Tyrosine kinase inhibitors block the glucocorticoid stimulation of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase expression in amnion cells

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamas Zakar ◽  
Jane E Mijovic ◽  
Damyanti Bhardwaj ◽  
David M Olson

Human amnion cells in primary culture respond to glucocorticoids in a characteristic fashion by the increased expression of the inducible prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase isoenzyme, PGHS-2. Since PGHS-2 induction by agonists generally involves tyrosine kinases, we examined the possibility that the glucocorticoid stimulation of PGHS-2 in the amnion cells is tyrosine kinase dependent. PGHS-2 expression was stimulated in confluent, serum-starved amnion cells with dexamethasone, and the effect of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors herbimycin A and tyrphostins AG126, AG1288, and A1 on enzyme activity induction was determined. All four inhibitors blocked the increase of PGHS activity in a concentration-dependent manner with IC50 values of 0.077 ± 0.05, 15.38 ± 5.14, 20.91 ± 3.1, and 29.77 ± 8.21 µM, respectively (mean ± SE, n = 4). Dexamethasone increased (approximately twofold) the tyrosine phosphorylation of 120-, 110-, and 77-kDa proteins in cell extracts, and herbimycin A selectively blocked the phosphorylation of the 110-kDa phosphoprotein. The stimulation of the steady-state level of PGHS-2 mRNA by dexamethasone was also inhibited by herbimycin A. These results suggest that glucocorticoids induce PGHS-2 expression in amnion cells with the involvement of tyrosine kinase(s). The role of tyrosine kinase dependent mechanisms in the control of amnion cell responsiveness to corticosteroids remains to be established.Key words: amnion, glucocorticoid, tyrosine kinase, prostaglandin H synthase.

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 5308
Author(s):  
Ana Podolski-Renić ◽  
Jelena Dinić ◽  
Tijana Stanković ◽  
Ivanka Tsakovska ◽  
Ilza Pajeva ◽  
...  

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) often interact with the multidrug resistant (MDR) phenotype of cancer cells. In some cases, TKIs increase the susceptibility of MDR cancer cells to chemotherapy. As the overexpression of membrane transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is the most common alteration in MDR cancer cells, we investigated the effects of TKI pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines on P-gp inhibition in two cellular models comprising sensitive and corresponding MDR cancer cells (human non-small cell lung carcinoma and colorectal adenocarcinoma). Tested TKIs showed collateral sensitivity by inducing stronger inhibition of MDR cancer cell line viability. Moreover, TKIs directly interacted with P-gp and inhibited its ATPase activity. Their potential P-gp binding site was proposed by molecular docking simulations. TKIs reversed resistance to doxorubicin and paclitaxel in a concentration-dependent manner. The expression studies excluded the indirect effect of TKIs on P-gp through regulation of its expression. A kinetics study showed that TKIs decreased P-gp activity and this effect was sustained for seven days in both MDR models. Therefore, pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines with potential for reversing P-gp-mediated MDR even in prolonged treatments can be considered a new therapeutic strategy for overcoming cancer MDR.


1997 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Ogiwara ◽  
C L Chik ◽  
A K Ho

Abstract In this study, the role of tyrosine phosphorylation in agonist-stimulated cAMP accumulation and GH release in rat anterior pituitary cells was investigated. It was found that genistein, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, while having no effect on its own, potentiated GHRH-stimulated cAMP accumulation in a concentration-dependent manner. In comparison, daidzein, an inactive analogue of genistein, was ineffective and vanadate, a phosphotyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, reduced GHRH-stimulated cAMP accumulation. Additional structurally unrelated tyrosine kinase inhibitors, erbstatin and tyrphostins, also potentiated GHRH-stimulated cAMP accumulation. To determine the site of action of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), cholera toxin and forskolin were used to increase cAMP accumulation. Genistein enhanced the PACAP-, cholera toxin- or forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation, suggesting that the site of action is at the post-receptor level. However, when the phosphodiesterase was inhibited by isobutylmethylxanthine, genistein did not potentiate and vanadate did not inhibit GHRH-stimulated cAMP accumulation, indicating that phosphodiesterase is a probable site of action for the inhibitor. Genistein and erbstatin also enhanced GHRH-stimulated GH release and the effect of vanadate was inhibitory. These results indicate that tyrosine kinase inhibitors enhance cAMP accumulation through their action on phosphodiesterase activity in rat anterior pituitary cells and the tyrosine kinase pathway appears to be involved in the control of GH release. Journal of Endocrinology (1997) 152, 193–199


1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (1) ◽  
pp. C208-C215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violaine Faure ◽  
Yves Courtois ◽  
Olivier Goureau

Bovine retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells express an inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS-II) after activation with interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Experiments were performed to investigate the effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (genistein and herbimycin A) and antioxidants [pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) and butyl hydroxyanisol] on NOS-II induction. The LPS-IFN-γ-induced nitrite release was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by these compounds. Analysis by Northern blot showed that this inhibitory effect correlated with a decrease in NOS-II mRNA accumulation. Analysis by electrophoretic mobility shift assay of the activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) involved in NOS-II induction demonstrated that LPS alone or combined with IFN-γ induced NF-κB binding. NF-κB activation was not changed by the presence of tyrosine kinase inhibitors but was totally prevented by PDTC pretreatment. Immunocytochemistry experiments confirmed the reduction of the nuclear translocation of NF-κB only by PDTC. Our results demonstrated the existence in retinal pigmented epithelial cells of different intracellular signaling pathways in NOS-II induction, since tyrosine kinase inhibitors blocked NOS-II mRNA accumulation without inhibiting NF-κB activation. Furthermore, the LPS-IFN-γ-induced NOS-II mRNA accumulation was sensitive to cycloheximide, suggesting that, in addition to NF-κB, transcriptional factors that require new protein synthesis are involved in NOS-II induction.


2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 2000279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Weatherald ◽  
Louise Bondeelle ◽  
Marie-Camille Chaumais ◽  
Christophe Guignabert ◽  
Laurent Savale ◽  
...  

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting the Bcr-Abl oncoprotein revolutionised the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukaemia. Following the success of imatinib, second- and third-generation molecules were developed. Different profiles of kinase inhibition and off-target effects vary between TKIs, which leads to a broad spectrum of potential toxicities.Pulmonary complications are most frequently observed with dasatinib but all other Bcr-Abl TKIs have been implicated. Pleural effusions are the most frequent pulmonary complication of TKIs, usually associated with dasatinib and bosutinib. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is an uncommon but serious complication of dasatinib, which is often reversible upon discontinuation. Bosutinib and ponatinib have also been associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension, while imatinib has not. Rarely, interstitial lung disease has been associated with TKIs, predominantly with imatinib.Mechanistically, dasatinib affects maintenance of normal pulmonary endothelial integrity by generating mitochondrial oxidative stress, inducing endothelial apoptosis and impairing vascular permeability in a dose-dependent manner. The mechanisms underlying other TKI-related complications are largely unknown. Awareness and early diagnosis of the pulmonary complications of Bcr-Abl TKIs is essential given their seriousness, potential reversibility, and impact on future treatment options for the underlying chronic myelogenous leukaemia.


mBio ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Szaniawski ◽  
Adam M. Spivak ◽  
James E. Cox ◽  
Jonathan L. Catrow ◽  
Timothy Hanley ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMacrophages are susceptible to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection despite abundant expression of antiviral proteins. Perhaps the most important antiviral protein is the restriction factor sterile alpha motif domain and histidine/aspartic acid domain-containing protein 1 (SAMHD1). We investigated the role of SAMHD1 and its phospho-dependent regulation in the context of HIV-1 infection in primary human monocyte-derived macrophages and the ability of various interferons (IFNs) and pharmacologic agents to modulate SAMHD1. Here we show that stimulation by type I, type II, and to a lesser degree, type III interferons share activation of SAMHD1 via dephosphorylation at threonine-592 as a consequence of signaling. Cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), a known effector kinase for SAMHD1, was downregulated at the protein level by all IFN types tested. Pharmacologic inhibition or small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown of CDK1 phenocopied the effects of IFN on SAMHD1. A panel of FDA-approved tyrosine kinase inhibitors potently induced activation of SAMHD1 and subsequent HIV-1 inhibition. The viral restriction imposed via IFNs or dasatinib could be overcome through depletion of SAMHD1, indicating that their effects are exerted primarily through this pathway. Our results demonstrate that SAMHD1 activation, but not transcriptional upregulation or protein induction, is the predominant mechanism of HIV-1 restriction induced by type I, type II, and type III IFN signaling in macrophages. Furthermore, SAMHD1 activation presents a pharmacologically actionable target through which HIV-1 infection can be subverted.IMPORTANCEOur experimental results demonstrate that SAMHD1 dephosphorylation at threonine-592 represents a central mechanism of HIV-1 restriction that is common to the three known families of IFNs. While IFN types I and II were potent inhibitors of HIV-1, type III IFN showed modest to undetectable activity. Regulation of SAMHD1 by IFNs involved changes in phosphorylation status but not in protein levels. Phosphorylation of SAMHD1 in macrophages occurred at least in part via CDK1. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors similarly induced SAMHD1 dephosphorylation, which protects macrophages from HIV-1 in a SAMHD1-dependent manner. SAMHD1 is a critical restriction factor regulating HIV-1 infection of macrophages.


1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (3) ◽  
pp. L400-L408 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Natarajan ◽  
S. Vepa ◽  
R. S. Verma ◽  
W. M. Scribner

Oxidant-induced activation of phospholipase D (PLD) in bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAEC) is independent of protein kinase C and calcium. In the present study, the effects of tyrosine kinase and protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) inhibitors on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced PLD activation and protein tyrosine phosphorylation were examined in BPAEC. Pretreatment of BPAEC with putative tyrosine kinase inhibitors genistein, tyrphostin, and herbimycin attenuated H2O2 (1 mM)-induced PLD activation. The inhibitory effect of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors was highly specific for H2O2-induced modulation and showed no effect on PLD activation mediated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate or bradykinin. Furthermore, addition of H2O2 increased in a time-dependent manner tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins (17-200 kDa), as determined by immunoblot analysis with antiphosphotyrosine antibodies. H2O2-mediated protein tyrosine phosphorylation preceded PLD activation, and a good correlation was observed on the effect of genistein in H2O2-induced PLD activation and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Addition of vanadate, a phosphotyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, synergistically increased both PLD activation and protein tyrosine phosphorylation mediated by H2O2. Moreover, vanadate by itself had minimal effect on basal PLD activity in BPAEC; however, at 10 microM vanadate, an increase in protein tyrosine phosphorylation was observed. In addition to vanadate, phenylarsine oxide and diamide potentiated H2O2-induced PLD activation. These results suggest that tyrosine kinase activation may be involved in H2O2-induced PLD activation in vascular endothelial cells.


FEBS Letters ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 444 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 173-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaki Hiwasa ◽  
Yoshiko Arase ◽  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Kazuko Kita ◽  
Kazuo Umezawa ◽  
...  

1995 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 791-805 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Miyamoto ◽  
H Teramoto ◽  
O A Coso ◽  
J S Gutkind ◽  
P D Burbelo ◽  
...  

Integrin receptors play important roles in organizing the actin-containing cytoskeleton and in signal transduction from the extracellular matrix. The initial steps in integrin function can be analyzed experimentally using beads coated with ligands or anti-integrin antibodies to trigger rapid focal transmembrane responses. A hierarchy of transmembrane actions was identified in this study. Simple integrin aggregation triggered localized transmembrane accumulation of 20 signal transduction molecules, including RhoA, Rac1, Ras, Raf, MEK, ERK, and JNK. In contrast, out of eight cytoskeletal molecules tested, only tensin coaccumulated. Integrin aggregation alone was also sufficient to induce rapid activation of the JNK pathway, with kinetics of activation different from those of ERK. The tyrosine kinase inhibitors herbimycin A or genistein blocked both the accumulation of 19 out of 20 signal transduction molecules and JNK- and ERK-mediated signaling. Cytochalasin D had identical effects, whereas three other tyrosine kinase inhibitors did not. The sole exception among signaling molecules was the kinase pp125FAK which continued to coaggregate with alpha 5 beta 1 integrins even in the presence of these inhibitors. Tyrosine kinase inhibition also failed to block the ability of ligand occupancy plus integrin aggregation to trigger transmembrane accumulation of the three cytoskeletal molecules talin, alpha-actinin, and vinculin; these molecules accumulated even in the presence of cytochalasin D. However, it was necessary to fulfill all four conditions, i.e., integrin aggregation, integrin occupancy, tyrosine kinase activity, and actin cytoskeletal integrity, to achieve integrin-mediated focal accumulation of other cytoskeletal molecules including F-actin and paxillin. Integrins therefore mediate a transmembrane hierarchy of molecular responses.


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