TY - JOUR
T1 - p38 Kinase activity is essential for osmotic induction of mRNAs for HSP70 and transporter for organic solute betaine in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells
AU - Sheikh-Hamad, David
AU - Di Mari, John
AU - Suki, Wadi N.
AU - Safirstein, Robert
AU - Watts, Bruns A.
AU - Rouse, Diane
PY - 1998/1/16
Y1 - 1998/1/16
N2 - In renal cells, hypertonicity induces genes for heat shock proteins (HSP70, αB-crystallin), as well as enzymes and transporters directly involved in the metabolism and transport of protective organic osmolytes. While heat shock proteins are induced by many stresses including osmotic stress, the induction of the osmolytes genes appears to be specific to osmotic stress. These two adaptive mechanisms allow kidney cells to survive and function in the hypertonic environment that exists on routine basis in kidney medulla. In mammalian cells, hypertonicity induces three mitogen- activated protein kinase pathways: ERK (extracellular regulated kinase), JNK (Jun N-terminal kinase), and p38. ERK activation by osmotic stress is a consistent finding in many cells, but it is not essential for transcriptional regulation of mRNA for transporter of organic osmolyte betaine. While the growth of yeast cells on NaCl-supplemented medium is dependent on HOG1 pathway, it is still unclear which pathway mediates the adaptation to osmotic stress in mammalian cells. Here, we show that inhibition of p38 kinase activity, using the specific inhibitor SB203580 (4-(fluorophenyl)-2-(4- methylsulfonyl-phenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl) imidazole), abolishes the hypertonicity- mediated induction of mRNAs for HSP70 and betaine transporter in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. The inhibition is dose-dependent and correlates with the in situ activity of native p38 kinase, determined as MAPKAPK-2 activity in cell extracts. As reported previously, the activities of ERK-1 and -2 were not affected by SB203580, but surprisingly, inhibition of native p38 kinase activity correlates with up-regulation of native JNK-1 activity in osmotically stressed cells. p38 mRNA is induced by hypertonic stress and is attenuated with p38 kinase inhibition. We also find that thermal induction of HSP70 mRNA is not affected by p38 kinase inhibition. Such findings suggest that p38 kinase activity is essential for the induction of genes involved in the adaptation of mammalian cells to osmotic stress and that the increased activity of JNK-1 during p38 kinase inhibition is consistent with regulation of JNK-1 by p38 kinase in osmotically stressed cells. In addition, the transduction pathways mediating HSP70 mRNA induction by different stresses appear to be divergent; osmotic induction of HSP70 is p38 kinase-dependent, while thermal induction is not.
AB - In renal cells, hypertonicity induces genes for heat shock proteins (HSP70, αB-crystallin), as well as enzymes and transporters directly involved in the metabolism and transport of protective organic osmolytes. While heat shock proteins are induced by many stresses including osmotic stress, the induction of the osmolytes genes appears to be specific to osmotic stress. These two adaptive mechanisms allow kidney cells to survive and function in the hypertonic environment that exists on routine basis in kidney medulla. In mammalian cells, hypertonicity induces three mitogen- activated protein kinase pathways: ERK (extracellular regulated kinase), JNK (Jun N-terminal kinase), and p38. ERK activation by osmotic stress is a consistent finding in many cells, but it is not essential for transcriptional regulation of mRNA for transporter of organic osmolyte betaine. While the growth of yeast cells on NaCl-supplemented medium is dependent on HOG1 pathway, it is still unclear which pathway mediates the adaptation to osmotic stress in mammalian cells. Here, we show that inhibition of p38 kinase activity, using the specific inhibitor SB203580 (4-(fluorophenyl)-2-(4- methylsulfonyl-phenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl) imidazole), abolishes the hypertonicity- mediated induction of mRNAs for HSP70 and betaine transporter in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. The inhibition is dose-dependent and correlates with the in situ activity of native p38 kinase, determined as MAPKAPK-2 activity in cell extracts. As reported previously, the activities of ERK-1 and -2 were not affected by SB203580, but surprisingly, inhibition of native p38 kinase activity correlates with up-regulation of native JNK-1 activity in osmotically stressed cells. p38 mRNA is induced by hypertonic stress and is attenuated with p38 kinase inhibition. We also find that thermal induction of HSP70 mRNA is not affected by p38 kinase inhibition. Such findings suggest that p38 kinase activity is essential for the induction of genes involved in the adaptation of mammalian cells to osmotic stress and that the increased activity of JNK-1 during p38 kinase inhibition is consistent with regulation of JNK-1 by p38 kinase in osmotically stressed cells. In addition, the transduction pathways mediating HSP70 mRNA induction by different stresses appear to be divergent; osmotic induction of HSP70 is p38 kinase-dependent, while thermal induction is not.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.273.3.1832
DO - 10.1074/jbc.273.3.1832
M3 - Article
C2 - 9430735
AN - SCOPUS:0031915143
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 273
SP - 1832
EP - 1837
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 3
ER -