title: Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-3 gene expression in human endothelial cells by phorbol ester and cAMP signalling.
abstract: Monocyte chemoattractant protein-3 (MCP-3) is one of the most broadly active chemokines, potentially inducing chemotaxis of all leucocytic cells. In the present study, we examined the regulation of MCP-3 mRNA and protein production in endothelial cells by protein kinase C (PKC) activator, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and cAMP signalling. On stimulation of endothelial cells with 10 nM PMA, MCP-3 mRNA increased to 300-fold the basal level at 3 hr and rapidly declined to 0.2-fold the basal level at 24 hr. PMA-induced MCP-3 mRNA and protein production of human endothelial cells were partially inhibited by pretreatment with the adenylate cyclase activator, forskolin, or membrane-permeable cAMP derivative. The PMA-induced MCP-3 mRNA increase was almost abrogated when cells were pretreated with cycloheximide (CHX). Forskolin inhibited the transcription of PMA-induced MCP-3 gene expression. Following PMA stimulation for 3 hr, subsequent addition of actinomycin D suppressed the rapid decay of PMA-induced MCP-3 mRNA. These results suggest that PMA induces the transcriptional activation of the MCP-3 gene through de novo protein synthesis and the rapid decay of PMA-induced MCP-3 mRNA through de novo synthesis of adenosine/uridine (AU)-rich element binding proteins and cAMP signalling inhibits the PMA-induced transcriptional activation of the MCP-3 gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isaji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054410:Chemokine CCL7; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016207:Cytokines; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D018945:Monocyte Chemoattractant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C515450:CCL7 protein, human; D054410:Chemokine CCL7; D016207:Cytokines; D018945:Monocyte Chemoattractant Proteins; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D005576:Colforsin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate