Abstract
In response to pathogen-associated molecular patterns, dendritic cells initiate an innate immune response characterized by expression and release of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. The extent of the inflammatory response is limited by various endogenous factors, including lipid mediators such as prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)). We described previously the inhibitory effect of PGE(2) on the expression and release of the inflammatory chemokines CCL3 and CCL4 from activated dendritic cells. In this study we describe a novel PGE(2) signaling pathway that proceeds through EP-2 --> cAMP --> EPAC --> phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase --> protein kinase B --> GSK-3 and results in increased DNA binding of the CCAAT displacement protein (CDP), a potent mammalian transcriptional repressor. The direct link between CDP and CCL3/4 transcription was established in knock-down experiments using CDP small interference RNA.
MeSH Terms
Animals
Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
CD11c Antigen/biosynthesis
Cell Nucleus/metabolism
Cell Separation
Chemokine CCL3
Chemokine CCL4
Chemokines/antagonists & inhibitors,physiology
Chemokines, CC/antagonists & inhibitors,biosynthesis
Cyclic AMP/metabolism
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
Cytokines/metabolism
DNA/metabolism
Dendritic Cells/metabolism
Dinoprostone/metabolism
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Flow Cytometry
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/metabolism
Homeodomain Proteins
Inflammation
Lipid Metabolism
Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism
Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors,biosynthesis
Male
Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Models, Biological
NF-kappa B/metabolism
Nuclear Proteins/metabolism,physiology
Phosphorylation
Protein Binding
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
Repressor Proteins/metabolism,physiology
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Signal Transduction
Time Factors
Toll-Like Receptors
Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
CD11c Antigen
Ccl3 protein, mouse
Ccl4 protein, mouse
Chemokine CCL3
Chemokine CCL4
Chemokines
Chemokines, CC
Cux1 protein, mouse
Cytokines
Homeodomain Proteins
Lipopolysaccharides
Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins
Membrane Glycoproteins
NF-kappa B
Nuclear Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins
RNA, Small Interfering
Receptors, Cell Surface
Repressor Proteins
Toll-Like Receptors
DNA
Cyclic AMP
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3
Dinoprostone
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Jing Huie
Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
Yen Jui-Hung
Ganea Doina