PMID- 12517735 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030514 LR - 20171116 IS - 1931-857X (Print) IS - 1522-1466 (Linking) VI - 284 IP - 5 DP - 2003 May TI - Involvement of ERK pathway in albumin-induced MCP-1 expression in mouse proximal tubular cells. PG - F1037-45 AB - Persistent proteinuria has been indicated to be a major risk factor for the development of tubulointerstitial damage through a process of proinflammatory molecule expression. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) was shown to contribute to recruitment of immune cells into the renal interstitium in acute and chronic renal diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms by which proteinuria causes MCP-1 expression in proximal tubular cells have not been fully clarified. In this study, we examined whether albumin overload-induced MCP-1 expression was regulated by mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in mouse proximal tubular (mProx) cells. Exposure of mProx cells to delipidated bovine serum albumin (BSA) induced mRNA and protein expression of MCP-1 in a time- and dose-dependent manner. BSA activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and p38 MAPK. The MEK inhibitor U-0126 partially suppressed BSA-induced MCP-1 expression and MCP-1 promoter/luciferase reporter activity. U-0126 also inhibited an increase in nuclear factor-kappaB and activator protein-1 DNA-binding activity of MCP-1 promoter by protein overload in mProx cells. In addition, we found that U-0126 inhibited BSA-induced nuclear factor-kappaB reporter activity and inhibitory protein degradation in mProx cells. In conclusion, these findings indicate that ERK signaling is involved in BSA-induced MCP-1 expression in mProx cells. FAU - Takaya, Kiho AU - Takaya K AD - Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. FAU - Koya, Daisuke AU - Koya D FAU - Isono, Motohide AU - Isono M FAU - Sugimoto, Toshiro AU - Sugimoto T FAU - Sugaya, Takeshi AU - Sugaya T FAU - Kashiwagi, Atsunori AU - Kashiwagi A FAU - Haneda, Masakazu AU - Haneda M LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20030107 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Renal physiology JID - 100901990 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (I-kappa B Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 27432CM55Q (Serum Albumin, Bovine) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Transformation, Viral MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics/*metabolism MH - DNA/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation/physiology MH - I-kappa B Proteins/metabolism MH - Kidney Tubules, Proximal/cytology/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/drug effects/*physiology MH - NF-kappa B/physiology MH - Protein Isoforms/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Serum Albumin, Bovine/*pharmacology MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism EDAT- 2003/01/09 04:00 MHDA- 2003/05/15 05:00 CRDT- 2003/01/09 04:00 PHST- 2003/01/09 04:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/05/15 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/01/09 04:00 [entrez] AID - 00230.2002 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajprenal.00230.2002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2003 May;284(5):F1037-45. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00230.2002. Epub 2003 Jan 7.