PMID- 17575268 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071025 LR - 20091119 IS - 0741-5400 (Print) IS - 0741-5400 (Linking) VI - 82 IP - 3 DP - 2007 Sep TI - Acute alcohol activates STAT3, AP-1, and Sp-1 transcription factors via the family of Src kinases to promote IL-10 production in human monocytes. PG - 752-62 AB - Alcohol consumption is associated with an imbalance in pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines and immunosuppression, partially as a result of enhanced IL-10 production. The mechanisms of IL-10 induction by alcohol remain poorly understood. We identified that increased IL-10 production in human monocytes after acute in vivo alcohol consumption or in vitro alcohol treatment was associated with increased STAT3 activation. Alcohol alone induced and in combination with LPS augmented STAT3 phosphorylation at tyrosine 705 (tyr705) and serine 727 (ser727) residues and increased STAT3 binding to DNA. Upstream, alcohol activated the Src kinases, as indicated by an increase in phosphorylated and a decrease in nonphosphorylated Src proteins. STAT3 activation by Src kinases occurred directly at the tyr705 residue and indirectly at the ser727 residue via JNK MAPKs. Using specific Src (PP2), JNK1/2 (SB600125), or p38 (SB203580) inhibitors, we determined that alcohol treatment alone induced and together with LPS, augmented the DNA-binding capacity of the specificity protein-1 (Sp-1) and AP-1 transcription factors involved in IL-10 production via Src-mediated activation of p38 MAPK and JNK, respectively. Our data suggest that acute alcohol activates Src/STAT3 and Src/MAPK/STAT3, AP-1, and Sp-1 pathways as important mechanisms for IL-10-mediated immunomodulation after acute alcohol use. FAU - Norkina, Oxana AU - Norkina O AD - University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Medicine, LRB 215, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Dolganiuc, Angela AU - Dolganiuc A FAU - Shapiro, Taryn AU - Shapiro T FAU - Kodys, Karen AU - Kodys K FAU - Mandrekar, Pranoti AU - Mandrekar P FAU - Szabo, Gyongyi AU - Szabo G LA - eng GR - AA008577/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States GR - AA011576/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20070615 PL - England TA - J Leukoc Biol JT - Journal of leukocyte biology JID - 8405628 RN - 0 (Alcohols) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (src-Family Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Alcohols/*pharmacology MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytoplasm/metabolism MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-10/*metabolism MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Monocytes/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/*metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - src-Family Kinases/*metabolism EDAT- 2007/06/19 09:00 MHDA- 2007/10/27 09:00 CRDT- 2007/06/19 09:00 PHST- 2007/06/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/10/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/06/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - jlb.0207099 [pii] AID - 10.1189/jlb.0207099 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Leukoc Biol. 2007 Sep;82(3):752-62. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0207099. Epub 2007 Jun 15.