Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) during hypoxia in cerebral cortical nuclei of guinea pig fetus at term: Role of nitric oxide

2008 ◽  
Vol 439 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dev Maulik ◽  
Qazi M. Ashraf ◽  
Om P. Mishra ◽  
Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos
Author(s):  
И.А. Щепеткин ◽  
О.П. Буданова ◽  
И.Ю. Малышев ◽  
Д.Н. Аточин

В обзоре представлены современные данные о механизмах инициации, регуляции и выполнении процесса апоптоза нейтрофилов с участием «рецепторов смерти», митохондрий, белков семейства Bcl-2, PI3-K (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase), протеинкиназных каскадов p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase), ERK (extracellular signal regulated kinase) и JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase), протеинкиназ А, В и С, сAMP, белков теплового шока, NF-kB (nuclear factor-kB), кальпаинов, каспаз и их ингибиторов, активных форм кислорода и других факторов. Предложена гипотетическая модель вовлечения апоптотических процессов в регуляцию дифференцировки и реактивности нейтрофилов. This review presented recent data on initiation, regulation, and execution of neutrophil apoptosis with participation of «death receptors», mitochondria, Bcl-2 family proteins, PI3-K (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase), p38 MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase), ERK (extracellular signal regulated kinase) and JNK (c-Jun N-terminal kinase) cascades, protein kinases A, B and C, сAMP, heat shock proteins, NF-kB (nuclear factor-kB), calpains, caspases and theirs inhibitors, reactive oxygen species, and other factors. A speculative model of the apoptotic processes involvement in the regulation of neutrophil differentiation and reactivity was proposed.


2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 2408-2418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Brook ◽  
Carmen R. Tchen ◽  
Tomas Santalucia ◽  
Joanne McIlrath ◽  
J. Simon C. Arthur ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, acting through the downstream kinase MK2, regulates the stability of many proinflammatory mRNAs that contain adenosine/uridine-rich elements (AREs). It is thought to do this by modulating the expression or activity of ARE-binding proteins that regulate mRNA turnover. MK2 phosphorylates the ARE-binding and mRNA-destabilizing protein tristetraprolin (TTP) at serines 52 and 178. Here we show that the p38 MAPK pathway regulates the subcellular localization and stability of TTP protein. A p38 MAPK inhibitor causes rapid dephosphorylation of TTP, relocalization from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, and degradation by the 20S/26S proteasome. Hence, continuous activity of the p38 MAPK pathway is required to maintain the phosphorylation status, cytoplasmic localization, and stability of TTP protein. The regulation of both subcellular localization and protein stability is dependent on MK2 and on the integrity of serines 52 and 178. Furthermore, the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway synergizes with the p38 MAPK pathway to regulate both stability and localization of TTP. This effect is independent of kinases that are known to be synergistically activated by ERK and p38 MAPK. We present a model for the actions of TTP and the p38 MAPK pathway during distinct phases of the inflammatory response.


2002 ◽  
Vol 282 (3) ◽  
pp. C625-C634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melina R Kibbe ◽  
Jianrong Li ◽  
Suhua Nie ◽  
Byung Min Choi ◽  
Imre Kovesdi ◽  
...  

The functional role of p53 in nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) apoptosis remains unknown. In this study, VSMC from p53−/− and p53+/+ murine aortas were exposed to exogenous or endogenous sources of NO. Unexpectedly, p53−/− VSMC were much more sensitive to the proapoptotic effects of NO than were p53+/+ VSMC. Furthermore, this paradox appeared to be specific to NO, because other proapoptotic agents did not demonstrate this differential effect on p53−/− cells. NO-induced apoptosis in p53−/− VSMC occurred independently of cGMP generation. However, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways appeared to play a significant role. Treatment of the p53−/− VSMC with S-nitroso- N-acetylpenicillamine resulted in a marked activation of p38 MAPK and, to a lesser extent, of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) 1/2, and p42/44 (extracellular signal-regulated kinase, ERK). Furthermore, basal activity of the MEK-p42/44 (ERK) pathway was increased in the p53+/+ VSMC. Inhibition of p38 MAPK with SB-203580 or of MEK1/2 with PD-98059 blocked NO-induced apoptosis. Therefore, p53 may protect VSMC against NO-mediated apoptosis, in part, through differential regulation of MAPK pathways.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Ronkina ◽  
K. Schuster-Gossler ◽  
F. Hansmann ◽  
H. Kunze-Schumacher ◽  
I. Sandrock ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Mitogen-activated protein kinase 6/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 3 (MAPK6/ERK3) is an atypical member of the MAPKs. An essential role has been suggested by the perinatal lethal phenotype of ERK3 knockout mice carrying a lacZ insertion in exon 2 due to pulmonary dysfunction and by defects in function, activation, and positive selection of T cells. To study the role of ERK3 in vivo, we generated mice carrying a conditional Erk3 allele with exon 3 flanked by loxP sites. Loss of ERK3 protein was validated after deletion of Erk3 in the female germ line using zona pellucida 3 (Zp3)-cre and a clear reduction of the protein kinase MK5 is detected, providing the first evidence for the existence of the ERK3/MK5 signaling complex in vivo. In contrast to the previously reported Erk3 knockout phenotype, these mice are viable and fertile and do not display pulmonary hypoplasia, acute respiratory failure, abnormal T-cell development, reduction of thymocyte numbers, or altered T-cell selection. Hence, ERK3 is dispensable for pulmonary and T-cell functions. The perinatal lethality and lung and T-cell defects of the previous ERK3 knockout mice are likely due to ERK3-unrelated effects of the inserted lacZ-neomycin resistance cassette. The knockout mouse of the closely related atypical MAPK ERK4/MAPK4 is also normal, suggesting redundant functions of both protein kinases.


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