PMID- 9718198 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981110 LR - 20131121 IS - 0884-0431 (Print) IS - 0884-0431 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 8 DP - 1998 Aug TI - TNF-alpha increases expression of IL-6 and ICAM-1 genes through activation of NF-kappaB in osteoblast-like ROS17/2.8 cells. PG - 1290-9 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) plays a key role in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and in postmenopausal osteoporosis. In various tissues, TNF-alpha action is mediated by a transcription factor, nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB). However, little is known about how TNF-alpha exerts its action in osteoblasts. We thus examined the effect of TNF-alpha on the activation of NF-kappaB in rat osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cells (ROS17/2.8). Electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed that the activation of the p50-p65 heterodimer NF-kappaB was induced by TNF-alpha as early as 15 minutes followed by a persistent activation for 48 h. When the binding activity of NF-kappaB in cytosol was examined using detergents that dissociate NF-kappaB from an inhibitory protein IkappaB, it decreased during the initial 30 minutes and then increased to the unstimulated level. Northern blot analysis revealed a marked increase in the mRNA levels of p105, a precursor of p50, 6 h after TNF-alpha and a gradual increase in p65 mRNA levels during the initial 1 h. Significant increase in both mRNA levels continued until 24 h after TNF-alpha. These results suggest that the rapid activation of NF-kappaB by TNF-alpha is mainly due to the nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB pre-existing in cytosol, and that the subsequent increase in the expression of p50 and p65 may result in the persistent activation of NF-kappaB during TNF-alpha stimulation. TNF-alpha also increased the mRNA levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). An antioxidant, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, significantly attenuated the TNF-alpha-dependent increase in these mRNAs, and simultaneously reduced the activation of NF-kappaB by TNF-alpha, indicating that NF-kappaB mediates the TNF-alpha-dependent expression of IL-6 and ICAM-1 in ROS17/2.8 cells. These results suggest that the activation of NF-kappaB by TNF-alpha may play an important role in the production of cytokines and cell adhesion molecules from osteoblasts, leading to the promotion of bone resorption and inflammation. FAU - Kurokouchi, K AU - Kurokouchi K AD - Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan. FAU - Kambe, F AU - Kambe F FAU - Yasukawa, K AU - Yasukawa K FAU - Izumi, R AU - Izumi R FAU - Ishiguro, N AU - Ishiguro N FAU - Iwata, H AU - Iwata H FAU - Seo, H AU - Seo H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Bone Miner Res JT - Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research JID - 8610640 RN - 0 (Free Radical Scavengers) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - WYQ7N0BPYC (Acetylcysteine) SB - IM MH - Acetylcysteine/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Bone Neoplasms MH - Cytosol/metabolism MH - Free Radical Scavengers/pharmacology MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/*genetics MH - Interleukin-6/*genetics MH - NF-kappa B/*genetics/metabolism MH - Osteoblasts/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Osteosarcoma MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology EDAT- 1998/08/26 00:00 MHDA- 1998/08/26 00:01 CRDT- 1998/08/26 00:00 PHST- 1998/08/26 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/08/26 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/08/26 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.8.1290 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Bone Miner Res. 1998 Aug;13(8):1290-9. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.8.1290.