PMID- 18330685 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080703 LR - 20211020 IS - 0360-3997 (Print) IS - 0360-3997 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 3 DP - 2008 Jun TI - SOCS-1 inhibits TNF-alpha-induced cardiomyocyte apoptosis via ERK1/2 pathway activation. PG - 180-8 LID - 10.1007/s10753-008-9063-5 [doi] AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a proinflammatory cytokine involved in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Recently, suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (SOCS-1) has been shown to modulate responses to TNF-alpha. However, whether SOCS-1 suppresses TNF-alpha-dependent apoptotic processes in cardiomyocytes and whether MAPK pathways mediate this effect have not been clearly elucidated. This study was carried out to define the role of SOCS-1 on TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes and to investigate the signal pathways involved. Exposure to TNF-alpha (10 ng/ml for 24 h) significantly increased the number of apoptotic cells, the activity of caspase-8 and caspase-3, and the Bax/Bcl-xl ratio. In contrast, adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of SOCS-1 reversed the pro-apoptotic effect of TNF-alpha. Additionally, preincubation of cardiomyocytes with the extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1 and -2 (ERK1/2) inhibitor PD98059 attenuated the protective effect of SOCS-1, but the p38-MAPK inhibitor SB203580 and the c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125 had no effect. Furthermore, the TNF-alpha-induced decrease in the phosphorylation of ERK1/2 was abolished by overexpression of SOCS-1. These findings suggest that SOCS-1 prevents TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes via ERK1/2 pathway activation. FAU - Yan, Ling AU - Yan L AD - Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University School of Medicine, 238 JieFang Road, Wuchang, Wuhan 430060, People's Republic of China. FAU - Tang, Qizhu AU - Tang Q FAU - Shen, Difei AU - Shen D FAU - Peng, Sheng AU - Peng S FAU - Zheng, Qian AU - Zheng Q FAU - Guo, Haipeng AU - Guo H FAU - Jiang, Ming AU - Jiang M FAU - Deng, Wei AU - Deng W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080311 PL - United States TA - Inflammation JT - Inflammation JID - 7600105 RN - 0 (Bax protein, rat) RN - 0 (Bcl2l1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (bcl-2-Associated X Protein) RN - 0 (bcl-X Protein) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp8 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 8) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - *Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Caspase 8/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Enzyme Activation MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects/enzymology/*metabolism/pathology MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*metabolism MH - bcl-2-Associated X Protein/metabolism MH - bcl-X Protein/metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism EDAT- 2008/03/12 09:00 MHDA- 2008/07/04 09:00 CRDT- 2008/03/12 09:00 PHST- 2008/01/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/03/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/07/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/03/12 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10753-008-9063-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Inflammation. 2008 Jun;31(3):180-8. doi: 10.1007/s10753-008-9063-5. Epub 2008 Mar 11.