PMID- 9151903 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970602 LR - 20240213 IS - 0022-1007 (Print) IS - 1540-9538 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1007 (Linking) VI - 185 IP - 9 DP - 1997 May 5 TI - Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced macrophage activation and signal transduction in the absence of Src-family kinases Hck, Fgr, and Lyn. PG - 1661-70 AB - Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulates immune responses by interacting with the membrane receptor CD14 to induce the generation of cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1, and IL-6. The mechanism by which the LPS signal is transduced from the extracellular environment to the nuclear compartment is not well defined. Recently, an increasing amount of evidence suggests that protein tyrosine kinases especially the Src-family kinases Hck, Fgr, and Lyn, play important roles in LPS signaling. To directly address the physiological function of Hck, Fgr and Lyn in LPS signaling, a genetic approach has been used to generate null mutations of all three kinases in a single mouse strain. hck-/-fgr-/-lyn-/- mice are moderately healthy and fertile; macrophages cultured from these mice express normal levels of CD14 and no other Src-family kinases were detected. Although the total protein phosphotyrosine level is greatly reduced in macrophages derived from hck-/-fgr-/-lyn-/- mice, functional analyses indicate that both elicited peritoneal (PEMs) and bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from triple mutant mice have no major defects in LPS-induced activation. Nitrite production and cytokine secretion (IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-alpha) are normal or even enhanced in hck-/-fgr-/-lyn-/- macrophages after LPS stimulation. The development of tumor cell cytotoxicity is normal in triple mutant BMDMs and only partially impaired in PEMs after LPS stimulation. Furthermore, the activation of the ERK1/2 and JNK kinases, as well as the transcription factor NF-kappaB, are the same in normal and mutant macrophages after LPS stimulation. The current study provides direct evidence that three Src-family kinases Hck, Fgr, and Lyn are not obligatory for LPS-initiated signal transduction. FAU - Meng, F AU - Meng F AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0724, USA. FAU - Lowell, C A AU - Lowell CA LA - eng GR - P50 HL054476/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL54476/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI07334-09/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - DK50267/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Exp Med JT - The Journal of experimental medicine JID - 2985109R RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 21820-51-9 (Phosphotyrosine) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Hck protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-hck) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (lyn protein-tyrosine kinase) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (proto-oncogene proteins c-fgr) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (src-Family Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.17 (Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases) 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 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism MH - Cytotoxicity, Immunologic MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - Immunity, Cellular MH - JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*immunology MH - *Macrophage Activation MH - Macrophages/enzymology/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 MH - *Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Neoplasms, Experimental/immunology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Phosphotyrosine/metabolism MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-hck MH - Signal Transduction MH - Up-Regulation MH - src-Family Kinases/*physiology PMC - PMC2196288 EDAT- 1997/05/05 00:00 MHDA- 1997/05/05 00:01 PMCR- 1997/11/05 CRDT- 1997/05/05 00:00 PHST- 1997/05/05 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/05/05 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/05/05 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1997/11/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1084/jem.185.9.1661 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Exp Med. 1997 May 5;185(9):1661-70. doi: 10.1084/jem.185.9.1661.