Journal
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 408, Issue 3, Pages 471-476Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.04.056
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Nanosecond pulsed electric field; Electroporation; JNK; c-Jun; MAP kinase
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- MEXT, Japan
- Research Foundation for the Electrotechnology of Chubu
- CASIO Science Promotion Foundation
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Nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs) are increasingly recognized as a novel and unique tool in various life science fields, including electroporation and cancer therapy, although their mode of action in cells remains largely unclear. Here, we show that nsPEFs induce strong and transient activation of a signaling pathway involving c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Application of nsPEFs to HeLa S3 cells rapidly induced phosphorylation of JNK1 and MKK4, which is located immediately upstream of JNK in this signaling pathway. nsPEF application also elicited increased phosphorylation of c-Jun protein and dramatically elevated c-jun and c-fos mRNA levels. nsPEF-inducible events downstream of JNK were markedly suppressed by the JNK inhibitor SP600125, which confirmed JNK-dependency of these events in this pathway. Our results provide novel mechanistic insights into the mode of nsPEF action in human cells. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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