title: Rho-kinase mediates lysophosphatidic acid-induced IL-8 and MCP-1 production via p38 and JNK pathways in human endothelial cells.
abstract: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), an inflammatory mediator that is elevated in multiple inflammatory diseases, is a potent activator of Rho kinase (ROCK) signaling and of chemokine production in endothelial cells. In this study, LPA activated ROCK, p38, JNK and NF-kappaB pathways and induced interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) mRNA and protein expression in human endothelial cells. We mapped signaling events downstream of ROCK, driving chemokine production. In summary, MCP-1 production was partly regulated by ROCK acting upstream of p38 and JNK and mediated downstream by NF-kappaB. IL-8 production was largely driven by ROCK through p38 and JNK activation, but with no involvement of NF-kappaB.
authors.affiliation: Inflammation Research Unit, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Lakshman E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rajagopalan
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D016209:Interleukin-8; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C032881:lysophosphatidic acid