title: Estradiol suppresses mesangial cell type I collagen synthesis via activation of the MAP kinase cascade.
abstract: We have previously shown that estradiol suppresses the synthesis of type I collagen by murine mesangial cells grown in the presence of serum via activation of the transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1). We hypothesized that estradiol upregulates AP-1 via activation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade, a signal transduction pathway that regulates AP-1 activity. Estradiol (10(-10) to 10(-7) M) upregulated the MAP kinase pathway in murine mesangial cells grown in the presence of serum in a dose-dependent manner. Activation was evident by 1 min, peaked at 10 min, and was completely dissipated by 2 h. In contrast, estradiol had no significant effect on total (phosphorylated + unphosphorylated) p44 extracellular signal-related protein kinase (ERK) or p42 ERK. Nuclear extracts isolated from mesangial cells treated with estradiol showed increased binding to a consensus sequence AP-1 binding oligonucleotide in gel shift assays. In contrast, nuclear extracts from cells exposed to PD-98059, a highly selective inhibitor of MAP kinase-ERK kinase 1 (MEK1) and MEK2, showed reduced binding. In addition, PD-98059 antagonizes the enhanced binding induced by estradiol. Estradiol (10(-9) M) suppressed mesangial cell type I collagen synthesis (37.8 +/- 2.4%, expressed as a percentage of control values, P < 0.001 vs. control). In contrast, PD-98059 increased type I collagen synthesis (344.6 +/- 98.8, P < 0.01) and reversed the suppression of type I collagen synthesis induced by estradiol. The effects of estradiol, PD-98059, and PD-98059 plus estradiol on type I collagen protein synthesis were closely paralleled by their effects on steady-state levels of mRNA for the alpha(1) chain of type I collagen. These data suggest that estradiol suppresses type I collagen synthesis via upregulation of the MAP kinase cascade, leading to stimulation of AP-1 activity.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neugarten
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Medve
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Silbiger
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D000804:Angiotensin II; D004958:Estradiol; D003094:Collagen; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; C482127:Map2k1 protein, mouse; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one