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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 276, 期 48, 页码 44527-44533出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M106771200
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS039940, R01 NS039940-02, NS39940, R01 NS039940-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
The present study was undertaken to investigate the role of CD40 ligation in the expression of inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) in mouse BV-2 microglial cells and primary microglia. Ligation of CD40 alone by either cross-linking antibodies against CD40 or a recombinant CD40 ligand (CD154) was unable to induce the production of NO in BV-2 microglial cells. The absence of induction of NO production by CD40 ligation alone even in CD40-overexpressed BV-2 microglial cells suggests that a signal transduced by the ligation of CD40 alone is not sufficient to induce NO production. However, CD40 ligation markedly stimulated interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-mediated NO production. Ligation of CD40 in CD40-overexpressed cells further stimulated IFN-gamma -induced production of NO. This stimulation of NO production was accompanied by stimulation of the iNOS protein and mRNA In addition to BV-2 glial cells, CD40 ligation also stimulated IFN-gamma -mediated NO production in mouse primary microglia and peritoneal macrophages. To understand the mechanism of induction/stimulation of iNOS, we investigated the roles of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (C/EBP beta), transcription factors responsible for the induction of iNOS. IFN-gamma alone was able to induce the activation of NF-kappaB as well as C/EBP beta. However, CD40 ligation alone induced the activation of only NF-kappaB but not of C/EBP beta, suggesting that the activation of NF-kappaB alone by CD40 ligation is not sufficient to induce the expression of iNOS and that the activation of C/EBP beta is also necessary for the expression of iNOS. Consistently, dominant-negative mutants of p65 (Delta p65) and C/EBP beta (DeltaC/EBP beta) inhibited the expression of iNOS in BV-2 microglial cells that were stimulated with the combination of IFN-gamma and CD40 ligand. Stimulation of IFN-gamma -mediated activation of NF-kappaB but not of C/EBP beta by CD40 ligation suggests that CD40 ligation stimulates the expression of iNOS in IFN-gamma -treated BV-2 microglial cells through the stimulation of NF-kappaB activation. This study illustrates a novel role for CD40 ligation in stimulating the expression of iNOS in microglial cells, which may participate in the pathogenesis of neuroinflammatory diseases.
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