巨噬细胞免疫调变信号——Raf-1,MAPK,cPLA2的激活和IL-12分泌的研究

LPS介导的小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞免疫调变的信号和机理是不清楚的.应用LPS和PMA处理抑制性巨噬细胞后,发现Ras下游信号分子Raf-1,MAPK和cPLA₂均被活化,包括Raf-1的磷酸化,MAPK p44和p42磷酸化以及cPLA_2的活化,使花生四烯酸的释放显著增加,结合新近发现的LPS、PMA能诱导抑制性巨噬细胞PKC-α和PKC-ε同工酶的激活与转位,认为在LPS介导的免疫调变中,PKC信号通路的活化及其与Raf-1/MAPK通路的“连接”是主要信号传导通路.同时调变巨噬细胞也能分泌IL-12.     

Immunomodulated signaling in macrophages: Studies on activation of Raf-1, MAPK, cPLA_2 and secretion of IL-12

Little is known about the mechanism and signal transduction by LPS-mediated immunomodulation of murine peritoneal macrophages. It is found that the signal molecules of the down-stream of Ras, Raf-1, MAPK p44, and MAPK p42 are phosphorylated, and cPLA2 is activated with a significant increase of the release of [ H3 ] AA by macrophages in response to LPS and PMA. Compared with the very recent finding that LPS and PMA trigger the activation and translocation of PKC-α and PKC-ε, these findings suggest that there is a connection between PKC signaling pathway and the Raf-1/MAPK pathway and that the activation of these main signaling events may be closely related to the secretion of IL-12 during LPS-induced modulation of macrophages.