title: Lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptosis in transformed bovine brain endothelial cells and human dermal microvessel endothelial cells: the role of JNK.
abstract: Stimulation of transformed bovine brain endothelial cells (TBBEC) with LPS leads to apoptosis while human microvessel endothelial cells (HMEC) need the presence of cycloheximide (CHX) with LPS to induce apoptosis. To investigate the molecular mechanism of LPS-induced apoptosis in HMEC or TBBEC, we analyzed the involvement of MAPK and PI3K in TBBEC and HMEC. LPS-induced apoptosis in TBBEC was hallmarked by the activation of caspase 3, caspase 6, and caspase 8 after the stimulation of LPS, followed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage and lactate dehydrogenase release. We also observed DNA cleavage determined by TUNEL staining in TBBEC treated with LPS. Herbimycin A, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, and SP600125, a JNK inhibitor, suppressed the activation of caspases and lactate dehydrogenase release. Moreover, a PI3K inhibitor (LY294002) suppressed activation of caspases and combined treatment with both SP600125 and LY294002 completely inhibited the activation of caspases. These results suggest that the JNK signaling pathway through the tyrosine kinase and PI3K pathways is involved in the induction of apoptosis in LPS-treated TBBEC. On the other hand, we observed sustained JNK activation in HMEC treated with LPS and CHX, and neither ERK1/2 nor AKT were activated. The addition of SP600125 suppressed phosphorylation of JNK and the activation of caspase 3 in HMEC treated with LPS and CHX. These results suggest that JNK plays an important role in the induction of apoptosis in endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatrics Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Hisae
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karahashi
authors.forename: Kathrin S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Michelsen
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arditi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology*; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055806:Microvessels / Q000166:cytology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020169:Caspases