title: Signaling pathways leading to the induction of ornithine decarboxylase: opposite effects of p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and p38 MAPK inhibitors.
abstract: Treatment of serum-starved, human ECV304 cells with histamine or ATP elicited a transient induction of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), a key enzyme in polyamine synthesis, to an extent similar to that provoked by phorbol myristate acetate or serum re-addition. All these agents also provoked an increase in active phosphorylated p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and p38 MAPK. The involvement of p44/42 MAPK and p38 MAPK in the induction of ODC was investigated by using selective inhibitors. U0126 and PD98059, two specific p44/42 MAPK kinase inhibitors, prevented the induction of ODC elicited by any stimulus employed, whereas SB203580 and SB202190, which are widely used as p38 MAPK inhibitors, enhanced ODC induction in a way that appeared dependent on p44/42 MAPK activation. By using inhibitors of other key signaling proteins that may lead to activation of p44/42 MAPK, we provide evidence that protein kinase C, but not phosphoinositide 3-kinase, is involved in histamine-stimulated ODC induction. These results show that the p44/42 MAPK pathway, but not p38 MAPK, is essential for ODC induction stimulated either by agonists of G-protein-coupled receptors, phorbol esters, or serum, and suggest that the inhibition of ODC induction may be an important event in the antiproliferative response to p44/42 MAPK pathway inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biochimica "G. Moruzzi", Università di Bologna, 40126, Bologna, Italy. fflamign@biocfarm.unibo.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flamigni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tantini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanelli
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D002070:Butadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D009570:Nitriles / Q000494:pharmacology; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D002070:Butadienes; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009570:Nitriles; C113580:U 0126; D006632:Histamine; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate