title: Sphingosine 1-phosphate induces heat shock protein 27 via p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activation in osteoblasts.
abstract: We previously showed that sphingosine 1-phosphate acts as a second messenger for tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced interleukin-6 synthesis in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells and that the synthesis by sphingosine 1-phosphate is dependent on p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation. In the present study, we investigated the effect of sphingosine 1-phosphate on the induction of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) in MC3T3-E1 cells. Not C2-ceramide, but sphingosine and sphingosine 1-phosphate significantly induced HSP27 accumulation dose dependently in the range between 1microM and 30 microM. DL-threo-dihydrosphingosine, an inhibitor of sphingosine kinase, markedly inhibited the sphingosine-induced HSP27 accumulation. Sphingosine 1-phosphate induced increase in the levels of the mRNA for HSP27. Sphingosine 1-phosphate stimulated the phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase. The sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced HSP27 accumulation was dose dependently suppressed by SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase, but not PD98059, an inhibitor of the upstream kinase that activates p42/p44 MAP kinase. SB203580 reduced the sphingosine 1-phosphate-induced increase of mRNA for HSP27. These results strongly suggest that sphingosine 1-phosphate-stimulated HSP27 induction is mediated via p38 MAP kinase activation in osteoblasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uematsu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D020536:Enzyme Activators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D020536:Enzyme Activators; D005419:Flavonoids; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D013110:Sphingosine; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one