulation of NID via suppression of Bcl-x(L) expression and consequent inhibition of BIM activity. Finally, we show that the prosurvival cytokine IL-7 elevates Bcl-x(L) expression and transcriptionally regulates iNOS but not BIM expression in T cells.
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- H Sade
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, UAS-GKVK Campus, Bangalore, India
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D'Intini V, Bordoni V, Fortunato A, Galloni E, Carta M, Galli F, Bolgan I, Inguaggiato P, Poulin S, Bonello M, Tetta C, Levin N, Ronco C. RENAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM: Longitudinal Study of Apoptosis in Chronic Uremic Patients. Semin Dial 2003; 16:467-73. [PMID: 14629608 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139x.2003.16101.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Uremia is associated with a state of immune dysfunction, increasing infection and malignancy rates. Dysregulation of homeostasis may be directly related to abnormal apoptosis regulation, a process which is crucial for the maintenance of the biologic system. Abnormal apoptosis rates (ARs) have been reported in the literature. We performed a longitudinal study over a 10-week period in three groups of uremic subjects-hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and predialysis chronic renal failure (CRF). Our results showed that ARs were consistent over the observed period. Monocytes extracted from HD and CRF subjects had higher ARs compared to PD and controls (HD: 26.06 +/- 8.82; CRF: 26.96 +/- 12.81; PD: 14.77 +/- 5.87; C: 11.42 +/- 4.60) when placed in culture medium. The plasma of HD and CRF subjects when incubated with U937 cells had a stronger apoptogenic potential compared with PD and controls (HD: 26.08 +/- 11.39; CRF: 24.87 +/- 9.07; PD: 12.13 +/- 4.51; C: 11.69 +/- 4.02). Inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein [CRP], procalcitonin) and cytokines (interleukin [IL]-1beta, IL-2, IL-10) had a generally poor correlation except for tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha (p < 0.001). The phagocytic ability of U937 cells when incubated with the various plasma demonstrated impaired response in the HD and CRF subjects (HD: 27.56 +/- 6.67; CRF: 30.24 +/- 9.08; PD: 36.55 +/- 9.80; C: 40.04 +/- 6.98). These results suggest continuous renal purification, such as in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), may have advantages over intermittent therapies in regulating apoptosis and maintaining biologic function and homeostasis.
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Kim SJ, Hwang SG, Kim IC, Chun JS. Actin cytoskeletal architecture regulates nitric oxide-induced apoptosis, dedifferentiation, and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in articular chondrocytes via mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase C pathways. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:42448-56. [PMID: 12907684 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304887200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) in articular chondrocytes regulates differentiation, survival, and inflammatory responses by modulating ERK-1 and -2, p38 kinase, and protein kinase C (PKC) alpha and zeta. In this study, we investigated the effects of the actin cytoskeletal architecture on NO-induced dedifferentiation, apoptosis, cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 expression, and prostaglandin E2 production in articular chondrocytes, with a focus on ERK-1/-2, p38 kinase, and PKC signaling. Disruption of the actin cytoskeleton by cytochalasin D (CD) inhibited NO-induced apoptosis, dedifferentiation, COX-2 expression, and prostaglandin E2 production in chondrocytes cultured on plastic or during cartilage explants culture. CD treatment did not affect ERK-1/-2 activation but blocked the signaling events necessary for NO-induced dedifferentiation, apoptosis, and COX-2 expression such as activation of p38 kinase and inhibition of PKCalpha and -zeta. CD also suppressed activation of downstream signaling of p38 kinase and PKC, such as NF-kappaB activation, p53 accumulation, and caspase-3 activation, which are necessary for NO-induced apoptosis. NO production in articular chondrocytes caused down-regulation of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase and Akt activities. The down-regulation of PI 3-kinase and Akt was blocked by CD treatment, and the CD effects on apoptosis, p38 kinase, and PKCalpha and -zeta were abolished by the inhibition of PI 3-kinase with LY294002. Our results collectively indicate that the actin cytoskeleton mediates NO-induced regulatory effects in chondrocytes by modulating down-regulation of PI 3-kinase and Akt, activation of p38 kinase, and inhibition of PKCalpha and -zeta
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- Song-Ja Kim
- Department of Biological Science, Kongju National University, Gongju, Chungnam 314-701, Korea
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Godbole A, Varghese J, Sarin A, Mathew MK. VDAC is a conserved element of death pathways in plant and animal systems. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1642:87-96. [PMID: 12972297 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(03)00102-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is very much a part of plant life, although the underlying mechanisms are not so well understood as in animals. In animal cells, the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), a major mitochondrial outer membrane transporter, plays an important role in apoptosis by participating in the release of intermembrane space proteins. To characterize plant PCD pathways by investigating the function of putative components in a mammalian apoptotic context, we have overexpressed a rice VDAC (osVDAC4) in the Jurkat T-cell line. Overexpression of osVDAC4 induces apoptosis, which can be blocked by Bcl-2 and the VDAC inhibitor DIDS. Modifying endogenous VDAC function by DIDS and hexokinase II (HxKII) in Jurkat cells inhibits mitochondria-mediated apoptotic pathways. Finally, we show that DIDS also abrogates heat-induced PCD in cucumber cotyledons. Our data suggest that VDAC is a conserved mitochondrial element of the death machinery in both plant and animal cells.
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- A Godbole
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, UAS-GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560 065, India
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Schultz RM. Potential of p38 MAP kinase inhibitors in the treatment of cancer. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2003; 60:59-92. [PMID: 12790339 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8012-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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The involvement of chronic inflammation in tumor development and progression is reviewed. Based on the natural history of certain diseases and epidemiology studies, a strong association has been established between particular chronic inflammatory conditions and eventual tumor appearance. Solid tumors require a stroma for their growth and recruit macrophages to synthesize essential growth and angiogenic factors that they do not have the capacity to produce. The microenvironment of the local host tissue appears to be an active participant in exchanging cytokines and enzymes with tumor cells that modify the local extracellular matrix, stimulate migration, and promote tumor angiogenesis, proliferation and survival. The role of p38 MAP kinase as a therapeutic target for treating cancer is discussed.
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- Richard M Schultz
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Division of Cancer Research, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
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Yoon JB, Kim SJ, Hwang SG, Chang S, Kang SS, Chun JS. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit nitric oxide-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes independent of cyclooxygenase activity. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:15319-25. [PMID: 12588866 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212520200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) causes apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes by the modulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38 kinase, and protein kinase C (PKC) alpha and -zeta. In this study, we investigated the effects and mechanisms of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as indomethacin, ketoprofen, ibuprofen, sulindac sulfide, and flurbiprofen, in NO-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes. We found that all of the examined NSAIDs inhibited apoptosis and dedifferentiation. NO production in chondrocytes caused activation of ERK-1/2 and p38 kinase, which oppositely regulate apoptosis and dedifferentiation. NO production also caused inhibition of PKCalpha and -zeta independent of and dependent on, respectively, p38 kinase, which is required for apoptosis and dedifferentiation. Among the signaling molecules modulated by NO, NSAIDs blocked NO-induced activation of p38 kinase, potentiated ERK activation, and blocked inhibition of PKCalpha and -zeta. NSAIDs also inhibited some of the apoptotic signaling that is downstream of p38 kinase and PKC, such as NFkappaB activation, p53 accumulation, and caspase-3 activation. The inhibitory effects of NSAIDs on apoptosis and dedifferentiation were independent of the inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) production, as evidenced by the observation that specific inhibition of COX-2 activity and PGE(2) production or exogenous PGE(2) did not affect NO-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation. Taken together, our results indicate that NSAIDs block NO-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes by the modulation of ERK, p38 kinase, and PKCalpha and -zeta in a manner independent of their ability to inhibit COX-2 and PGE(2) production.
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- Joo-Byoung Yoon
- Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Buk-Gu, Gwangju 500-712, Korea
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Fanzo JC, Hu CM, Jang SY, Pernis AB. Regulation of lymphocyte apoptosis by interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF-4). J Exp Med 2003; 197:303-14. [PMID: 12566414 PMCID: PMC2193834 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To ensure that homeostasis of the immune system is maintained, the sensitivity of lymphocytes to Fas-mediated apoptosis is differentially regulated during their activation. The molecular mechanisms that link the activation program of lymphocytes to changes in sensitivity to Fas-mediated apoptosis have, however, not been fully characterized. In these studies, we have investigated whether Fas-mediated apoptosis can be regulated by interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF-4), a lymphoid-restricted member of the IRF family of transcription factors. IRF-4 expression is upregulated during lymphocyte activation and IRF-4-deficient mice have defects in both lymphocyte activation and homeostasis. Here, we show that stable expression of IRF-4 in a human lymphoid cell line that normally lacks IRF-4 leads to a significantly enhanced apoptotic response on Fas receptor engagement. A systematic examination of the downstream effectors of Fas signaling in IRF-4-transfected cells demonstrates an increased activation of caspase-8, as well as an increase in Fas receptor polarization. We demonstrate that IRF-4-deficient mice display defects in activation-induced cell death, as well as superantigen-induced deletion, and that these defects are accompanied by impairments in Fas receptor polarization. These data suggest that IRF-4, by modulating the efficiency of the Fas-mediated death signal, is a novel participant in the regulation of lymphoid cell apoptosis.
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- Jessica C Fanzo
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Saeki K, Kobayashi N, Inazawa Y, Zhang H, Nishitoh H, Ichijo H, Saeki K, Isemura M, Yuo A. Oxidation-triggered c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathways for apoptosis in human leukaemic cells stimulated by epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): a distinct pathway from those of chemically induced and receptor-mediated apoptosis. Biochem J 2002; 368:705-20. [PMID: 12206715 PMCID: PMC1223028 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2002] [Revised: 08/19/2002] [Accepted: 09/03/2002] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We investigated intracellular signalling pathways for apoptosis induced by epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as compared with those induced by a toxic chemical substance (etoposide, VP16) or the death receptor ligand [tumour necrosis factor (TNF)]. EGCG as well as VP16 and TNF induced activation of two apoptosis-regulating mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, namely c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 MAP kinase, in both human leukaemic U937 and OCI-AML1a cells. In U937 cells, the apoptosis and activation of caspases-3 and -9 induced by EGCG but not VP16 and TNF were inhibited with SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38, while those induced by EGCG and VP16 but not TNF were inhibited with SB202190, a rather broad inhibitor of JNK and p38. In contrast, the EGCG-induced apoptosis in OCI-AML1a cells was resistant to SB203580 but not to SB202190. Unlike TNF, EGCG did not induce the activation of nuclear factor-kappaB but rather induced the primary activation of caspase-9. N -Acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) almost completely abolished apoptosis induced by EGCG under conditions in which the apoptosis induced by VP16 or TNF was not affected. The JNK/p38 activation by EGCG was also potently inhibited by NAC, whereas those by VP16 and TNF were either not or only minimally affected by NAC. In addition, dithiothreitol also suppressed both apoptosis and JNK/p38 activation by EGCG, and EGCG-induced activation of MAP kinase kinase (MKK) 3/6, MKK4 and apoptosis-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) was suppressed by NAC. Dominant negative ASK1, MKK6, MKK4 and JNK1 potently inhibited EGCG-induced cell death. EGCG induced an intracellular increase in reactive oxygen species and GSSG, both of which were also inhibited by NAC, and the decreased synthesis of glutathione rendered the cell susceptible to EGCG-induced apoptosis. Taken together these results strongly suggest that EGCG executed apoptotic cell death via an ASK1, MKK and JNK/p38 cascade which is triggered by NAC-sensitive intracellular oxidative events in a manner distinct from chemically induced or receptor-mediated apoptosis.
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- Koichi Saeki
- Department of Haematology, Research Institute, International Medical Centre of Japan, 1-21-1, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan
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Cheng HF, Harris RC. Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in cultured cortical thick ascending limb of Henle increases in response to decreased extracellular ionic content by both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. Role of p38-mediated pathways. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:45638-43. [PMID: 12237297 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206040200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We showed previously that decreased extracellular salt or chloride up-regulates the cortical thick ascending limb of Henle (cTALH) COX-2 expression via a p38-dependent pathway. The present studies determined that low salt medium increased COX-2 mRNA expression 3.9-fold control by 6 h in cultured cTALH, which was blocked by actinomycin D pretreatment, suggesting transcriptional regulation. Luciferase activity (normalized to beta-galactosidase activity) of the full-length (-3400) COX-2 promoter in cTALH increased from 1.8 +/- 0.3 in control media to 5.8 +/- 0.7 in low salt (n = 9; p < 0.01). Low chloride medium had similar effects as low salt has on COX-2 promoter activity. Deletion constructs -815, -512, and -410 were similarly stimulated, but -385 could not be stimulated significantly by low salt (1.8 +/- 0.3 versus 2.4 +/- 0.5, n = 10). This suggested involvement of an NF-kappaB cis-element located in this region, which was confirmed by utilizing a construct with a point mutation of this NF-kappaB-binding site that was not stimulated by low salt medium. Co-incubation of the specific p38 inhibitor, SB203580 or PD169316, inhibited a low salt-induced increase in luciferase activity of the intact COX-2 promoter (5.8 +/- 0.7 versus 1.1 +/- 0.2, n = 8 and 1.4 +/- 0.4, n = 4 respectively, p < 0.01). Mobility shift assays indicated that the low salt medium stimulated NF-kappaB binding activity, and this stimulation was inhibited by p38 inhibitors. To test whether p38 also increased COX-2 expression by increasing mRNA stability, cTALH were incubated in low salt for 2 h, and actinomycin was then added with or without SB203580. p38 inhibition led to a decreased half-life of COX-2 mRNA (from 68 to 18 min, n = 4-7, p < 0.05). Therefore, these studies indicate that p38 stimulates COX-2 expression in cTALH and macula densa by transcriptional regulation predominantly via a NF-kappaB-dependent pathway and by post-transcriptional increases in mRNA stability.
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- Hui-Fang Cheng
- George M. O'Brien Kidney and Urologic Diseases Center and Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Varghese J, Sade H, Vandenabeele P, Sarin A. Head involution defective (Hid)-triggered apoptosis requires caspase-8 but not FADD (Fas-associated death domain) and is regulated by Erk in mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:35097-104. [PMID: 12122017 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206445200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The molecular machinery of apoptosis is evolutionarily conserved with some exceptions. One such example is the Drosophila proapoptotic gene Head involution defective (Hid), whose mammalian homologue is not known. Hid is apoptotic to mammalian cells, and we have examined the mechanism by which Hid induces death. We demonstrate for the first time a role for the extracellular signal-related kinase-1/2 (Erk-1/2) in the regulation of Hid function in mammalian cells. Bcl-2 and an inhibitor of caspase-9 blocked apoptosis, indicative of a role for the mitochondrion in this pathway, and we provide evidence for a role for caspase-8 in Hid-induced apoptosis. Thus, apoptosis was blocked by an inhibitor of caspase-8, deletion of caspase-8 rendered cells resistant to Hid-induced apoptosis, and Hid associated with caspase-8 in cell lysates. The Fas-associated death domain (FADD) was dispensable for the apoptotic function of Hid, indicating that Hid does not require extracellular death receptor signaling for the activation of caspase-8. In activated T cells, the cytokine interleukin-2 blocked caspase-8 processing and apoptosis, suggesting that survival cues from trophic factors may target a Hid-like intermediate present in mammalian cells. Thus, this study shows that Hid engages with conserved components of cellular death machinery and suggests that apoptotic paradigms characterized by FADD-independent activation of caspase-8 may involve a Hid-like molecule in mammalian cells.
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- Jishy Varghese
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, UAS-GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560065, Karnataka, India
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Kim SJ, Kim HG, Oh CD, Hwang SG, Song WK, Yoo YJ, Kang SS, Chun JS. p38 kinase-dependent and -independent Inhibition of protein kinase C zeta and -alpha regulates nitric oxide-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:30375-81. [PMID: 12048219 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205193200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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In articular chondrocytes, nitric oxide (NO) production triggers dedifferentiation and apoptotic cell death that is regulated by the converse functions of two mitogen-activated protein kinase subtypes, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 kinase. Since protein kinase C (PKC) transduces signals that influence differentiation, survival, and apoptosis of various cell types, we investigated the roles and underlying molecular mechanisms of action of PKC isoforms in NO-induced dedifferentiation and apoptosis of articular chondrocytes. We report here that among the expressed isoforms, activities of PKCalpha and -zeta were reduced during NO-induced dedifferentiation and apoptosis. Inhibition of PKCalpha activity was independent of NO-induced activation of ERK or p38 kinase and occurred due to blockage of expression. On the other hand, PKCzeta activity was inhibited as a result of NO-induced p38 kinase activation and was observed prior to proteolytic cleavage by a caspase-mediated process to generate enzymatically inactive fragments. Inhibition of PKCalpha or -zeta activities potentiated NO-induced apoptosis, whereas ectopic expression of these isoforms significantly reduced the number of apoptotic cells and blocked dedifferentiation. Ectopic expression of PKCalpha or -zeta did not affect p38 kinase or ERK but inhibited the p53 accumulation and caspase-3 activation that are required for NO-induced apoptosis of chondrocytes. Therefore, our results collectively indicate that p38 kinase-independent and -dependent inhibition of PKCalpha and -zeta, respectively, regulates NO-induced apoptosis and dedifferentiation of articular chondrocytes.
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- Song-Ja Kim
- Department of Life Science, Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea
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Chouinard N, Valerie K, Rouabhia M, Huot J. UVB-mediated activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enhances resistance of normal human keratinocytes to apoptosis by stabilizing cytoplasmic p53. Biochem J 2002; 365:133-45. [PMID: 12071847 PMCID: PMC1222664 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human keratinocytes respond to UV rays by developing a fast adaptive response that contributes to maintaining their functions and survival. We investigated the role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in transducing the UV signals in normal human keratinocytes. We found that UVA, UVB or UVC induced a marked and persistent activation of p38, whereas c-Jun N-terminal kinase or extracellular signal-regulated kinase were less or not activated respectively. Inhibition of p38 activity by expression of a dominant-negative mutant of p38 or with SB203580 impaired cell viability and led to an increase in UVB-induced apoptosis. This sensitization to apoptosis was independent of caspase activities. Inhibition of p38 did not sensitize transformed HaCaT keratinocytes to UVB-induced apoptosis. In normal keratinocytes, expression of a dominant-negative mutant of p53 increased UVB-induced cell death, pointing to a role for p53. In these cells, UVB triggered a p38-dependent phosphorylation of p53 on Ser-15. This phosphorylation was associated with an SB203580-sensitive accumulation of p53, even in the presence of a serine phosphatase inhibitor. Accumulated p53 was localized mainly in the cytoplasm, independently of CRM1 nuclear export. In HaCaT cells, p53 was localized exclusively in the nucleus and its distribution and level were not affected by UVB or p38 inhibition. However, UVB induced an SB203580-insensitive phosphorylation on Ser-15 of mutated p53. Overall, our results suggest that, in normal human keratinocytes, protection against UVB depends on p38-mediated phosphorylation and stabilization of p53 and is tightly associated with the cytoplasmic sequestration of wild-type p53. We conclude that the p38/p53 pathway plays a key role in the adaptive response of normal human keratinocytes against UV stress.
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- Nadine Chouinard
- Unité de biotechnologie, Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital St-François d'Assise de Québec, 10 rue de l'Espinay, Québec G1L-3L5, Canada.
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