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CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
卷 59, 期 4, 页码 945-954出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(03)00538-8
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atherosclerosis; free radicals; inflammation; macrophages; protein kinases
Background and objectives: 8-Isoprostane is a marker of oxidative stress in vivo and increased plasma and urine levels are found in patients with vascular disease and in atherosclerotic plaques. Inflammatory chemokines such as interleukin (IL)-8 seem to play an important pathogenic role in atherogenesis. We therefore investigated the effects of 8-isoprostane on the expression of inflammatory chemokines with consciousness on IL-8 (mRNA and protein) in human macrophages. In addition, we studied the involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases (ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK) and nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) in this process. Methods and results: 8-Isoprostane (10 muM) induced IL-8 expression (mRNA and protein), measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR and enzyme immunoassay. respectively. in both THP-1 macrophages and human monocyte-derived macrophages. Moreover, 8-isoprostane increased mRNA expression of macrophage inflammatory protein-la as determined by RNase protection assay. In this process, 8-isoprostane induced the activation of two major MAP-kinases; ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK. Furthermore, the ERK 1/2 inhibitor, PD98059, and the p38 MAPK inhibitor, SB203580, markedly reduced 8-isoprostane-induced IL-8 expression (mRNA and protein), while inhibition of NF-kappaB activation and translocation had no significant effect on IL-8 expression. Conclusions: We show that 8-isoprostane increases IL-8 expression in human macrophages involving both ERK 1/2 and p38 MAPK, but not NF-kappaB signaling pathway. These findings further support a link between oxidative stress/lipid peroxidation and inflammation in human macrophages and suggest a role for 8-isoprostane in this process. This 8-isoprostane-induced chemokine expression might be involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis as well as other inflammatory disorders. (C) 2003 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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