期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 349, 期 -, 页码 427-434出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3490427
关键词
interleukin-6; proteasome; protein-tyrosine phosphatase; tyrosine phosphorylation; viral hepatitis
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R29CA72681] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAAA NIH HHS [R01AA12637, R03AA11823] Funding Source: Medline
Interferons (IFNs) have been used in the treatment of viral hepatitis. However, their effectiveness is much reduced (< 10%) in alcoholics. The mechanism underlying this resistance remains unknown. Here, we report that IFN-alpha/beta and IFN-gamma rapidly activate the JAK-STAT1 (Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator transcription factor 1) and p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p42/44 MAPK) in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes, Treatment of hepatocytes with 25 100 mM ethanol for 30 min inhibited IFN-beta- or IFN-gamma-induced STAT1 activation and tyrosine phosphorylation. The inhibitory effect of ethanol was not reversed by pretreatment with either sodium vanadate, a non-selective tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, or with MG132, a specific proteasome inhibitor. This suggests that protein tyrosine phosphatases or the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway are not involved in the inhibitory action of ethanol. In contrast with the JAK-STAT signalling pathway, acute ethanol exposure significantly potentiated IFN-beta or IFN-gamma-induced activation of p42/44 MAPK, acid caused marked activation of protein kinase C (PKC). Inhibition of PKC partially antagonized ethanol attenuation of IFN-induced STAT1 activation, suggesting that PKC may be involved. Taken together, these findings suggest that the ability of biologically relevant concentrations of ethanol (less than 100 mM) to markedly inhibit IFN-activated STAT1 is one of the cellular mechanisms responsible for the observed resistance of IFN therapy in alcoholics.
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