Signaling mechanisms regulating bombesin-mediated AP-1 gene induction in the human gastric cancer SIIA.
The hormone bombesin (BBS) and its mammalian equivalent gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) act through specific GRP receptors (GRP-R) to affect multiple cellular functions in the gastrointestinal tract; the intracellular signaling pathways leading to these effects are not clearly defined. Previously, we demonstrated that the human gastric cancer SIIA possesses GRP-R and that BBS stimulates activator protein-1 (AP-1) gene expression. The purpose of our present study was to determine the signaling pathways leading to AP-1 induction in SIIA cells. A rapid induction of c-jun and jun-B gene expression was noted after BBS treatment; this effect was blocked by specific GRP-R antagonists, indicating that BBS is acting through the GRP-R. The signaling pathways leading to increased AP-1 gene expression were delineated using phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which stimulates protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent pathways, by forskolin (FSK), which stimulates protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent pathways, and by the use of various protein kinase inhibitors. Treatment with PMA stimulated AP-1 gene expression and DNA binding activity similar to the effects noted with BBS; FSK stimulated jun-B expression but produced only minimal increases of c-jun mRNA and AP-1 binding activity. Pretreatment of SIIA cells with either H-7 or H-8 (primarily PKC inhibitors) inhibited the induction of c-jun and jun-B mRNAs in response to BBS, whereas H-89 (PKA inhibitor) exhibited only minimal effects. Pretreatment with tyrphostin-25, a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitor, attenuated the BBS-mediated induction of c-jun and jun-B, but the effect was not as pronounced as with H-7. Collectively, our results demonstrate that BBS acts through its receptor to produce a rapid induction of both c-jun and jun-B mRNA and AP-1 DNA binding activity in the SIIA human gastric cancer. Moreover, this induction of AP-1, in response to BBS, is mediated through both PKC- and PTK-dependent signal transduction pathways with only minimal involvement of PKA.
Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Illinois 60637, USA.
H J
HJ
Kim
B M
BM
Evers
D A
DA
Litvak
M R
MR
Hellmich
C M
CM
Townsend
D001839:Bombesin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D018004:Receptors, Bombesin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018004:Receptors, Bombesin; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D001839:Bombesin