title: Src family protein tyrosine kinase signaling mediates monosodium urate crystal-induced IL-8 expression by monocytic THP-1 cells.
abstract: Neutrophil-dependent inflammation dependent on monosodium urate (MSU) crystal-induced IL-8 expression occurs in gout. MSU crystals activate phagocyte Src family tyrosine kinases and the serine/threonine kinase p70s6k. Thus, using monocytic THP-1 cells, we assessed the potential for Src family kinases and p70s6k to mediate MSU-induced IL-8 expression. MSU crystals induced phosphorylation of p70s6k and the Src kinases c-Src, Lyn, Hck, and Fyn. IL-8 expression was attenuated more by the Src kinase inhibitor PP1 than by the p70s6k inhibitor rapamycin. PP1 inhibited crystal-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and IkappaBalpha and suppressed IkappaB kinase (IKK) activation and NF-kappaB binding to the IL-8 promoter, signals that mediate MSU-induced IL-8 expression. Transfection of the native Src inhibitor, C-terminal Src kinase (Csk), also suppressed crystal-induced c-Src, ERK1/2, and IkappaBalpha phosphorylation and IL-8 expression. We conclude that Src family tyrosine kinase signaling plays a significant role in MSU crystal-induced IL-8 expression via stimulation of ERK1/2 pathway and NF-kappaB activation.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Rheumatology-Allergy/Immunology Division, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92161, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aupperle
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terkeltaub
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D006073:Gout / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D019893:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D016209:Interleukin-8; D016328:NF-kappa B; D014527:Uric Acid; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D019893:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases