title: Antioxidant-sensitive regulation of inflammatory-response genes in Kaposi's sarcoma cells.
abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a multifocal vascular lesion characterized by abnormal proliferation of endothelial-like KS cells linked to a pronounced leukocyte infiltration. KS lesions contain novel herpes-like DNA sequences, KSHV, hypothesized to originate from the viral pathogen for KS. Using cultured KS cells that retain the KSHV sequences, diverse signals, including tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin (IL) 1 beta, polyinosinic acid/polycytidylic acid and lipopolysaccharide, induced the expression of the cytokine IL-6 and cellular adhesion molecules involved in leukocyte recruitment, including vascular adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1). The thiol-antioxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) selectively inhibited > 90% of the activation of nuclear factor kappa B-like DNA binding activity in KS cells. PDTC also reduced by > 85% induced levels of VCAM-1 and IL-6 at the mRNA, protein, and functional levels in KS cells. In contrast, PDTC did not inhibit the induced expression of either ICAM-1 or E-selectin. These studies show that PDTC differentially modulates the expression of inflammatory response genes in KS cells that contain KSHV, suggesting that reduction-oxidation-sensitive events are involved in the regulation of these genes. These studies also suggest that thiol-antioxidants such as PDTC may play a potentially therapeutic role in the treatment of KS by preventing induction of specific inflammatory response genes that may be involved in the pathogenesis of KS.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Offermann
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Mar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Medford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001706:Biopsy; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015342:DNA Probes; D019040:E-Selectin / Q000187:drug effects; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / Q000187:drug effects; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000187:drug effects; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013859:Thiocarbamates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D000093242:Interleukin-6 Inhibitors
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015342:DNA Probes; D019040:E-Selectin; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D012367:RNA, Viral; D013859:Thiocarbamates; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D000093242:Interleukin-6 Inhibitors; C020972:pyrrolidine dithiocarbamic acid