TNF-α enhances cardiac myocyte NO production through MAP kinase-mediated NF-κB activation
TNF-α enhances cardiac myocyte NO production through MAP kinase-mediated NF-κB activation
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.4.h1641
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发表时间:
1999-10-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Finkel, MS
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作者:
Kan, H;Xie, ZR;Finkel, MS
We have previously reported that interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) alone induced nitric oxide (NO) production by neonatal rat cardiac myocytes (CM). The effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on inducible NO synthase (iNOS) were not characterized. Unlike IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha alone failed to enhance NO production in CM. However, the addition of TNF-alpha to IL-1 beta significantly enhanced iNOS mRNA expression, iNOS protein synthesis, and NO production (NO2-). TNF-alpha enhancement of IL-1 beta-induced NO2- production was blocked by PD-98059, a selective mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase inhibitor, but not calphostin C (Cal C), a protein kinase C inhibitor. TNF-alpha-enhanced MAP kinase activity was associated with an increase in IL-1 beta-stimulated NF-kappa B activity. PD-98059, but not Cal C, inhibited both TNF-alpha-enhanced MAP kinase and NF-kappa B activities. Thus TNF-alpha enhancement of IL-1 beta-induced NO production is associated with MAP kinase-mediated activation of NF-kappa B.