PMID- 20351138 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100601 LR - 20220318 IS - 1098-5522 (Electronic) IS - 0019-9567 (Print) IS - 0019-9567 (Linking) VI - 78 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Jun TI - Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 2 regulates the inflammatory response in sepsis. PG - 2868-76 LID - 10.1128/IAI.00018-10 [doi] AB - Sepsis results from a dysregulation of the regulatory mechanisms of the pro- and anti-inflammatory response to invading pathogens. The mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascades are key signal transduction pathways involved in the cellular production of cytokines. The dual-specific phosphatase 1 (DUSP 1), mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1), has been shown to be an important negative regulator of the inflammatory response by regulating the p38 and Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) MAP kinase pathways to influence pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine production. MKP-2, also a dual-specific phosphatase (DUSP 4), is a phosphatase highly homologous with MKP-1 and is known to regulate MAP kinase signaling; however, its role in regulating the inflammatory response is not known. We hypothesized a regulatory role for MKP-2 in the setting of sepsis. Mice lacking the MKP-2 gene had a survival advantage over wild-type mice when challenged with intraperitoneal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or a polymicrobial infection via cecal ligation and puncture. The MKP-2(-/-) mice also exhibited decreased serum levels of both pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-alpha], interleukin-1beta [IL-1beta], IL-6) and anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10) following endotoxin challenge. Isolated bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from MKP-2(-/-) mice showed increased phosphorylation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), decreased phosphorylation of JNK and p38, and increased induction of MKP-1 following LPS stimulation. The capacity for cytokine production increased in MKP-2(-/-) BMDMs following MKP-1 knockdown. These data support a mechanism by which MKP-2 targets ERK deactivation, thereby decreasing MKP-1 and thus removing the negative inhibition of MKP-1 on cytokine production. FAU - Cornell, Timothy T AU - Cornell TT AD - Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan School of Medicine, and CS Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0243, USA. ttcornel@med.umich.edu FAU - Rodenhouse, Paul AU - Rodenhouse P FAU - Cai, Qing AU - Cai Q FAU - Sun, Lei AU - Sun L FAU - Shanley, Thomas P AU - Shanley TP LA - eng GR - K08 GM076344/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM066839/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K12GM076344/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01GM66839/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K08 HD062142/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - K12 HD047349/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20100329 PL - United States TA - Infect Immun JT - Infection and immunity JID - 0246127 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 4) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Dusp1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (MKP2 protein, mouse) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bacterial Infections/immunology MH - Cytokines/blood MH - Dual Specificity Phosphatase 1/analysis MH - Female MH - Inflammation/*immunology MH - Lipopolysaccharides/immunology/toxicity MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 4/analysis MH - Macrophages/chemistry/immunology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Peritonitis/immunology MH - Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/deficiency/*immunology MH - Sepsis/*immunology MH - Survival Analysis MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/analysis PMC - PMC2876557 EDAT- 2010/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/02 06:00 PMCR- 2010/12/01 CRDT- 2010/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - IAI.00018-10 [pii] AID - 0018-10 [pii] AID - 10.1128/IAI.00018-10 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Infect Immun. 2010 Jun;78(6):2868-76. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00018-10. Epub 2010 Mar 29.