PMID- 21783819 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20121002 LR - 20110725 IS - 1382-6689 (Print) IS - 1382-6689 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 3 DP - 2007 Nov TI - Phosphorylation of Stats at Ser727 in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells exposed to cadmium. PG - 252-9 LID - 10.1016/j.etap.2007.06.002 [doi] AB - The effects of cadmium exposure on serine phosphorylation of signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stats) and an upstream kinase were examined in renal proximal tubular cells. In porcine LLC-PK1 cells treated with cadmium, Stat1 and Stat3 proteins were phosphorylated at Ser727 without changing total Stat protein levels. While phosphorylated forms of the members of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) increased in response to cadmium exposure, treatment with a p38 inhibitor, SB203580 reduced Ser727 phosphorylation of Stat1 and Stat3 markedly in LLC-PK1 cells. The expression of human matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), a Stats-inducible gene, was found to be up-regulated in human HK-2 cells exposed to cadmium, and suppressed by preincubation with SB203580. These results suggest that cadmium might induce the phosphorylation of Stat1 and Stat3 at Ser727 via the p38 pathway at least in part, and modulate gene expression in these proximal tubular cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Nakagawa, Junko AU - Nakagawa J AD - Department of Hygiene and Public Health I, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan. FAU - Nishitai, Gen AU - Nishitai G FAU - Inageda, Kiyoshi AU - Inageda K FAU - Matsuoka, Masato AU - Matsuoka M LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20070615 PL - Netherlands TA - Environ Toxicol Pharmacol JT - Environmental toxicology and pharmacology JID - 9612020 EDAT- 2007/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 2007/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 2011/07/26 06:00 PHST- 2007/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/06/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/06/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/07/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/11/01 00:01 [medline] AID - S1382-6689(07)00083-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.etap.2007.06.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2007 Nov;24(3):252-9. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2007.06.002. Epub 2007 Jun 15.