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Differential involvement of PKC-dependent MAPKs activation in lipopolysaccharide-induced AP-1 expression in human tracheal smooth muscle cells.

Abstract：

:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been shown to up-regulate the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 which contributes to the occurrence of airway inflammatory diseases. Genetic analysis reveals the existence of activator protein-1 (AP-1) binding site on VCAM-1 promoter region. However, the role of AP-1 in LPS-induced VCAM-1 expression in human tracheal smooth muscle cells (HTSMCs) is not known. Here, we show that LPS increased VCAM-1 expression and adhesiveness of HTSMCs through AP-1, since pretreatment with an AP-1 inhibitor tanshinone attenuated LPS-induced VCAM-1 expression and leukocytes adhesion. The implication of AP-1 in LPS-induced VCAM-1 expression was confirmed by animal studies showing that pretreatment of mice with tanshinone attenuated LPS-induced VCAM-1 mRNA expression in airway tissues and accumulation of leukocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage. By using the pharmacological inhibitors and transfection with siRNA of PKC, p42, p38, or JNK2, LPS-induced expression of c-Fos was mediated through protein kinase C (PKC), p42/p44 MAPK and p38 MAPK. While, c-Jun expression was mediated through PKC and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs, p42/p44 MAPK, p38 MAPK and JNK) in HTSMCs. Pretreatment with the inhibitors of PKCs or MAPKs attenuated LPS-stimulated nuclear translocation and VCAM-1 promoter binding abilities of AP-1, which attenuated promoter activity and gene expression of VCAM-1 and the adhesiveness between HTSMCs and leukocytes. These results indicated that differential regulation of AP-1 through PKCs-dependent MAPKs activation plays central roles in LPS-induced VCAM-1 expression. The altered modulation of this axis with inhibitors or siRNAs may contribute to the improvement of airway inflammatory diseases.

journal_name

Cell Signal

journal_title

Cellular signalling

authors

Lin WN,Luo SF,Lin CC,Hsiao LD,Yang CM

doi

10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.04.006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1385-95

issue

eissn

0898-6568

issn

1873-3913

pii

S0898-6568(09)00151-X

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Differential involvement of PKC-dependent MAPKs activation in lipopolysaccharide-induced AP-1 expression in human tracheal smooth muscle cells.