title: Signal transduction pathways of membrane expression of proteinase 3 (PR-3) in human endothelial cells.
abstract: At present, the exact mechanism of the pathogenic effect of anti-PR-3 antibodies remains unknown. Interaction of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) may play a key role. Recently we were able to show that ANCAs recognize their target antigen, PR-3, translocated into the membrane of HUVECs. The objective of this study was to investigate regulation, i.e. signal transduction pathways, of PR-3 expression in endothelial cells. HUVECs were isolated according to the method of Jaffe et al. and cultured under standard conditions. A cyto-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with unfixed cells was performed. Membrane-expressed PR-3 was detected by affinity-purified and monoclonal anti-PR-3 Ab. Tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced membrane expression of PR-3 could be blocked with the RNA synthesis inhibitor actinomycin D, the protein kinase C (PKC) and proteinase A (PKA) inhibitor staurosporine, the specific PKA inhibitor calphostin C, the c-AMP-dependent PKA inhibitor KT5720 and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein in a dose-dependent manner. The effect of calphostin C was the most significant. In addition, the effect of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a mediator of intracellular second messengers, was investigated. In our study, pretreatment of cells with PMA for 48 h led to a down-regulation of PR-3 expression. This effect, however, could be overridden by TNF-alpha stimulation, i.e. TNF-alpha-induced membrane expression of PR-3 was resistant to down-regulation of PKC. In conclusion, our data suggest that translocation of PR-3 in HUVECs is an active process depending on protein synthesis. PR-3 expression by HUVECs may involve a PKC reactive to cytokines such as TNF-alpha which induces PR-3 expression at a transcriptional level.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department of University of Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Mayet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwarting
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Orth
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sibelius
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hattar
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Meyer zum Büschenfelde
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D053146:Myeloblastin; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003609:Dactinomycin; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D053146:Myeloblastin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate