Farnesyltransferase inhibitor improved survival following endotoxin challenge in mice |
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Authors: | Shohei Shinozaki Yoko Inoue Makiko Fukaya Edward A Carter Young Ming-Yu Alan Fischman Ronald Tompkins Masao Kaneki |
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Institution: | a Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, MA 02114, USA b Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA c Department of Surgery, Division of Burns and Trauma, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA d Department of Nuclear Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA |
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Abstract: | Endotoxemia plays an important role in the pathogenesis of sepsis and is accompanied by dysregulated apoptosis of immune and non-immune cells. Treatment with statins reduces mortality in rodent models of sepsis and endotoxemia. Inhibition of protein isoprenylation, including farnesylation, has been proposed as a mechanism to mediate the lipid-lowering-independent effects of statins. Nonetheless, the effects of the inhibition of isoprenylation have not yet been studied. To investigate the role of farnesylation, we evaluated the effects of farnesyltransferase inhibitor and statin on survival following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in mice. Both simvastatin (2 mg/kg BW) and FTI-277 (20 mg/kg BW) treatment improved survival by twofold after LPS injection, as compared with vehicle alone (p < 0.01). LPS-induced cleavage (activation) of caspase-3, an indicator of apoptotic change, and increased protein expression of proapoptotic molecules, Bax and Bim, and activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK/SAPK) in the liver and spleen were attenuated by both simvastatin and FTI-277. These results demonstrate that farnesyltransferase inhibitor as well as statin significantly reduced LPS-induced mortality in mice. Our findings also suggest that inhibition of protein farnesylation may contribute to the lipid-lowering-independent protective effects of statins in endotoxemia, and that protein farnesylation may play a role in LPS-induced stress response, including JNK/SAPK activation, and apoptotic change. Our data argue that farnesyltransferase may be a potential molecular target for treating patients with endotoxemia. |
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Keywords: | Farnesylation Statin HMG-CoA reductase Lipopolysaccharide Caspase-3 c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase Liver Spleen |
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