title: Geldanamycin enhances hepatocyte growth factor stimulation of eNOS phosphorylation in endothelial cells.
abstract: Previously, we demonstrated that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) potently stimulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity and nitric oxide (NO) production through a calcium- and Akt-mediated phosphorylation at Ser-1179 (Ser-1177 human) in bovine aortic endothelial cells. The regulation of eNOS, however, also involves interaction with chaperone proteins such as heat shock protein (HSP) 90, which can be enhanced by agonist stimulation of the enzyme. In the present work, the role of HSP90 in HGF stimulation of eNOS was examined in an endothelial cell culture system. Treatment of endothelial cells with geldanamycin, a commonly used HSP90 inhibitor, augmented HGF-stimulated eNOS phosphorylation at Ser-1179, while it did not alter eNOS phosphorylation at Thr-497. However, other HSP90 inhibitors, namely 17-(allylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) and radicicol, did not possess similar effects. Neither HGF nor geldanamycin treatment, independently or in combination, altered HSP90/eNOS interaction in endothelial cells. In addition, geldanamycin treatment did not enhance the HGF-induced phosphorylation of Akt, ERK1/2 and p38MAPK. Src kinase inhibition by PP2 also failed to block the geldanamycin effects. These results suggest that geldanamycin, but neither 17-AAG nor radicicol, may enhance HGF-mediated eNOS Ser-1179 phosphorylation by some as yet unknown mechanisms independently of HSP90 inhibition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan. jkmakd@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kennedy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Makondo
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamikawa
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terao
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018942:Macrolides / Q000494:pharmacology; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D018942:Macrolides; C112765:tanespimycin; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D019859:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met; C035359:monorden; C001277:geldanamycin