title: Up-regulation of heme oxygenase-1 expression through CaMKII-ERK1/2-Nrf2 signaling mediates the anti-inflammatory effect of bisdemethoxycurcumin in LPS-stimulated macrophages.
abstract: We have identified a novel anti-inflammatory signaling pathway that leads to the expression of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in response to bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC), an analog of curcumin. Treatment with BDMC suppressed inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide (NO) production by down-regulating NF-kappaB activity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW264.7 macrophages. These effects were reversed by blocking HO-1 activity or expression. The signaling pathway involved in BDMC-mediated HO-1 induction included Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2). BDMC induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in a CaMKII-dependent manner. Pretreatment with the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2 (MEK1/2) inhibitor, U0126, inhibited CaMKII-induced stimulation of HO-1 promoter activity, suggesting that ERK1/2 is a downstream mediator of CaMKII in BDMC signaling to HO-1 expression. Furthermore, the CaMKII-ERK1/2 cascade targets the transcription factor, NF-E2-related factor-2 (Nrf2). Finally, inhibition of the Ca(2+)-CaMKII-ERK1/2-linked cascade attenuated significantly suppression by BDMC of LPS-induced iNOS expression and subsequent NO production. Collectively, our findings identify a Ca(2+)/calmodulin-CaMKII-ERK1/2-Nrf2 cascade as a novel anti-inflammatory pathway mediating BDMC signaling to HO-1 expression in macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.
authors.forename: An Na
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Woo-Kwang
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Jung Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung-Chul
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002070:Butadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003474:Curcumin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D036381:Diarylheptanoids; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000502:physiology*; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000502:physiology*; D051267:NF-E2-Related Factor 2 / Q000502:physiology*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009570:Nitriles / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D002070:Butadienes; D036381:Diarylheptanoids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D051267:NF-E2-Related Factor 2; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009570:Nitriles; C113580:U 0126; C034786:bisdemethoxycurcumin; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D003474:Curcumin; D002118:Calcium