p38 MAPK and Ca2+ contribute to hydrogen peroxide-induced increase of permeability in vascular endothelial cells but ERK does not |
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Authors: | Koichi Niwa Osamu Inanami Toshio Ohta Shigeo Ito Takeshi Karino Mikinori Kuwabara |
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Affiliation: | a Laboratory of Biofluid Dynamics, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japanb Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japanc Laboratory of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan |
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Abstract: | To examine the involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and extra-cellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in the oxidative stress-induced increase of permeability in endothelial cells, the effects of a p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB203580) and ERK inhibitor (PD90859) on the H2O2-induced increase of permeability in bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAEC) were investigated using a two-compartment system partitioned by a semi-permeable filter. H2O2 at 1 mM caused an increase of the permeation rate of fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled dextran 40 through BPAEC monolayers. SB203580 inhibited the H2O2-induced increase of permeability but PD98059 did not, though activation (phosphorylation) of both p38 MAPK and ERK was observed in H2O2-treated cells in Western blot analysis. An H2O2-induced increase of the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was also observed and an intracellular Ca2+ chelator (BAPTA-AM) significantly inhibited the H2O2-induced increase of permeability. However, it showed no inhibitory effects on the H2O2-induced phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and ERK. The H2O2-induced increase of [Ca2+]i was not influenced by SB203580 and PD98059. These results indicate that the activation of p38 MAPK and the increase of [Ca2+]i are essential for the H2O2-induced increase of endothelial permeability and that ERK is not. |
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