title: Effects of Ara-C on neutral sphingomyelinase and mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinases in T-lymphocyte cell lines.
abstract: Neutral sphingomyelinase (SMase) can be activated by extracellular signals to produce ceramide, which may affect mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activities. Neutral SMase activity was assessed in membranes from Jurkat, a human T-cell line, and EL4, a murine T-cell line. Ara-C activated SMase with 10 minutes in both Jurkat and EL4 cells, while phorbol ester (PMA) had no effect. PMA, but not Ara-C or ceramides, activated ERK MAPKS, in Jurkat and EL4. PMA acted synergistically with ionomycin to activate JNK MAPKs in Jurkat and EL4 within 10 minutes. Ara-C activated JNKs only after prolonged incubation (90-120 minutes). Thus, ceramide is not a positive signal for ERK activation in T-cell lines. The effects of Ara-C on JNK activity may be mediated through secondary response pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ella
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D013108:Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D003561:Cytarabine; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D013108:Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate