title: Experimental evidences and signal transduction pathways involved in the activation of NF-kappa B/Rel by angelan in murine macrophages.
abstract: In our previous studies, we showed that angelan, a polysaccharide purified from Angelica gigas Nakai, activated macrophages to induce the translocation of NF-kappa B/Rel into nucleus and DNA binding to its cognate site in the promoter of iNOS gene [Immunopharmacology 43 (1999) 1; Immunopharmacology 49 (2000) 275]. In the present study, we showed that angelan induces the transcriptional activation of NF-kappa B/Rel and investigated the intracellular signal transduction pathways involved in the angelan-induced NF-kappa B/Rel activation by murine macrophages. Treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with angelan resulted in significant activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and p38, while stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH2 terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) was not activated by angelan. The specific p38 inhibitor SB203580 abrogated the angelan-induced NF-kappa B/Rel activation, whereas the selective MAPK/extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (MEK-1) inhibitor PD98059 did not affect the NF-kappa B/Rel induction. Treatment of RAW 264.7 cells with both anti-CD14 Ab and anti-CR3 Ab significantly blocked angelan-induced NF-kappa B/Rel activation. In conclusion, we demonstrate that angelan induces NF-kappa B/Rel activation through the CD14 and CR3 membrane receptor and p38 kinase that is critically involved in the signal transduction leading to NF-kappa B/Rel activation in murine macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon 305-600, South Korea.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004586:Electrophoresis; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000187:drug effects*; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014162:Transfection; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D007093:Imidazoles; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011725:Pyridines; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D011112:Polymyxin B; C093642:SB 203580; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one