PMID- 15780578 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050613 LR - 20091119 IS - 0928-8244 (Print) IS - 0928-8244 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 1 DP - 2005 Apr 1 TI - Mechanisms of Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in endothelial cells. PG - 51-8 AB - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is expressed in vascular endothelial cells of inflamed gingival tissues and plays an important role in periodontal pathogenesis. Endothelial cells produce high levels of MCP-1 in response to Porphyromonas gingivalis, an important periodontal pathogen. The present study investigated the mechanisms involved in MCP-1 production by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) following infection with P. gingivalis. In contrast to P. gingivalis, Bacteroides forsythus only weakly stimulated MCP-1 production while Treponema denticola could not induce MCP-1 in HUVEC. The MCP-1 production was independent of endogenous interleukin (IL)-1alpha as IL-1 receptor antagonist treatment did not reduce MCP-1 production by P. gingivalis. Meanwhile, antioxidant treatment and inhibition of NAD(P)H oxidase significantly reduced MCP-1 production. Pharmacological inhibition of p38 mitogen-associated protein (MAP) kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) or activator protein-1 (AP-1) also substantially attenuated P. gingivalis-induced MCP-1 expression by HUVEC. Indeed, activation of NF-kappaB and AP-1 was observed in P. gingivalis-infected HUVEC. These results suggest that MCP-1 expression is upregulated in P. gingivalis-infected endothelial cells via reactive oxygen species, p38 MAP kinase, JNK, NF-kappaB, and AP-1. FAU - Choi, Eun-Kyoung AU - Choi EK AD - Department of Oral Microbiology, Chonnam National University Dental School, 300 Yongbong-Dong, Puk-Gu, Kwangju 500-757, South Korea. FAU - Park, Sun-Ah AU - Park SA FAU - Oh, Won-Mann AU - Oh WM FAU - Kang, Ho-Cheol AU - Kang HC FAU - Kuramitsu, Howard K AU - Kuramitsu HK FAU - Kim, Byung-Gook AU - Kim BG FAU - Kang, In-Chol AU - Kang IC LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol JT - FEMS immunology and medical microbiology JID - 9315554 RN - 0 (CCL2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 1.6.- (NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Bacteroidaceae Infections/etiology MH - Bacteroides/pathogenicity MH - Base Sequence MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL2/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - DNA/genetics MH - Endothelium, Vascular/microbiology MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Periodontitis/etiology MH - Porphyromonas gingivalis/*pathogenicity MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism MH - Treponema denticola/pathogenicity MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism EDAT- 2005/03/23 09:00 MHDA- 2005/06/14 09:00 CRDT- 2005/03/23 09:00 PHST- 2004/08/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2004/11/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2004/12/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/03/23 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/06/14 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/23 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0928-8244(04)00261-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.12.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2005 Apr 1;44(1):51-8. doi: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.12.003.