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Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α

Mevastatin (MVS) has been previously shown to induce heme oxygenase (HO)-1 expression through Nox/ROS-dependent PDGFRα/PI3K/Akt/Nrf2/ARE axis in human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiCs). However, alternative signaling pathways might involve in MVS-induced HO-1 expression. We found that t...

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Autores principales: Yang, Chuen-Mao, Lin, Chih-Chung, Yang, Chien-Chung, Cho, Rou-Ling, Hsiao, Li-Der
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32121588
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10030381
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author Yang, Chuen-Mao
Lin, Chih-Chung
Yang, Chien-Chung
Cho, Rou-Ling
Hsiao, Li-Der
author_facet Yang, Chuen-Mao
Lin, Chih-Chung
Yang, Chien-Chung
Cho, Rou-Ling
Hsiao, Li-Der
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description Mevastatin (MVS) has been previously shown to induce heme oxygenase (HO)-1 expression through Nox/ROS-dependent PDGFRα/PI3K/Akt/Nrf2/ARE axis in human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiCs). However, alternative signaling pathways might involve in MVS-induced HO-1 expression. We found that tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) induced vascular cell adhesion protein 1 (VCAM-1) expression and NF-κB p65 phosphorylation which were attenuated by pretreatment with MVS via up-regulation of HO-1, determined by Western blot and real-time qPCR. TNFα-induced VCAM-1 expression was attenuated by an NF-κB inhibitor, Bay117082. The inhibitory effects of MVS were reversed by tin protoporphyrin (SnPP)IX (an inhibitor of HO-1 activity). In addition, pretreatment with the inhibitor of pan-Protein kinase C (PKC) (GF109203X), PKCα (Gö6983), Pyk2 (PF431396), p38α MAPK (SB202190), JNK1/2 (SP600125), or AP-1 (Tanshinone IIA), and transfection with their respective siRNAs abolished MVS-induced HO-1 expression in HPAEpiCs. c-Jun (one of AP-1 subunits) was activated by PKCα, Pyk2, p38α MAPK, and JNK1/2, which turned on the transcription of the homx1 gene. The interaction between c-Jun and HO-1 promoter was confirmed by a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay, which was attenuated by these pharmacological inhibitors. These results suggested that MVS induces AP-1/HO-1 expression via PKCα/Pyk2/p38α MAPK- or JNK1/2-dependent c-Jun activation, which further binds with AP-1-binding site on HO-1 promoter and suppresses the TNFα-mediated inflammatory responses in HPAEpiCs. Thus, upregulation of the AP-1/HO-1 system by MVS exerts a potentially therapeutic strategy to protect against pulmonary inflammation.
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spelling pubmed-71753692020-04-28 Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α Yang, Chuen-Mao Lin, Chih-Chung Yang, Chien-Chung Cho, Rou-Ling Hsiao, Li-Der Biomolecules Article Mevastatin (MVS) has been previously shown to induce heme oxygenase (HO)-1 expression through Nox/ROS-dependent PDGFRα/PI3K/Akt/Nrf2/ARE axis in human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiCs). However, alternative signaling pathways might involve in MVS-induced HO-1 expression. We found that tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) induced vascular cell adhesion protein 1 (VCAM-1) expression and NF-κB p65 phosphorylation which were attenuated by pretreatment with MVS via up-regulation of HO-1, determined by Western blot and real-time qPCR. TNFα-induced VCAM-1 expression was attenuated by an NF-κB inhibitor, Bay117082. The inhibitory effects of MVS were reversed by tin protoporphyrin (SnPP)IX (an inhibitor of HO-1 activity). In addition, pretreatment with the inhibitor of pan-Protein kinase C (PKC) (GF109203X), PKCα (Gö6983), Pyk2 (PF431396), p38α MAPK (SB202190), JNK1/2 (SP600125), or AP-1 (Tanshinone IIA), and transfection with their respective siRNAs abolished MVS-induced HO-1 expression in HPAEpiCs. c-Jun (one of AP-1 subunits) was activated by PKCα, Pyk2, p38α MAPK, and JNK1/2, which turned on the transcription of the homx1 gene. The interaction between c-Jun and HO-1 promoter was confirmed by a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay, which was attenuated by these pharmacological inhibitors. These results suggested that MVS induces AP-1/HO-1 expression via PKCα/Pyk2/p38α MAPK- or JNK1/2-dependent c-Jun activation, which further binds with AP-1-binding site on HO-1 promoter and suppresses the TNFα-mediated inflammatory responses in HPAEpiCs. Thus, upregulation of the AP-1/HO-1 system by MVS exerts a potentially therapeutic strategy to protect against pulmonary inflammation. MDPI 2020-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7175369/ /pubmed/32121588 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10030381 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yang, Chuen-Mao
Lin, Chih-Chung
Yang, Chien-Chung
Cho, Rou-Ling
Hsiao, Li-Der
Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α
title Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α
title_full Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α
title_fullStr Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α
title_full_unstemmed Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α
title_short Mevastatin-Induced AP-1-Dependent HO-1 Expression Suppresses Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression and Monocyte Adhesion on Human Pulmonary Alveolar Epithelial Cells Challenged with TNF-α
title_sort mevastatin-induced ap-1-dependent ho-1 expression suppresses vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression and monocyte adhesion on human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells challenged with tnf-α
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32121588
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10030381
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