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Visfatin (also termed pre-B-cell colony-enhancing factor (PBEF) or nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt)) is a pleiotropic mediator acting on many inflammatory processes including osteoarthritis. Visfatin exhibits both an intracellular enzymatic activity (nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, Nampt) leading to NAD synthesis and a cytokine function via the binding to its hypothetical receptor. We recently reported the role of visfatin in prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) synthesis in chondrocytes. Here, our aim was to characterize the signaling pathways involved in this response in exploring both the insulin receptor (IR) signaling pathway and Nampt activity. IR was expressed in human and murine chondrocytes, and visfatin triggered Akt phosphorylation in murine chondrocytes. Blocking IR expression with siRNA or activity using the hydroxy-2-naphthalenyl methyl phosphonic acid tris acetoxymethyl ester (HNMPA-(AM)(3)) inhibitor diminished visfatin-induced PGE(2) release in chondrocytes. Moreover, visfatin-induced IGF-1R(-/-) chondrocytes released higher concentration of PGE(2) than IGF-1R(+/+) cells, a finding confirmed with an antibody that blocked IGF-1R. Using RT-PCR, we found that visfatin did not regulate IR expression and that an increased insulin release was also unlikely to be involved because insulin was unable to increase PGE(2) release. Inhibition of Nampt activity using the APO866 inhibitor gradually decreased PGE(2) release, whereas the addition of exogenous nicotinamide increased it. We conclude that the proinflammatory actions of visfatin in chondrocytes involve regulation of IR signaling pathways, possibly through the control of Nampt enzymatic activity.  相似文献   

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Pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor ([PBEF] also known as Nampt/visfatin) is a pleiotropic 52-kDa cytokine-like molecule whose activity has been implicated in multiple inflammatory disease states. PBEF promotes polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) proinflammatory function by inhibiting constitutive PMN apoptosis. We investigated whether PBEF activates or primes for PMN respiratory burst. We found that although PBEF did not activate respiratory burst on its own, it primed for increased reactive oxygen species generation through the NADPH oxidase. PBEF promoted membrane translocation of cytosolic NADPH oxidase subunits p40 and p47, but not p67, induced p40 phosphorylation on Thr(154), and activated the small GTPase Rac. Priming, translocation, and phosphorylation were dependent on activation of p38 and ERK MAPKs, but not of PI3K. Priming by PBEF occurred independent of its NAD-generating capacity because neither nicotinamide mononucleotide or NAD could recapitulate the effects, and a specific inhibitor of PBEF, APO-866, could not inhibit priming. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PBEF can prime for PMN respiratory burst activity by promoting p40 and p47 translocation to the membrane, and this occurs in a MAPK-dependent fashion.  相似文献   

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Retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) and nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase/visfatin (Nampt/visfatin) are adipocyte-secreted proteins (adipokines) whose relevance to the metabolic syndrome and regulation in obesity remain controversial. Here, we tested the hypothesis that adipose tissue expression and circulating levels of these two adipokines are elevated in obesity by analyzing their changes in both a genetic and a diet-induced model of obesity in the rat (obese FA/ FA Zucker rats and Wistar rats fed a cafeteria diet, respectively). Compared with lean controls, obese FA/ FA rats were hyperleptinemic, hyperinsulinemic, and insulin resistant and had reduced RBP4 serum levels and mRNA levels in adipose depots, unchanged Nampt/visfatin serum levels, and reduced Nampt/visfatin mRNA levels selectively in the inguinal adipose depot. Cafeteria diet-induced obesity resulted in increased fed blood glucose levels, a variable degree of insulin resistance, unchanged serum Nampt/visfatin and RBP4 levels, and reduced mRNA levels of both adipokines in several adipose depots. Hence, increases in RBP4 or Nampt/visfatin do not accompany obesity and insulin resistance in the models examined.  相似文献   

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Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) synthesizes nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) from nicotinamide in a mammalian NAD+ biosynthetic pathway and is required for SirT1 activity in vivo. Nampt has also been presumed to be a cytokine (PBEF) or a hormone (visfatin). The crystal structure of Nampt in the presence and absence of NMN shows that Nampt is a dimeric type II phosphoribosyltransferase and provides insights into the enzymatic mechanism.  相似文献   

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Macrophages play key roles in obesity-associated pathophysiology, including inflammation, atherosclerosis, and cancer, and processes that affect the survival-death balance of macrophages may have an important impact on obesity-related diseases. Adipocytes and other cells secrete a protein called extracellular nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (eNampt; also known as pre-B cell colony enhancing factor or visfatin), and plasma levels of eNampt increase in obesity. Herein we tested the hypothesis that eNampt could promote cell survival in macrophages subjected to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, a process associated with obesity and obesity-associated diseases. We show that eNampt potently blocks macrophage apoptosis induced by a number of ER stressors. The mechanism involves a two-step sequential process: rapid induction of interleukin 6 (IL-6) secretion, followed by IL-6-mediated autocrine/paracrine activation of the prosurvival signal transducer STAT3. The ability of eNampt to trigger this IL-6/STAT3 cell survival pathway did not depend on the presence of the Nampt enzymatic substrate nicotinamide in the medium, could not be mimicked by the Nampt enzymatic product nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), was not blocked by the Nampt enzyme inhibitor FK866, and showed no correlation with enzyme activity in a series of site-directed mutant Nampt proteins. Thus, eNampt protects macrophages from ER stress-induced apoptosis by activating an IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway via a nonenzymatic mechanism. These data suggest a novel action and mechanism of eNampt that could affect the balance of macrophage survival and death in the setting of obesity, which in turn could play important roles in obesity-associated diseases.  相似文献   

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Visfatin/pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor 1 (PBEF)/nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAmPRTase) is a multifunctional protein having phosphoribosyltransferase, cytokine and adipokine activities. Originally isolated as a cytokine promoting the differentiation of B cell precursors, it was recently suggested to act as an insulin analog via the insulin receptor. Here, we describe the first crystal structure of visfatin in three different forms: apo and in complex with either nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) or the NAmPRTase inhibitor FK-866 which was developed as an anti-cancer agent, interferes with NAD biosynthesis, showing a particularly high specificity for NAmPRTase. The crystal structures of the complexes with either NMN or FK-866 show that the enzymatic active site of visfatin is optimized for nicotinamide binding and that the nicotinamide-binding site is important for inhibition by FK-866. Interestingly, visfatin mimics insulin signaling by binding to the insulin receptor with an affinity similar to that of insulin and does not share the binding site with insulin on the insulin receptor. To predict binding sites, the potential interaction patches of visfatin and the L1-CR-L2 domain of insulin receptor were generated and analyzed. Although the relationship between the insulin-mimetic property and the enzymatic function of visfatin has not been clearly established, our structures raise the intriguing possibility that the glucose metabolism and the NAD biosynthesis are linked by visfatin.  相似文献   

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Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is implicated in the development of endothelial dysfunction through the generation of reactive oxygen species by NADPH oxidase activation. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an antiinflammatory cytokine that stimulates nitric oxide production, decreases superoxide production, and restores endothelial integrity after vascular injury. In this study, we tested whether IL-10 attenuates ET-1-induced endothelial dysfunction by improving acetylcholine (ACh)-induced relaxation of cultured murine aortic rings. Aortic rings (2 mm long) of C57BL/6 mice were incubated in 2 mL DMEM containing 120 U/mL penicillin and 120 mug/mL streptomycin in the presence of one of 4 treatments: vehicle (deionized water), ET-1 (100 nmol/L), recombinant mouse IL-10 (300 ng/mL), or a combination of both ET-1 and IL-10. After incubation at 37 degrees C for either 1 or 6 h (short-term exposure) or 22 h (overnight exposure), rings were mounted in a wire myograph and stretched to a passive force of 5 mN. Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation was assessed by constructing cumulative concentration-response curves to ACh (0.001-10 mumol/L) during 10 mumol/L phenylephrine (PE)-induced contraction. Short-term exposure of ET-1 did not result in an impairment of ACh-induced relaxation. Overnight exposure of aortic rings to ET-1 resulted in a statistically significant endothelial dysfunction characterized by a reduced maximal relaxation response to ACh compared with that of untreated rings (Emax 57% +/- 3% versus 82% +/- 4%). IL-10 treatment restored ACh-induced relaxation (Emax 77% +/- 3%). Western blotting showed decreased eNOS expression in response to ET-1, whereas vessels treated with a combination of ET-1 and IL-10 showed increased expression of eNOS. Immunohistochemical analysis showed decreased eNOS expression in ET-1-treated vessels compared with those treated with both ET-1 and IL-10. We conclude that, in murine aorta, the antiinflammatory cytokine IL-10 prevents impairment in endothelium-dependent relaxation induced in response to long-term incubation with ET-1 via normalization of eNOS expression.  相似文献   

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钙振荡 (calcium oscillation) 能以频率解码的形式调节基因转录,钙振荡的频率可反应基因转录的水平 . 为探索持续缺氧是强化还是钝化肺动脉内皮细胞对组胺的反应,研究了 24 h 亚急性轻度缺氧对组胺刺激的肺动脉内皮细胞钙振荡频率的影响,并探索了其机制 . 结果是: a. 24 h 亚急性轻度缺氧可显著增加组胺刺激的肺动脉内皮细胞钙振荡频率; b.NADPH 氧化酶抑制剂, diphenylene iodonium chloride (DPI , 10 μmol/L) 消除了组胺刺激的常氧和缺氧后肺动脉内皮细胞钙振荡; c. 黄嘌呤氧化酶抑制剂,别嘌呤醇 (oxypurinol , 100 μmol/L) 能显著降低组胺刺激的缺氧后肺动脉内皮细胞升高的钙振荡频率,但降低后的钙振荡频率仍高于常氧组,别嘌呤醇对组胺刺激的常氧组肺动脉内皮细胞钙振荡频率无显著影响 . 以上结果表明,在持续缺氧相关的肺疾患中,肺动脉内皮细胞对组胺反应的敏感性增加 . NADPH 氧化酶在组胺刺激的钙振荡的发生中发挥重要作用;黄嘌呤氧化酶的激活是缺氧引起组胺刺激的钙振荡频率增加的重要原因 .  相似文献   

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Malignant cells display increased demands for energy production and DNA repair. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is required for both processes and is also continuously degraded by cellular enzymes. Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) is a crucial factor in the resynthesis of NAD, and thus in cancer cell survival. Here, we establish the cytotoxic mechanism of action of the small molecule inhibitor CHS-828 to result from impaired synthesis of NAD. Initially, we detected cross-resistance in cells between CHS-828 and a known inhibitor of Nampt, FK866, a compound of a structurally different class. We then showed that nicotinamide protects against CHS-828-mediated cytotoxicity. Finally, we observed that treatment with CHS-828 depletes cellular NAD levels in sensitive cancer cells. In conclusion, these results strongly suggest that, like FK866, CHS-828 kills cancer cells by depleting NAD.  相似文献   

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The NAD rescue pathway consists of two enzymatic steps operated by nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) and nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferases. Recently, the potent Nampt inhibitor FK866 has been identified and evaluated in clinical trials against cancer. Yet, how Nampt inhibition affects NAD contents and bioenergetics is in part obscure. It is also unknown whether NAD rescue takes place in mitochondria, and FK866 alters NAD homeostasis within the organelle. Here, we show that FK866-dependent reduction of the NAD contents is paralleled by a concomitant increase of ATP in various cell types, in keeping with ATP utilization for NAD resynthesis. We also show that poly- and mono(ADP-ribose) transferases rather than Sirt-1 are responsible for NAD depletion in HeLa cells exposed to FK866. Mass spectrometry reveals that the drug distributes in the cytosolic and mitochondrial compartment. However, the cytoplasmic but not the mitochondrial NAD pool is reduced upon acute or chronic exposure to the drug. Accordingly, Nampt does not localize within the organelles and their bioenergetics is not affected by the drug. In the mouse, FK866-dependent reduction of NAD contents in various organs is prevented by inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases or the NAD precursor kynurenine. For the first time, our data indicate that mitochondria lack the canonical NAD rescue pathway, broadening current understanding of cellular bioenergetics.  相似文献   

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Procyanidins have been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this benefit are not fully understood. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production generated by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase is a common problem in different cardiovascular diseases. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of procyanidin-rich fractions from distilled grape pomace on NADPH oxidase activity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Three differently polymerized and galloylated procyanidin fractions were analyzed for their NADPH oxidase inhibitory activity in cell lysates and in HUVEC cultures. All of the three fractions, up to 1 μg/ml, equally inhibited isolated NADPH oxidase in HUVEC lysates in a concentration-dependent manner and independently of any superoxide anion scavenging activities. The procyanidin fractions even blocked NADPH oxidase activity in intact HUVEC, inhibiting ROS production at both extra- and intracellular levels. The fractions achieved the same effects that known NADPH oxidase inhibitors, such as diphenylene iodonium and apocynin, but they presented better hydrosolubility. Our results demonstrated that procyanidin from grape pomace inhibit human endothelial NADPH oxidase regardless of their polymerization degree and galloylation percentage. Therefore, procyanidins are suitable NADPH oxidase inhibitors which could serve as models for therapeutic alternatives for cardiovascular diseases.  相似文献   

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Visfatin (Nampt/PBEF) plays a pivotal role in the salvage pathway for NAD+ biosynthesis. Its potent inhibitor, FK866, causes cellular NAD+ levels to decline, thereby inducing apoptosis in tumor cells. In an effort to improve the solubility and binding interactions of FK866, we designed and synthesized IS001, in which a ribose group is attached to the FK866 pyridyl ring. Here, we report the crystal structure of rat visfatin in complex with IS001. Like FK866, IS001 is positioned at the dimer interface, and all of the residues that interact with IS001 are involved in hydrophobic or π-π-stacking interactions. However, we were unable to detect any strong interactions between the added ribose ring of IS001 and visfatin, which implies that a bulkier modifying group is necessary for a tight interaction. This study provides additional structure-based information needed to optimize the design of visfatin inhibitors. These authors contributed equally to this work.  相似文献   

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Visfatin, a protein identified as a secretion product of visceral fat in humans and mice, is also expressed in different anatomical locations, and is known as pre-B cell-colony enhancing factor (PEBF1). It is also an enzyme displaying nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase activity (Nampt). The evidence that levels of visfatin correlate with visceral fat mass has been largely debated and widely extended to other regulations in numerous clinical studies and in diverse animal models. On the opposite, the initial findings regarding the capacity of visfatin/Nampt/PEBF1 to bind and to activate the insulin receptor have been scarcely reproduced, and even were contradicted in recent reports. Since the putative insulin mimicking effects of visfatin/Nampt/PEBF1 have never been tested on mature human adipocytes, at least to our knowledge, we tested different human visfatin batches on human fat cells freshly isolated from subcutaneous abdominal fat and exhibiting high insulin responsiveness. Up to 10 nM, visfatin was devoid of clear activatory action on glucose transport in human fat cells while, in the same conditions, insulin increased by more than threefold the basal 2-deoxyglucose uptake. Moreover, visfatin was unable to mimic the lipolysis inhibition induced by insulin. Visfatin definitively cannot be considered as a direct activator of insulin signalling in human fat cells. Nevertheless its in vivo effects on insulin release and on glucose handling deserve to further study the role of this multifunctional extracellular enzyme in obese and diabetic states.  相似文献   

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目的:乙酰胆碱(ACh)不仅是神经递质,也是一种有效的血管舒张物质参与许多血管床的调节活动。本实验观察ACh引起耳蜗螺旋动脉平滑肌细胞超极化的离子机制以及NO在超极化反应中的可能作用。方法:在豚鼠离体耳蜗螺旋动脉标本上,运用细胞内微电极技术记录外源性的ACh引起的反应。结果:在保持灌流液中含有5mmol/L K^+以及最小纵向张力的情况下,ACh(0.1—10μmol/L)引起低静息膜电位细胞明显的超极化反应,而引起高静息膜电位细胞明显的去极化反应。ACh引起的平滑肌细胞超极化反应是浓度依赖性的(ACh的浓度是1μmol/L和10/μmol/L时,分别引起超极化的幅度是22和30mV,n=7)。ACh引起的超极化反应能被阿托品(atropine,0.1~1μmol/L,n=6)或DAMP(50~100nmol/L,n=6,一种选择性的地受体的拮抗剂)所阻断,同时也可被BAPTA—AM(10μmol/L,n=7,一种可通过细胞膜的Ca^2+螯合剂)或eharybdotoxin+apamin(50-100nmol/L,n=4,两种Ca^2+激活K^+通道的阻断剂)所阻断,但是Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester(L-NAME,300μmol/L,n=8,一种NO合成酶的完全抑制剂,n≥5)或glipizide(10μmol/L,ATP敏感性的K^+通道阻断剂,n=4)或indomethacin(10μmol/L,环氧合酶的抑制剂,n=4)不能阻断ACh引起的超极化反应。结论:ACh通过激活内皮细胞的M3受体,开放钙依赖的钾通道.进而引起耳蜗螺旋动脉平滑肌细胞产生超极化反应,并且这一超极化反应与内皮细胞NO的产生和释放无关。  相似文献   

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH oxidase) mediated generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was originally identified as the powerful host defense machinery against microorganism in phagocytes. But recent reports indicated that some non-phagocytic cells also have the NADPH oxidase activity, and the ROS produced by it may act as cell signal molecule. But as far as today, whether the NADPH oxidase also plays similar role in phagocyte has not been paid much attention. Utilizing the undifferentiated HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells as a model, the aim of the present study was to determine whether NADPH oxidase plays a role on ROS generation in undifferentiated HL-60, and the ROS mediated by it was essential for cell's survival. For the first time, we verified that the release of ROS in undifferentiated HL-60 was significantly increased by the stimulation with Calcium ionophore or opsonized zymosan, which are known to trigger respiration burst in phagocytes by NADPH oxidase pathway. Diphenylene iodonium (DPI) or apocynin (APO), two inhibitors of NADPH oxidase, significantly suppressed the increasing of ROS caused by opsonized zymosan. Cell survival assay and fluorescence double dyeing with acridine orange and ethidium bromide showed that DPI and APO, as well as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) concentration-dependently decreased the viability of undifferentiated HL-60 cells, whereas exogenous H2O2 can rescue the cells from death obviously. Our results suggested that the ROS, generated by NADPH oxidase play an essential role in the survival of undifferentiated HL-60 cells.  相似文献   

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Dopamine cellular signaling via the D(1) receptor (D(1)R) involves both protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC), but the PKC isoform involved has not been determined. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that the D(1)R-mediated inhibition of NADPH oxidase activity involves cross talk between PKA and a specific PKC isoform(s). In HEK-293 cells heterologously expressing human D(1)R (HEK-hD(1)), fenoldopam, a D(1)R agonist, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), a PKC activator, inhibited oxidase activity in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. The D(1)R-mediated inhibition of oxidase activity (68.1±3.6%) was attenuated by two PKA inhibitors, H89 (10μmol/L; 88±8.1%) and Rp-cAMP (10μmol/L; 97.7±6.7%), and two PKC inhibitors, bisindolylmaleimide I (1μmol/L; 94±6%) and staurosporine (10nmol/L; 93±8%), which by themselves had no effect (n=4-8/group). The inhibitory effect of PMA (1μmol/L) on oxidase activity (73±3.2%) was blocked by H89 (100±7.8%; n=5 or 6/group). The PMA-mediated inhibition of NADPH oxidase activity was accompanied by an increase in PKCθ(S676), an effect that was also blocked by H89. Fenoldopam (1μmol/L) also increased PKCθ(S676) in HEK-hD(1) and human renal proximal tubule (RPT) cells. Knockdown of PKCθ with siRNA in RPT cells prevented the inhibitory effect of fenoldopam on NADPH oxidase activity. Our studies demonstrate for the first time that cross talk between PKA and PKCθ plays an important role in the D(1)R-mediated negative regulation of NADPH oxidase activity in human kidney cells.  相似文献   

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 为澄清中性粒细胞胞浆 Ca2 +和某些 O-·2 产生相关激酶对 NADPH氧化酶激活和肌动蛋白聚合的作用 ,利用分化为中性粒细胞样的 HL- 60细胞研究了胞浆 Ca2 +螯合剂 BAPTA- AM和激酶抑制剂对这些激酶激活、NADPH氧化酶激活和肌动蛋白聚合的影响 .使用 1 0 μmol/L的 Ca2 +螯合剂 BAPTA- AM去除胞浆 Ca2 +后 ,趋化肽 f MLP诱导的 O-·2 产生明显减少 ,但不影响 f MLP诱导的肌动蛋白聚合 ;8μmol/L的 PKC激酶抑制物 GF1 0 92 0 3x几乎完全抑制 O-·2 产生 ;50 μmol/L的p38激酶抑制物 SB2 0 3580、50 μmol/L的 ERK激酶抑制物 PD0 980 59和 0 .1 μmol/L的 PI3激酶抑制物渥曼青霉素 (Wortmannin)使 f MLP诱导的 O-·2 产生大约减少一半 ;其中 Wortmannin还抑制 f MLP诱导的肌动蛋白聚合 ;f MLP刺激细胞后 ,PI3- K、p38和 ERK激酶迅速激活 ,但这些激酶的激活对 Ca2 +是非必需的 .这些结果说明 Ca2 +依赖途径 (PKC)和 Ca2 +非依赖途径 (PI3- K、p38和ERK)对 NADPH氧化酶激活都起着重要作用 ,而 Ca2 +非依赖途径中的 PI3- K激酶还参与中性粒细胞样 HL- 60细胞的肌动蛋白聚合 .  相似文献   

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