Abstract：
:CRH and its structurally related peptide urocortin (Ucn) are released under stress. Ucn is a potent agonist for CRH-receptor 2 (CRH-R2), which is strongly expressed in rodent heart. Stress induces Ucn mRNA expression in the heart, where it may be cardioprotective. However, increasing evidence indicates that Ucn may also have pro-inflammatory actions. Here, we show that neonatal rat cardiomyocytes express CRH-R2 by western blot analysis and Ucn induces interleukin-6 (IL-6) release in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. Ucn stimulates activation of ERK and p38 MAP kinases, while both MEK1 and p38 inhibitor block Ucn-induced IL-6 release. Ucn also activates nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) and a NF-kappaB inhibitor blocks Ucn-induced IL-6 release. Finally, the CRH-R antagonists alpha-helical (9-41) CRH and astressin-2B completely inhibit Ucn-induced IL-6 release, as well as activation of ERK, p38, and NF-kappaB. These findings indicate that Ucn induces IL-6 synthesis and release from neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Our findings suggest that even though Ucn may confirm some protection on cardiomyocyte survival, it can also release IL-6, which is an independent risk factor for acute coronary syndrome. The precise role of cardiac Ucn in vivo remains to be elucidated.
journal_name
J Mol Endocrinoljournal_title
Journal of molecular endocrinologyauthors
Huang M,Kempuraj D,Papadopoulou N,Kourelis T,Donelan J,Manola A,Theoharides TCdoi
10.1677/JME-08-0120subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-05-01 00:00:00pages
397-405issue
5eissn
0952-5041issn
1479-6813pii
JME-08-0120journal_volume
42pub_type
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