PMID- 11997318 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020531 LR - 20171116 IS - 1931-857X (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 282 IP - 6 DP - 2002 Jun TI - CD40 ligation stimulates MCP-1 and IL-8 production, TRAF6 recruitment, and MAPK activation in proximal tubule cells. PG - F1020-33 AB - The mechanism of CD40/CD154-induced chemokine production and its potential role in renal inflammatory disease were explored. Human proximal tubule cells maintained in primary culture were used as the experimental model. With the use of immunocytochemistry, confocal microscopy, and a cell fractionation assay, the CD40 receptor was found to be expressed in the cell membrane of the epithelial cell, and, on engagement by CD154, its cognate ligand, translocated to the cytoplasmic compartment. Engagement of CD40 by CD154 stimulated interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) production, which proceeded via receptor activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2, stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. CD40 ligation also engaged tumor necrosis factor receptor-activating factor 6 (TRAF6), as evidenced by colocalization of the activated receptor with TRAF6 in the cytoplasmic compartment, translocation of both proteins from the insoluble to the soluble cell fraction, and coimmunoprecipitation of the two proteins only under ligand-stimulated conditions. Furthermore, an antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide targeted against TRAF6 mRNA blunted p38 and SAPK/JNK but not ERK1/2 MAPK activities, as well as IL-8 and MCP-1 production, arguing that TRAF6 is an upstream activator. The zinc chelator TPEN, but not the calcium chelator BAPTA, obliterated CD154-evoked MAPK activity and chemokine production, providing indirect evidence for protein-protein interactions playing a critical role in CD40 signaling in these cells. We conclude that in human proximal tubule cells, CD40 and TRAF6 reside in separate low-density, detergent-insoluble membrane microdomains, or rafts, and on activation translocate and associate with one another probably via zinc-finger domains in the soluble or cytoplasmic compartment. TRAF6, in turn, activates SAPK/JNK and p38 MAPK phosphorylation, which in turn stimulates IL-8 and MCP-1 production in these cells. FAU - Li, Hongye AU - Li H AD - Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA. FAU - Nord, Edward P AU - Nord EP LA - eng GR - DK-45605/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (CD40 Antigens) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6) RN - 147205-72-9 (CD40 Ligand) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - CD40 Antigens/analysis/genetics/*metabolism MH - CD40 Ligand/metabolism MH - Cell Compartmentation MH - Cell Fractionation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL2/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Cytoplasm/chemistry/metabolism MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Immunoblotting MH - Interleukin-8/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Kidney Tubules, Proximal/chemistry/cytology/*metabolism MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Membrane Microdomains/chemistry/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Protein Transport/physiology MH - Proteins/*metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 MH - Zinc Fingers/physiology EDAT- 2002/05/09 10:00 MHDA- 2002/06/01 10:01 CRDT- 2002/05/09 10:00 PHST- 2002/05/09 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/06/01 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/09 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00291.2001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2002 Jun;282(6):F1020-33. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00291.2001.