title: Effects of sodium houttuyfonate on phosphorylation of CaMK II, CREB and ERK 1/2 and expression of c-Fos in macrophages.
abstract: The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of sodium houttuyfonate on the phosphorylation of CaMK II, CREB and ERK 1/2, and the expression of c-Fos. Macrophages were cultured in vitro with or without sodium houttuyfonate in the culture medium. After cell culture, macrophages were lysed and the lysate of the macrophages was collected for analysis. Western-blotting method was adopted to investigate the phosphorylation or the expression of these signal elements. It was found in this research that the phosphorylation levels of CaMK II and CREB and the expression of c-Fos protein in macrophages were increased by sodium houttuyfonate treatment; however, the phosphorylation level of ERK 1/2 was not affected by the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Hospital Pharmacy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan.
authors.forename: Dayong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Atsumi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Toshitaka
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nabeshima
authors.forename: Qinghai
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000473:Alkanes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013447:Sulfites / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D000473:Alkanes; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D013447:Sulfites; C473296:sodium houttuyfonate; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3