PMID- 16571868 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060912 LR - 20200930 IS - 0363-6143 (Print) IS - 0363-6143 (Linking) VI - 291 IP - 3 DP - 2006 Sep TI - Src family kinases regulate p38 MAPK-mediated IL-6 production in Kupffer cells following hypoxia. PG - C476-82 AB - Tissue hypoxia is a common sequel of trauma-hemorrhage but can occur even without blood loss under hypoxic conditions. Although hypoxia is known to upregulate Kupffer cells (KC) to release cytokines, the precise mechanism of release remains unknown. We hypothesized that Src family kinases play a role in mediating KC mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling and their cytokine production after hypoxia. Male C3H/HeN mice received either Src inhibitor PP1 (1.5 mg/kg body wt) or vehicle 1 h before hypoxia. KCs were isolated 1 h after hypoxia, lysed, and immunoblotted with antibodies to Src, p38, ERK1/2, or JNK proteins. In addition, KCs were cultured to measure interleukin-6 (IL-6) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) production. Hypoxia produced a significant increase in KC Src and MAPK (p38, ERK, JNK) activity compared with normoxic controls. This was associated with an increase in IL-6 and MCP-1 production. Treatment with PP1 abolished the increase in KC Src activation as well as p38 activity. However, PP1 did not prevent the increase in KC ERK1/2 or JNK phosphorylation. Furthermore, administration of PP1 prevented the hypoxia-induced increase in IL-6 but not MCP-1 release by KC. Additional in vitro results suggest that p38 but not ERK1/2 or JNK are critical for KC IL-6 production. In contrast, the production of MCP-1 by KC was found to be independent of MAPK. Thus hypoxia increases KC IL-6 production by p38 MAPK activation via Src-dependent pathway. Src kinases may therefore be a novel therapeutic target for preventing immune dysfunction following low-flow conditions in trauma patients. FAU - Thobe, Bjorn M AU - Thobe BM AD - Center for Surgical Research, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall G094, 1670 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35294-0019, USA. FAU - Frink, Michael AU - Frink M FAU - Choudhry, Mashkoor A AU - Choudhry MA FAU - Schwacha, Martin G AU - Schwacha MG FAU - Bland, Kirby I AU - Bland KI FAU - Chaudry, Irshad H AU - Chaudry IH LA - eng GR - R01 GM 37127/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20060329 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Cell physiology JID - 100901225 RN - 0 (4-amino-5-(4-methylphenyl)-7-(tert-butyl)pyrazolo(3,4-d)pyrimidine) RN - 0 (AG 1879) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (src-Family Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Separation/methods MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Hypoxia/*immunology MH - Interleukin-6/*biosynthesis/immunology MH - Kupffer Cells/drug effects/*immunology MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C3H MH - Phosphorylation MH - Pyrazoles/pharmacology MH - Pyrimidines/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - src-Family Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism EDAT- 2006/03/31 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/13 09:00 CRDT- 2006/03/31 09:00 PHST- 2006/03/31 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/03/31 09:00 [entrez] AID - 00076.2006 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00076.2006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Sep;291(3):C476-82. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00076.2006. Epub 2006 Mar 29.