PMID- 27173611 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170302 LR - 20181113 IS - 1543-706X (Electronic) IS - 1071-2690 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 8 DP - 2016 Sep TI - ROCK activity affects IL-1-induced signaling possibly through MKK4 and p38 MAPK in Caco-2 cells. PG - 878-84 LID - 10.1007/s11626-016-0050-0 [doi] AB - Elevated levels of interleukin-1 (IL-1) accompany inflammatory bowel disease. IL-1-stimulated intestinal epithelial cells can secrete potent chemokines like CXCL8 to exacerbate inflammation. Previously, we found that inhibiting the Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) could inhibit IL-1- or TNF-alpha-induced CXCL8 secretion by the Caco-2 colonic epithelial cell line. This ROCK inhibition did not affect IkappaBalpha phosphorylation and degradation, but suppressed the phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Therefore, ROCK must play an important role in epithelial cell CXCL8 responses through an effect on the JNK signaling pathway. Here, we extend these studies by showing that inhibiting ROCK suppressed the IL-1-induced phosphorylation of MKK4, a known activator of JNK, but not MKK7. Yet, ROCK inhibition had no significant effect on the IL-1-induced phosphorylation of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2. Inhibiting ROCK also suppressed the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK after IL-1 stimulation, but this inhibition had no significant effect on the stability of CXCL8 messenger RNA (mRNA) after IL-1 stimulation. These results suggest that ROCK may be important in IL-1-induced signaling through MKK4 to JNK and the activation of p38 MAPK. Finally, inhibiting ROCK in IL-1 and TNF-alpha co-stimulated Caco-2 cells also resulted in a significant suppression of CXCL8 secretion and mRNA levels suggesting that inhibiting ROCK may be a mechanism to inhibit the overall response of epithelial cells to both cytokines. These studies indicate a novel signaling event, which could provide a target for suppressing intestinal epithelial cells (IEC) chemokine responses involved in mucosal inflammation. FAU - Banerjee, Sayantan AU - Banerjee S AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA. FAU - McGee, Dennis W AU - McGee DW AD - Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA. dmcgee@binghamton.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160512 PL - Germany TA - In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim JT - In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal JID - 9418515 RN - 0 (Amides) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 138381-45-0 (Y 27632) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (rho-Associated Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 4) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 7) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP2K4 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP2K7 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Amides/administration & dosage MH - Caco-2 Cells MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Interleukin-1/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-8/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 4/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 7/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Pyridines/administration & dosage MH - RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - rho-Associated Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/*genetics OTO - NOTNLM OT - ERK OT - IL-1 OT - MKK4 OT - ROCK OT - p38 MAPK EDAT- 2016/05/14 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/03 06:00 CRDT- 2016/05/14 06:00 PHST- 2016/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/04/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11626-016-0050-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11626-016-0050-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2016 Sep;52(8):878-84. doi: 10.1007/s11626-016-0050-0. Epub 2016 May 12.