PMID- 12682234 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030731 LR - 20211203 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 170 IP - 8 DP - 2003 Apr 15 TI - Expression of the NF-kappa B target gene X-ray-inducible immediate early response factor-1 short enhances TNF-alpha-induced hepatocyte apoptosis by inhibiting Akt activation. PG - 4053-60 AB - Using a cDNA microarray analysis, we identified x-ray-inducible immediate early response factor-1 (IEX-1) as a proapoptotic gene which was induced by TNF-alpha and also depend on NF-kappaB activation in Hc human hepatocytes. In these cells only the original form of IEX-1, termed IEX-1S, but not its longer transcript IEX-1L, was expressed. Overexpression of IEX-1S resulted in promotion of TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in Hc cells expressing a mutant form of IkappaB. This proapoptotic action can be explained by its inhibitory findings on survival signals; inhibition of TNF-alpha-induced activation and expression of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt, and also blockage of expression of Mcl-1, an antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family member which is located downstream of Akt, was inhibited by IEX-1S. LY 294002, an inhibitor of PI3K, increased IEX-1S expression induced by TNF-alpha and accelerated TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in IkappaB-treated Hc cells. Overexpression of the dominant-negative Akt enhanced, but the constitutively active Akt suppressed, TNF-alpha-induced IEX-1S expression, suggesting that PI3K/Akt negatively regulated IEX-1S expression. These results demonstrate that NF-kappaB-dependent recruitment of IEX-1S may play a proapoptotic role in TNF-alpha-stimulated hepatocytes through blockage of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Moreover, the reciprocal cross-talk between IEX-1S and PI3K/Akt may closely be involved in the regulation of TNF-alpha-induced hepatocyte apoptosis. FAU - Osawa, Yosuke AU - Osawa Y AD - First Department of Internal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasamachi, Gifu, Japan. FAU - Nagaki, Masahito AU - Nagaki M FAU - Banno, Yoshiko AU - Banno Y FAU - Brenner, David A AU - Brenner DA FAU - Nozawa, Yoshinori AU - Nozawa Y FAU - Moriwaki, Hisataka AU - Moriwaki H FAU - Nakashima, Shigeru AU - Nakashima S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Adjuvants, Immunologic) RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (IER3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Immediate-Early Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (AKT1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Adjuvants, Immunologic/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology/radiation effects MH - Apoptosis/*genetics/physiology MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins MH - Cell Survival/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Enzyme Activation/genetics MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - *Gene Expression Regulation/radiation effects MH - Gene Targeting/*methods MH - Hepatocytes/cytology/enzymology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immediate-Early Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology/radiation effects MH - Membrane Proteins MH - Multigene Family MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism/physiology MH - Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis/*genetics/physiology/radiation effects MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - *Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism/physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Signal Transduction/genetics MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology MH - X-Rays EDAT- 2003/04/19 05:00 MHDA- 2003/08/02 05:00 CRDT- 2003/04/19 05:00 PHST- 2003/04/19 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/08/02 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/04/19 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4053 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2003 Apr 15;170(8):4053-60. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4053.