title: IFN-gamma activates cAMP/PKA/CREB signaling pathway in murine peritoneal macrophages.
abstract: Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is a macrophage-activating cytokine that serves critical functions in innate and adaptive immunity and is thought to be mediated by the Jak-Stat signaling pathway. The present study establishes for the first time that cyclic adenosine monophosphate, protein kinase A, and cAMP response element-binding protein (cAMP/PKA/CREB) are coregulators of the IFN-gamma signaling pathway. Experimental data indicate that exogenous IFN-gamma stimulated cAMP accumulation and PKA activation in time-dependent and dose-dependent manners in murine peritoneal macrophages. Moreover, IFN-gamma stimulated CREB phosphorylation and CREB DNA binding, which could be significantly attenuated by PKA inhibition with H89. It appears that a novel cAMP/PKA/CREB signaling pathway is activated by IFN-gamma in macrophages, suggesting that an alternate signaling pathway exists in macrophages in response to IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, PR China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Chang-Lin
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zong-Liang
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D054746:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D007546:Isoquinolines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013449:Sulfonamides; D005576:Colforsin; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D054746:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type II; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide