期刊
BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
卷 77, 期 7, 页码 1194-1205出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.12.008
关键词
Glucocorticoids; GR; MSK1; PKA; NF-kappa B; Inflammation
资金
- Inter-university Attraction Poles (IAP) [6/18]
- Ghent University
In the combat against inflammation, glucocorticoids (GCs) are a widespread therapeutic. These ligands of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) inhibit the transactivation of various transcription factors, including nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B), and alter the composition of the pro-inflammatory enhanceosome, culminating in the repression of pro-inflammatory gene expression. However, pharmacological usage of GCs in long-term treatment is burdened with a detrimental side-effect profile. Recently, we discovered that GCs can lower NF-kappa B transactivation. and pro-inflammatory gene expression by abolishing the recruitment of mitogen- and stress-activated protein kinase 1 (MSK1) (EC 2.7.11.1) to pro-inflammatory gene promoters and displacing a significant fraction of MSK1 to the cytoplasm. In our current investigation in L929sA fibroblasts, upon combining GCs and MSK1 inhibitors, we discovered a dose-dependent additive repression of pro-inflammatory gene expression, most likely due to diverse and multilayered repression mechanisms employed by GCs and MSK1 inhibitors. Therefore, the combined application of GCs and MSK1 inhibitors enabled a similar level of repression of pro-inflammatory gene expression, using actually a lower concentration of GCs and MSK1 inhibitors combined than would be necessary when using these inhibitors separately. Although H89 can inhibit both MSK1 and PKA, TNF does not activate PKA (EC 2.7.11.11) and as such PKA inhibition does not mediate H89-instigated repression of TNF-stimulated gene expression. Furthermore, the additional repressive effects of liganded GR and inhibition of MSK1, are not mediated via GR transactivation mechanisms. In conclusion, these results could entail a new therapeutic strategy using lower drug concentrations, potentially leading to a more beneficial side-effect profile. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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