title: ERK 1/2- and JNKs-dependent synthesis of interleukins 6 and 8 by fibroblast-like synoviocytes stimulated with protein I/II, a modulin from oral streptococci, requires focal adhesion kinase.
abstract: Protein I/II, a pathogen-associated molecular pattern from oral streptococci, is a potent inducer of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-8 synthesis and release from fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), cells that are critically involved in joint inflammation. This synthesis implicates ERK 1/2 and JNKs as well as AP-1-binding activity and nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB. The mechanisms by which protein I/II activates MAPKs remain, however, elusive. Because focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was proposed to play a role in signaling to MAPKs, we examined its ability to contribute to the MAPKs-dependent synthesis of IL-6 and IL-8 in response to protein I/II. We used FAK-/- fibroblasts as well as FAK+/+ fibroblasts and FLSs transfected with FRNK, a dominant negative form of FAK. The results demonstrate that IL-6 and IL-8 release in response to protein I/II was strongly inhibited in both protein I/II-stimulated FAK-/- and FRNK-transfected cells. Cytochalasin D, which inhibits protein I/II-induced phosphorylation of FAK (Tyr-397), had no effect either on activation of ERK 1/2 and JNKs or on IL-6 and IL-8 release. Taken together, these results indicate that IL-6 and IL-8 release by protein I/II-activated FLSs is regulated by FAK independently of Tyr-397 phosphorylation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunologie et de Biochimie Bactérienne, Inserm U392, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neff
authors.forename: Mirjam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeisel
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Druet
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sibilia
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wachsmann
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D039081:Integrin alpha5beta1 / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000166:cytology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D039081:Integrin alpha5beta1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D016328:NF-kappa B; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496050:PTK2 protein, human; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D000077191:Wortmannin