PMID- 10558924 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991208 LR - 20161124 IS - 0041-008X (Print) IS - 0041-008X (Linking) VI - 161 IP - 1 DP - 1999 Nov 15 TI - Herbimycin A and geldanamycin inhibit okadaic acid-induced apoptosis and p38 activation in NRK-52E renal epithelial cells. PG - 59-74 AB - It is important to understand the mechanisms by which phosphorylation-dependent events play a role in regulation of apoptosis in toxicant-metabolizing organs such as the kidney. Our previous work demonstrated that the toxicant and phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid induces apoptosis of renal epithelial cells via a mechanism that appears to involve the modulation of c-raf-1, p38 kinase, and extracellular regulatory kinase (ERK) cascades. Using the benzoquinone ansamycins and tyrosine kinase inhibitors geldanamycin and herbimycin A, we examined the contribution of tyrosine phosphorylation and c-raf-1 activities to okadaic acid-induced apoptosis. In this report we show that both geldanamycin and herbimycin A protected NRK-52E cells from okadaic acid-induced apoptosis, abrogated the overall okadaic acid-induced kinase activation, and specifically inhibited activation of p38 kinase by okadaic acid. Herbimycin A and geldanamycin also abrogated okadaic-acid induced morphologic changes such as cell rounding and cell membrane blebbing. Herbimycin A and geldanamycin caused pronounced cell spreading, cell flattening, and a decrease in okadaic acid-induced loss of actin filaments. Interestingly, herbimycin A showed more potent inhibitory effect than geldanamycin, and herbimycin A alone inhibited okadaic acid-induced movement of p38 kinase into the cytosol. These results imply that decreased p38 activity and its cytosolic translocation together with cellular resistance to cytoskeletal disorganization may play a significant role in resistance to phosphorylation-dependent apoptosis. Furthermore, the results imply that changes in cell shape may partially modulate the observed alterations in signal transduction induced by okadaic acid. CI - Copyright 1999 Academic Press. FAU - Davis, M A AU - Davis MA AD - Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA. FAU - Carbott, D E AU - Carbott DE LA - eng GR - ES08157/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol JT - Toxicology and applied pharmacology JID - 0416575 RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Activating Transcription Factor 2) RN - 0 (Benzoquinones) RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Lactams, Macrocyclic) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Quinones) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 1W21G5Q4N2 (Okadaic Acid) RN - 1W306TDA6S (Rifabutin) RN - 70563-58-5 (herbimycin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - PVX798P8GI (4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)imidazole) RN - Z3K3VJ16KU (geldanamycin) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Activating Transcription Factor 2 MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects/genetics MH - Benzoquinones MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Size/drug effects MH - Chromatin/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Cytosol/drug effects/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Epithelial Cells/cytology/drug effects/enzymology MH - Imidazoles/pharmacology MH - Kidney/cytology/*drug effects/enzymology MH - Lactams, Macrocyclic MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Okadaic Acid/*antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology/toxicity MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Pyridines/pharmacology MH - Quinones/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rifabutin/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Transfection MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases EDAT- 1999/11/24 00:00 MHDA- 1999/11/24 00:01 CRDT- 1999/11/24 00:00 PHST- 1999/11/24 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/11/24 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/11/24 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0041-008X(99)98765-3 [pii] AID - 10.1006/taap.1999.8765 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1999 Nov 15;161(1):59-74. doi: 10.1006/taap.1999.8765.