Lipoteichoic Acid-Induced Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression Requires Activations of p44/42 and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal Pathways.
李文森;許準榕;林建煌
Chien-Huang Lin;I-Hui Kuan;Chun-Hua Wang;Horng-Mo Lee;Wen-Sen Lee;Joen-Rong Sheu;George Hsiao;Chih-Hsiung
Wu;and Han-Pin Kuo.
Abstract
This study investigated the role of p44/42 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in cyclooxygenase-2 expression caused by lipoteichoic acid in human pulmonary epithelial cell line (A549). Lipoteichoic acid-induced increases in cyclooxygenase activity and cyclooxygenase-2 expression were attenuated by tyrosine kinase inhibitors (genistein and tyrphostin AG126), a MAPK/extracellular signalregulated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitor [2V-amino-3V-methoxyflavone] (PD 98059) and a p38 MAPK inhibitor [4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4- methylsulfinylphenyl)-5- (4-pyridyl)1H-imidazole] (SB 203580). Lipoteichoic acid-induced p44/42 MAPK activation was inhibited by protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors 12-(2- cyanoethyl)6,7,12,13-tetrahydro-13-methyl-5-oxo-5H-indolo(2,3-a)pyrrolo(3,4-c)- carbazole] (Go
6976)and {3-[1-[3-(amidinothio)propyl-1H-indol-3-yl]-3-(1-methyl-1H-indol-3- yl)maleimide]} (Ro 31-8220), genistein and PD 98059.Lipoteichoic acid-induced increase in p38 MAPK activity was inhibited by Go 6976, Ro 31-8220, genistein and SB 203580. Lipoteichoic acid-mediated formation of nuclear factor-nB (NF- nB)-specific DNA–protein complex was inhibited by genistein, tyrphostin AG126, PD 98059 and SB 203580. These results suggest that the activations of both p44/42 and p38 MAPK by lipoteichoic acid result in stimulation of NF-nB-specific DNA–protein binding and subsequent cyclooxygenase-2 expression in A549 cells.
Both events required activation of upstream tyrosine kinase and PKC.