Ma Yongjie, Zhang Bin, Qian Ruizhe, Lu Chao, Zhao Fengdi, Yin Lianhua
Department of Physiology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, 138# Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai 200032, PR China.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2006 Mar;1763(3):313-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.02.002. Epub 2006 Mar 6.
Tryptase is involved in proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) mediated up-regulation of IL-8 expression. The present report showed the effects of tryptase on gene expression and activation, including up-regulation IL-8 expression. The expression of mRNA for NF-kappaB first increased at 1 h after tryptase-treatment (1 ng/ml) and reached the plateau after 4 h. The NF-kappaB mRNA increased by 3-fold (n = 3, P < 0.05), AP-1 by 2-fold (n = 3, P < 0.05), and PKB by 10-fold (n = 3, P < 0.05). However, tryptase-treatment did not affect the expression of JNK and p38 MAPK when compared with control cells at mRNA level. Furthermore, in addition to increasing phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, tryptase-treatment also increased phosphorylation of PKB by 2-fold at 15 min following the treatment. The up-regulation and phosphorylation of PKB by tryptase could be abolished by either phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor (LY294002) at 10 microM or antisense PKB cDNA transfection. The up-regulation of NF-kappaB expression could be inhibited by LY294002 and antisense PKB cDNA. These results indicate that tryptase can activate PI3K-PKB pathway and enhance IL-8 expression.
类胰蛋白酶参与蛋白酶激活受体-2(PAR-2)介导的白细胞介素-8(IL-8)表达上调。本报告显示了类胰蛋白酶对基因表达和激活的影响,包括上调IL-8表达。在类胰蛋白酶(1 ng/ml)处理后1小时,核因子κB(NF-κB)的mRNA表达首先增加,并在4小时后达到平台期。NF-κB的mRNA增加了3倍(n = 3,P < 0.05),激活蛋白-1(AP-1)增加了2倍(n = 3,P < 0.05),蛋白激酶B(PKB)增加了10倍(n = 3,P < 0.05)。然而,与对照细胞相比,在mRNA水平上,类胰蛋白酶处理不影响应激活化蛋白激酶(JNK)和p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶(p38 MAPK)的表达。此外,除了增加p38 MAPK的磷酸化外,类胰蛋白酶处理还在处理后15分钟使PKB的磷酸化增加了2倍。类胰蛋白酶对PKB的上调和磷酸化作用可被10 microM的磷酸肌醇-3-激酶(PI3K)抑制剂(LY294002)或反义PKB cDNA转染消除。LY294002和反义PKB cDNA可抑制NF-κB表达的上调。这些结果表明,类胰蛋白酶可激活PI3K-PKB途径并增强IL-8表达。