title: MKP-1 switches arginine metabolism from nitric oxide synthase to arginase following endotoxin challenge.
abstract: L-Arginine (L-arg) is metabolized to nitric oxide (NO) by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) or to urea and L-ornithine (L-orn) by arginase. NO is involved in the inflammatory response, whereas arginase is the first step in polyamine and proline synthesis necessary for tissue repair and wound healing. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) mediate LPS-induced iNOS expression, and MAPK phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) plays a crucial role in limiting MAPK signaling in macrophages. We hypothesized that MKP-1, by attenuating iNOS expression, acts as a switch changing L-arg metabolism from NO production to L-orn production after endotoxin administration. To test this hypothesis, we performed studies in RAW264.7 macrophages stably transfected with an MKP-1 expression vector in thioglyollate-elicited peritoneal macrophages harvested from wild-type and Mkp-1(-/-) mice, as well as in vivo in wild-type and Mkp-1(-/-) mice. We found that overexpression of MKP-1 resulted in lower iNOS expression and NO production but greater urea production in response to LPS. Although deficiency of MKP-1 resulted in greater iNOS expression and NO production and lower urea production in response to LPS, neither the overexpression nor the deficiency of MKP-1 had any substantial effect on the expression of the arginases.
authors: Center for Perinatal Research, Columbus Children's Research Institute, Columbus, OH 43205, USA. NelinL@pediatrics.ohio-state.edu
authors: Leif D
authors: LD
authors: Nelin
authors: Xianxi
authors: X
authors: Wang
authors: Qun
authors: Q
authors: Zhao
authors: Louis G
authors: LG
authors: Chicoine
authors: Tamara L
authors: TL
authors: Young
authors: Dionna M
authors: DM
authors: Hatch
authors: B Keith
authors: BK
authors: English
authors: Yusen
authors: Y
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001119:Arginase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D054638:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009952:Ornithine / Q000378:metabolism; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D014508:Urea / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C482199:lipopolysaccharide, E coli O55-B5; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D014508:Urea; D001120:Arginine; D009952:Ornithine; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496317:Nos2 protein, mouse; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D054638:Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1; C517020:Dusp1 protein, mouse; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C481673:Arg2 protein, mouse; D001119:Arginase