title: Inflammatory gene expression by human colonic smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Intestinal mucosal cells and invading leukocytes produce inappropriate levels of cytokines and chemokines in human colitis. However, smooth muscle cells of the airway and vasculature also synthesize cytokines and chemokines. To determine whether human colonic myocytes can synthesize proinflammatory mediators, strips of circular smooth muscle and smooth muscle cells were isolated from human colon. Myocytes and muscle strips were stimulated with 10 ng/ml of IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, respectively. Expression of mRNA for IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) was induced within 2 h and continued to increase for 8-12 h. Regulated on activation, normal T cell-expressed and -secreted (RANTES) mRNA expression was slower, appearing at 8 h and increasing linearly through 20 h. Expression of all five mRNAs was inhibited by 0.1 microM MG-132, a proteosome inhibitor that blocks NF-kappaB activation. Expression of IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, and COX-2 mRNA was reduced by 30 microM PP1, an Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and by 25 microM SB-203580, a p38 MAPK inhibitor. MAPK/extracellular regulated kinase-1 inhibitor PD-98059 (25 microM) was much less effective. In conclusion, human colonic smooth muscle cells can synthesize and secrete interleukins (IL-1beta and IL-6) and chemokines (IL-8 and RANTES) and upregulate expression of COX-2. Regulation of cytokine, chemokine, and COX-2 mRNA depends on multiple signaling pathways, including Src-family kinases, extracellular regulated kinase, p38 MAPKs, and NF-kappaB. SB-203580 was a consistent, efficacious inhibitor of inflammatory gene expression, suggesting an important role of p38 MAPK in synthetic functions of human colonic smooth muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557-0270, USA.
authors.forename: Sonemany
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salinthone
authors.forename: Cherie A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Gerthoffer
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018925:Chemokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism*; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007249:Inflammation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007378:Interleukins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D032342:Muscle Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D018925:Chemokines; D016207:Cytokines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007378:Interleukins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012313:RNA; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases