title: Expression of a constitutively active form of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibits the induction of nitric oxide synthase in human astrocytes.
abstract: The present study underlines the importance of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) in attenuating the induction of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in human astrocytes. Proinflammatory cytokines induced the production of nitric oxide (NO) and the expression of iNOS in human U373MG astrocytoma cells and primary astrocytes. Expression of a catalytically active p110 subunit (p110*) of PI 3-kinase but not that of a kinase-deficient mutant of p110 (p110-kd) induced an increase in PI 3-kinase activity and inhibited cytokine-induced production of NO and expression of iNOS. However, expression of p110* had no effect on the activation of NF-kB, suggesting that p110* inhibits the expression of iNOS without inhibiting the activation of NF-kB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry, 40th and Holdrege, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA. kpahan@unmc.edu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pahan
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Raymond
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D002384:Catalysis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; C496319:NOS2 protein, human; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases