title: Up-regulation by zinc of FGF-2-induced VEGF release through enhancing p44/p42 MAP kinase activation in osteoblasts.
abstract: We previously reported that basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) activates stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) and p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase resulting in the stimulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) release in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. In the present study, we investigated whether zinc affects the VEGF release by FGF-2 in MC3T3-E1 cells. The FGF-2-induced VEGF release was significantly enhanced by ZnSO(4) but not Na(2)SO(4). The enhancing effect of ZnSO(4) was dose-dependent between 1 and 100 muM. ZnSO(4) markedly enhanced the FGF-2-induced phosphorylation of p44/p42 MAP kinase while having little effect on the SAPK/JNK phosphorylation. PD98059 significantly reduced the amplification by ZnSO(4) of the FGF-2-stimulated VEGF release. Taken together, our findings strongly suggest that zinc enhances FGF-2-stimulated VEGF release resulting from up-regulating activation of p44/p42 MAP kinase in osteoblasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Hospital for Geriatric Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi 474-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiteru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hanai
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokuda
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001252:Astringents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4 / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019287:Zinc Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001252:Astringents; D005419:Flavonoids; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D019287:Zinc Sulfate; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one