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PLOS ONE
卷 6, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024831
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- Swedish Research Council [2010-11564-15-3]
- Swedish Diabetes Association
- family Ernfors Fund
- Novo-Nordisk Foundation
- Barndiabetesfonden
- Ahlen stiftelsen
- Svenska Lakaresallskapet
- Svenska sallskapet for medicinsk forskning
- Langmanska kulturfonden
- Stiftelsen Sigurd och Elsa Goljes Minne
- Nordic Network for Clinical Islet Transplantation
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation [31-2008-413]
Purpose: Imatinib Mesylate (Gleevec) is a drug that potently counteracts diabetes both in humans and in animal models for human diabetes. We have previously reported that this compound in human pancreatic islets stimulates NF-kappa B signaling and islet cell survival. The aim of this study was to investigate control of NF-kappa B post-translational modifications exerted by Imatinib and whether any such effects are associated with altered islet gene expression and chemokine production in vitro. Procedures: Human islets were either left untreated or treated with Imatinib for different timepoints. I kappa B-alpha and NF-kappa B p65 phosphorylation and methylation were assessed by immunoblot analysis. Islet gene expression was assessed using a commercial Pathway Finder microarray kit and RT-PCR. Islet chemokine production was determined by flow cytometric bead array analysis. Findings: Human islet I kappa B-alpha and Ser276-p65 phosphorylation were increased by a 20 minute Imatinib exposure. Methylation of p65 at position Lys221 was increased after 60 min of Imatinib exposure and persisted for 3 hours. Microarray analysis of islets exposed to Imatinib for 4 hours revealed increased expression of the inflammatory genes IL-4R, TCF5, DR5, I-TRAF, I-CAM, HSP27 and IL-8. The islet release of IL-8 was augmented in islets cultured over night in the presence of Imatinib. Following 30 hours of Imatinib exposure, the cytokine-induced I kappa B-alpha and STAT1 phosphorylation was abolished and diminished, respectively. The cytokine-induced release of the chemokines MIG and IP10 was lower in islets exposed to Imatinib for 30 hours. Conclusion: Imatinib by itself promotes a modest activation of NF-kappa B. However, a prolonged exposure of human islets to Imatinib is associated with a dampened response to cytokines. It is possible that Imatinib induces NF-kappa B preconditioning of islet cells leading to lowered cytokine sensitivity and a mitigated islet inflammation.
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