title: 7-Ketocholesterol-induced apoptosis. Involvement of several pro-apoptotic but also anti-apoptotic calcium-dependent transduction pathways.
abstract: Oxysterols, and particularly 7-ketocholesterol, appear to be strongly involved in the physiopathology of atherosclerosis. These molecules are suspected to be cytotoxic to the cells of the vascular wall and monocytes/macrophages, particularly by inducing apoptosis. Previous studies have demonstrated that 7-ketocholesterol-induced apoptosis is triggered by a sustained increase of cytosolic-free Ca2+, which elicits the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis by activation of the calcium-dependent phosphatase calcineurin, leading to dephosphorylation of the 'BH3 only' protein BAD. However, thorough study of the results suggests that other pathways are implicated in 7-ketocholesterol-induced cytotoxicity. In this study, we demonstrate the involvement of two other calcium-dependent pathways during 7-ketocholesterol-induced apoptosis. The activation of the MEK-->ERK pathway by the calcium-dependent tyrosine kinase PYK 2, a survival pathway which delays apoptosis as shown by the use of the MEK inhibitor U0126, and a pathway involving another pro-apoptotic BH3 only protein, Bim. Indeed, 7-ketocholesterol treatment of human monocytic THP-1 cells induces the release of Bim-LC8 from the microtubule-associated dynein motor complex, and its association with Bcl-2. Therefore, it appears that 7-ketocholesterol-induced apoptosis is a complex phenomenon resulting from calcium-dependent activation of several pro-apoptotic pathways and also one survival pathway.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U498--Métabolisme des lipoprotéines et interactions vasculaires, Dijon Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berthier
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemaire-Ewing
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prunet
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Montange
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vejux
authors.forename: Jean Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pais de Barros
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monier
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gambert
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lizard
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Néel
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000070819:Discoidin Domain Receptor 1; D004398:Dyneins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D006801:Humans; D007653:Ketocholesterols / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051025:bcl-Associated Death Protein
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C494819:BAD protein, human; C000606775:BCL2L11 protein, human; D000072224:Bcl-2-Like Protein 11; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007653:Ketocholesterols; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051025:bcl-Associated Death Protein; C482128:MAP2K2 protein, human; C092030:DDR1 protein, human; D000070819:Discoidin Domain Receptor 1; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D048369:MAP Kinase Kinase 1; D048370:MAP Kinase Kinase 2; D004398:Dyneins; C003001:7-ketocholesterol; D002118:Calcium