title: Role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways in granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor failure to delay fas-induced neutrophil apoptosis in elderly humans.
abstract: Fas-stimulated neutrophils from elderly individuals show impaired granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-induced apoptosis cell rescue. Herein, this defect was found to be associated with a significant reduction in GM-CSF-mediated Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) phosphorylation. Using Akt and ERK1/2 inhibitors, we demonstrated that both kinases were critical for GM-CSF antiapoptotic effects. Whereas Akt inhibition also affected GM-CSF-dependent ERK1/2 phosphorylation, ERK1/2 inhibition did not affect GM-CSF-induced Akt phosphorylation, suggesting that phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-K)/Akt and ERK1/2 are activated in series and that PI3-K is located upstream of ERK1/2 along the GM-CSF-dependent signaling pathway. No age-associated changes in GM-CSF receptor expression were observed. Interestingly, both suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS)1 and SOCS3 proteins were significantly higher in unstimulated neutrophils from elderly individuals and, unlike in young individuals, did not further increase following GM-CSF cell triggering. These results indicate that defective PI3-K/Akt/ERK1/2 activation, likely dependent on elevated SOCS1 and SOCS3 levels, may affect the GM-CSF capacity to delay neutrophil apoptosis in elderly persons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Section of Internal Medicine, Policlinico, 70124 Bari, Italy. c.tortorella@intmed.uniba.it
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tortorella
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simone
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piazzolla
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cappiello
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Antonaci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D016187:Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D000071222:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1 Protein; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D005419:Flavonoids; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D016187:Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; C108944:SOCS1 protein, human; C106644:SOCS3 protein, human; D000071222:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1 Protein; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one