PMID- 24056124 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140715 LR - 20131202 IS - 1879-0712 (Electronic) IS - 0014-2999 (Linking) VI - 721 IP - 1-3 DP - 2013 Dec 5 TI - Tunicamycin inhibits Toll-like receptor-activated inflammation in RAW264.7 cells by suppression of NF-kappaB and c-Jun activity via a mechanism that is independent of ER-stress and N-glycosylation. PG - 294-300 LID - S0014-2999(13)00674-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.09.022 [doi] AB - In this study, we investigated the effect of tunicamycin on the production of pro-inflammatory molecules in RAW264.7 macrophage cells in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists. Tunicamycin caused a reduction in LPS-induced nitric oxide (NO) production and expression of inducible NO synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). In contrast, other ER stress-inducing chemicals, such as A23187 and thapsigargin (TG), increased LPS-induced COX-2 expression and had no effect on LPS-induced iNOS, TNF-alpha or IL-1beta expression. Furthermore, the inhibitory effect of tunicamycin on LPS-induced inflammation was not influenced by salubrinal, an ER stress inhibitor, suggesting that the anti-inflammatory effect of tunicamycin is independent of ER stress. Tunicamycin also inhibited the expression of inflammatory molecule mRNAs induced by stimulation of TLR2 (with lipoteichoic acid) or TLR3 (with polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid), which do not require myeloid differentiation protein-2 (MD2) for their activation. Moreover, inhibition of LPS-induced iNOS expression was not inhibited by castanospermine, another N-glycosylation inhibitor, suggesting that the inhibitory effect of tunicamycin on LPS-induced iNOS induction is likely independent of MD2 N-glycosylation. Tunicamycin inhibited nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activity by suppressing LPS-induced nuclear translocation of p50 and subsequent DNA binding of p50 and p65 to the NF-kappaB site of the iNOS promoter. Tunicamycin also inhibited the transcriptional activity of a cAMP-response element (CRE) reporter, possibly by inhibiting c-Jun activation. Therefore, we conclude that tunicamycin represses TLR-induced inflammation through suppression of NF-kappaB and CRE activity via a mechanism that is independent of ER-stress and N-glycosylation. CI - (c) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Kim, Song-Yi AU - Kim SY AD - Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Inha University, 253, Shinheung-Dong, Jung-Ku, Incheon, Republic of Korea. FAU - Hwang, Ji-Sun AU - Hwang JS FAU - Han, Inn-Oc AU - Han IO LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130918 PL - Netherlands TA - Eur J Pharmacol JT - European journal of pharmacology JID - 1254354 RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B p50 Subunit) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor RelA) RN - 11089-65-9 (Tunicamycin) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics MH - DNA/metabolism MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - NF-kappa B p50 Subunit/*metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics MH - Toll-Like Receptors/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factor RelA/*metabolism MH - Tunicamycin/*pharmacology MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER stress OT - Inflammation OT - Tunicamycin EDAT- 2013/09/24 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/24 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/09/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/09/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/09/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S0014-2999(13)00674-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.09.022 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Pharmacol. 2013 Dec 5;721(1-3):294-300. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.09.022. Epub 2013 Sep 18.