Abstract:
:There is no established pharmacological therapy for skin keloids, a wound healing disorder. In this study, we investigated the effect of N-benzoyl staurosporine (PKC412), a protein kinase C inhibitor, on human keloid-derived fibroblasts to examine whether this agent is applicable for the treatment of keloid formation. Although PKC412 induced apoptosis in keloid fibroblasts in a time- and dose-dependent manner, the effective concentration of this agent was much higher than that of staurosporine. Western blotting showed that both PKC412 (10 microM) and staurosporine (100 nM) cleaved pro-caspase-3 to active forms. An in vitro caspase assay also showed that PKC412 and staurosporine elevated caspase-3 activities. Carbobenzoxy-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethyl ketone (Z-VAD-FMK), a caspase inhibitor with a broad spectrum, inhibited caspase-3 activities stimulated by PKC412 and staurosporine; however, only PKC412-induced apoptosis, but not staurosporine-induced apoptosis, was prevented by Z-VAD-FMK. These results suggested that PKC412-induced apoptosis, but not staurosporine-induced apoptosis, is mainly mediated by the caspase-dependent mechanism.
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Eur J Pharmacoljournal_title
European journal of pharmacologyauthors
Nakazono-Kusaba A,Takahashi-Yanaga F,Miwa Y,Morimoto S,Furue M,Sasaguri Tdoi
10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.06.050keywords:
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2004-08-23 00:00:00pages
155-60issue
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1879-0712pii
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497pub_type
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