PMID- 16427093 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060614 LR - 20181201 IS - 0024-3205 (Print) IS - 0024-3205 (Linking) VI - 78 IP - 26 DP - 2006 May 22 TI - Metalloprotease-dependent amphiregulin release mediates tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced IL-8 secretion in the human airway epithelial cell line NCI-H292. PG - 3051-7 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a potent multifunctional cytokine that plays a central role in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory diseases. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a principle neutrophil chemoattractant and activator in humans. The alveolar macrophage-derived TNF-alpha initiates lung inflammation through its ability to stimulate IL-8 synthesis in airway epithelial cells. Since recent studies demonstrated that the stimulation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) could induce IL-8 secretion, the involvement of EGFR in TNF-alpha-induced IL-8 secretion in airway epithelium-like NCI-H292 cells was investigated in this study. TNF-alpha and epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulated IL-8 secretion in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Inhibition of the EGFR by either an anti-EGFR neutralizing antibody or by its specific inhibitor AG1478 (1 microM) blocked TNF-alpha-induced IL-8 secretion. In addition, TNF-alpha stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of the EGFR within 5 min after stimulation. Further, TNF-alpha-induced IL-8 secretion was completely inhibited by the neutralizing antibody against amphiregulin (AR), an EGFR ligand, suggesting that TNF-alpha-induced IL-8 secretion was mediated by the AR-EGFR pathway. Furthermore, TNF-alpha stimulated the release of AR in a concentration-dependent manner. Finally, both AR and IL-8 release-induced by TNF-alpha were eliminated by pretreatment with either GM6001, a broad-spectrum inhibitor for metalloprotease, or TAPI-1, relatively selective inhibitor for TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE). These findings indicate that metalloprotease-mediated AR shedding and subsequent activation of EGFR play a critical role in TNF-alpha-induced IL-8 secretion from the human airway epithelium-like NCI-H292 cells, and that TACE is one of the most possible candidates for metalloprotease responsible for TNF-alpha-induced AR shedding. FAU - Chokki, Manabu AU - Chokki M AD - Bio-medical Evaluation Research Department, Pharmaceutical Discovery Research Laboratories, Teijin Pharma Limited, 4-3-2, Asahigaoka, Hino, Tokyo 191-8512, Japan. m.chiyotsuki@teijin.co.jp FAU - Mitsuhashi, Hiroaki AU - Mitsuhashi H FAU - Kamimura, Takashi AU - Kamimura T LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20060119 PL - Netherlands TA - Life Sci JT - Life sciences JID - 0375521 RN - 0 (AREG protein, human) RN - 0 (Amphiregulin) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Blocking) RN - 0 (Dipeptides) RN - 0 (EGF Family of Proteins) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Hydroxamic Acids) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (N-((2-(hydroxyaminocarbonyl)methyl)-4-methylpentanoyl)-3-(2'-naphthyl)alanylalanine, 2-aminoethylamide) RN - 0 (N-(2(R)-2-(hydroxamidocarbonylmethyl)-4-methylpentanoyl)-L-tryptophan methylamide) RN - 0 (Protease Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Quinazolines) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Tyrphostins) RN - 170449-18-0 (RTKI cpd) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 3.4.- (Metalloproteases) SB - IM MH - Amphiregulin MH - Antibodies, Blocking/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Dipeptides/pharmacology MH - EGF Family of Proteins MH - Epithelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism MH - ErbB Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Glycoproteins/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology MH - Immunoblotting MH - Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-8/*biosynthesis MH - Kinetics MH - Metalloproteases/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Protease Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Quinazolines MH - Transcriptional Activation MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology MH - Tyrphostins/pharmacology EDAT- 2006/01/24 09:00 MHDA- 2006/06/15 09:00 CRDT- 2006/01/24 09:00 PHST- 2005/09/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/11/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/12/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/01/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/06/15 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/01/24 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0024-3205(05)01264-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.12.023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Life Sci. 2006 May 22;78(26):3051-7. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.12.023. Epub 2006 Jan 19.