title: Calpain inhibition delays neutrophil apoptosis via cyclic AMP-independent activation of protein kinase A and protein kinase A-mediated stabilization of Mcl-1 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP).
abstract: Human neutrophils underwent spontaneous apoptosis, which was accompanied with proteasome-mediated degradation of Mcl-1 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP). Calpain inhibitors (PD150606 and N-acetyl-Leu-Leu-Nle-CHO) prevented spontaneous neutrophil apoptosis and degradation of Mcl-1 and XIAP, and the effects of calpain inhibitors on neutrophils were resistant to cycloheximide. Calpain inhibitors induced protein kinase A (PKA) activation, which was unaccompanied with an increase in intracellular cyclic AMP. Calpain inhibition-mediated delayed neutrophil apoptosis, stabilization of Mcl-1 and XIAP, and phosphorylation of PKA substrates were suppressed by H-89 (specific PKA inhibitor). These findings suggest that calpain inhibition delays neutrophil apoptosis via cyclic AMP-independent activation of PKA and PKA-mediated stabilization of Mcl-1 and XIAP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Osaka City University Medical School, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Hisakazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002154:Calpain / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051636:X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D064549:Myeloid Cell Leukemia Sequence 1 Protein; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051636:X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein; C496866:XIAP protein, human; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002154:Calpain