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Query: EC:2.7.10.1 (ERK)
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Interleukin-1, a cytokine produced by macrophages and other tissue cells, has a major role in inflammatory and immunological responses. Increased levels of IL-1 activity have been reported in experimental colitis and in patients with active Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). IL-1 beta release from fresh and cultured colonic biopsies and IL-1 beta plasma concentrations was determined in 15 patients with active UC, 16 with UC in remission and 10 normal control subjects. Biopsies, taken at colonoscopy were weighed, washed in 1 ml of 0.9% sodium chloride solution and then cultured for 24 h in 10% fetal calf serum/RPMI. IL-1 beta activity was determined by ELISA KIT (Cystron Biotechnology) in plasma samples, washing solution and the incubation medium. Very low levels of IL-1 beta were detected only in 3 plasma samples, all from active patients. Significantly more IL-1 beta was released from fresh and cultured colonic mucosa obtained from patients with UC in remission compared to normal mucosa (p less than 0.01). Furthermore, specimens from active UC released significantly more IL-1 beta than those from patients in remission (p less than 0.01). In conclusion, IL-1 may play an important role in mediating the inflammatory response in UC.
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PMID:Interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) release from fresh and cultured colonic mucosa in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). 144 35

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) activator inhibitor type 1 (HAI-1) and type 2 (HAI-2) are new Kunitz-type serine protease inhibitors that were recently purified and cloned from the human stomach cancer cell line MKN45 as specific inhibitors against HGF activator. Both proteins contain two Kunitz inhibitor domains and are expressed abundantly throughout the gastrointestinal tract, in addition to the placenta, pancreas, and kidney. In this study, to assess the possible roles of HAI-1 and HAI-2 in the intestinal mucosa, we examined the expression of HAI-1 and HAI-2 during regeneration of the intestinal mucosa. Immunohistochemical studies revealed that HAI-1 but not HAI-2 was detected more strongly in regenerative epithelium than in normal epithelium, although both proteins were detected throughout the human gastrointestinal tract. During the course of acetic acid-induced experimental colitis in an in vivo mouse model, HAI-1 but not HAI-2 was upregulated in the recovery phase, suggesting that HAI-1 but not HAI-2 is associated with the regeneration of damaged colonic mucosa. Upregulation of HAI-1 may serve to downregulate the proliferative response after initial activation of MET receptor by HGF/scatter factor after an injury.
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PMID:Upregulation of HGF activator inhibitor type 1 but not type 2 along with regeneration of intestinal mucosa. 1076 18

Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 (EHEC) is a gastrointestinal pathogen that is generally non-invasive for intestinal epithelial cells, yet causes acute intestinal inflammation, diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome. To study signal transduction pathways activated in human intestinal epithelial cells by EHEC, we took advantage of EHEC O157:H7 and isogenic mutants deficient in the major EHEC virulence factors, intimin (eae-) and Shiga toxin (stx-). Infection with wild-type EHEC activated p38 and ERK MAP kinases and the nuclear translocation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB. Downstream, this was accompanied by increased expression of mRNA and protein for the neutrophil chemoattractant IL-8. Isogenic eae- and stx- mutants also activated p38 and ERK MAP kinases, and NF-kappaB and stimulated increases in IL-8 protein secretion similar to those of wild-type EHEC. Further, inhibition of either p38, ERK or NF-kappaB activation abrogated the IL-8 response induced by wild-type EHEC and the mutants. Epithelial cell MAP kinase and NF-kappaB pathways leading to IL-8 secretion were also activated by isolated EHEC H7 flagellin, which was active when added to either the apical or basolateral surface of polarized human intestinal epithelial cells. We conclude that EHEC interacting with intestinal epithelial cells activates intracellular signalling pathways and an epithelial cell proinflammatory response independent of either Shiga toxin or intimin, two of the major known virulence factors of EHEC. The activation of proinflammatory signals in human colon epithelial cells in response to this non-invasive pathogen appears to depend to a significant extent on H7 flagellin.
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PMID:Role of EHEC O157:H7 virulence factors in the activation of intestinal epithelial cell NF-kappaB and MAP kinase pathways and the upregulated expression of interleukin 8. 1236 1

Substance P (SP) participates in acute intestinal inflammation via binding to the G-protein-coupled neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) and release of proinflammatory cytokines from colonic epithelial cells. SP also stimulates cell proliferation, a critical event in tissue healing during chronic colitis, via transactivation of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR) and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Here we examined the mechanism by which SP induces EGFR and MAPK activation. We used non-transformed human NCM460 colonocytes stably transfected with the human NK-1R (NCM460-NK-1R cells) as well as untransfected U373 MG cells expressing high levels of endogenous NK-1R. Exposure of both cell lines to SP (10(-7) m) stimulated EGFR activation (1 min) followed by extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK1/2) activation (2-5 min). SP-induced ERK1/2 activation was blocked by pretreatment with the metalloproteinase inhibitor Batimastat/GM6001, the EGFR phosphorylation inhibitor AG1478, and the tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) inhibitor TAPI-1. Pretreatment with antibodies against potential EGFR ligands suggested that transforming growth factor-alpha (TGFalpha), but not the other EGFR ligands EGF, heparin-binding EGF, or amphiregulin, mediates SP-induced EGFR transactivation. SP stimulated TGFalpha release into the extracellular space that was measurable within 2 min, and this release was inhibited by metalloproteinase inhibitors and the TACE inhibitor TAPI-1. SP also induced MAPK-mediated cell proliferation that was inhibited by TACE, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), EGFR, and MEK1 inhibitors. Thus, in human colonocytes, NK-1R-induced EGFR and MAPK activation and cell proliferation involve matrix metalloproteinases (most likely TACE) and the release of TGFalpha. These signaling mechanisms may be involved in the protective effects of NK-1R in chronic colitis.
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PMID:Metalloproteinases and transforming growth factor-alpha mediate substance P-induced mitogen-activated protein kinase activation and proliferation in human colonocytes. 1531 41

Since the pioneering work by Gossen and Bujard in 1992 demonstrating the usefulness of the Escherichia coli derived tet resistance operon for regulating gene expression a large collection of doxycycline-controlled transgenic mice has been established. Gene switching in eukaryotic tissue culture cells or mice requires administration of tetracycline, anhydrotetracycline or doxycycline to efficiently inactivate the transactivator protein tTA (TET-OFF system) or alternatively to activate the reverse transactivator protein rtTA (TET-ON system). However, the antibiotic activity of doxycycline can create an imbalance of the intestinal flora, resulting in diarrhoea and in a smaller number of animals in colitis. Previous studies reported that 4-epidoxycycline (4-ED), a hepatic metabolite of doxycycline, does not function as an antibiotic in mice. This gave us the idea that 4-ED might be useful for controlling gene expression in mice without the unwanted antibiotic side effect. To study the applicability of 4-ED for control of gene expression we used cell lines expressing the oncogene HER2 under control of tTA (TET-OFF) as well as rtTA (TET-ON). 4-ED and doxycycline were similarly efficient in switching on or -off HER2 expression. In vivo we used a conditional mouse model that allows switching off HER2 in tumor tissue. We show that (i) doxycycline, 7.5mg/ml in drinking water (used as a positive control), (ii) 4-ED, 7.5mg/ml in drinking water, (iii) 4-ED, 10mg/kg body weight, s.c., and (iv) anhydrotetracycline, 10mg/kg, s.c. (used as a second positive control), were similarly efficient. Using mice with tumor volumes of 1.6cm(3) all four schedules led to a tumor remission of more than 95% within 7 days. In conclusion, 4-ED is similarly efficient as doxycycline to control gene expression in vitro and in mice. Since 4-ED lacks the antibiotic activity of doxycycline it may help to avoid adverse side effects and selection of resistant bacteria.
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PMID:4-Epidoxycycline: an alternative to doxycycline to control gene expression in conditional mouse models. 1538 Oct 96

TNF plays a pathogenic role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which are characterized by altered cytokine production and increased intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis. In vitro studies suggest that kinase suppressor of Ras-1 (KSR1) is an essential regulatory kinase for TNF-stimulated survival pathways in intestinal epithelial cell lines. Here we use a KSR1-deficient mouse model to study the role of KSR1 in regulating intestinal cell fate during cytokine-mediated inflammation. We show that KSR1 and its target signaling pathways are activated in inflamed colon mucosa. Loss of KSR1 increases susceptibility to chronic colitis and TNF-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelial cell. Furthermore, disruption of KSR1 expression enhances TNF-induced apoptosis in mouse colon epithelial cells and is associated with a failure to activate antiapoptotic signals including Raf-1/MEK/ERK, NF-kappaB, and Akt/protein kinase B. These effects are reversed by WT, but not kinase-inactive, KSR1. We conclude that KSR1 has an essential protective role in the intestinal epithelial cell during inflammation through activation of cell survival pathways.
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PMID:Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation. 1552 Aug 53

Helicobacter hepaticus is an enterohepatic Helicobacter species that induces lower bowel inflammation in susceptible mouse strains, including those lacking the p50/p105 subunit of NF-kappaB. H. hepaticus-induced colitis is associated with elevated levels of IL-12 p40 expression, and p50/p105-deficient macrophages express higher levels of IL-12 p40 than wild-type macrophages after challenge with H. hepaticus. However, the molecular mechanisms by which the p50/p105 subunit of NF-kappaB suppresses IL-12 p40 expression have not yet been elucidated. In this study we have demonstrated that H. hepaticus challenge of macrophages induces ERK activation, and this event plays a critical role in inhibiting the ability of H. hepaticus to induce IL-12 p40. Activation of ERK requires both p50/p105 and the MAPK kinase kinase, Tpl-2. Inhibition of the induction of IL-12 p40 by ERK was independent of c-Rel, a known positive regulator of IL-12 p40. Instead, it was linked to the induction of c-Fos, a known inhibitor of IL-12 p40 expression. These results suggest that H. hepaticus induces ERK activation by a pathway dependent upon Tpl-2 and p105, and that activation of ERK inhibits the expression of IL-12 p40 by inducing c-Fos. Thus, a defect in ERK activation could play a pivotal role in the superinduction of IL-12 p40 observed after challenge of macrophages lacking the p50/p105 subunit of NF-kappaB with H. hepaticus.
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PMID:Defective activation of ERK in macrophages lacking the p50/p105 subunit of NF-kappaB is responsible for elevated expression of IL-12 p40 observed after challenge with Helicobacter hepaticus. 1639 15

Inflammatory bowel diseases are associated with reduced colonic contractility and induction of cyclooxygenase-2. In this study a possible role of cyclooxygenase-2 in and the underlying mechanism of the reduced contractility were investigated in experimental colitis. The effects of meloxicam, a cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor were examined on colonic contractility and MAP kinase p38 and ERK(1/2) expression. Colitis was induced in Sprague-Dawley male rats by intra-colonic instillation of trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid (TNBS; 40 mg/rat in 50 ethanol). The animals were divided into three groups. Group 1 (n=9) received meloxicam (3 mg/kg-day) gavage 1 h before and 1 day (Group 2) after induction of colitis. Group 3 (n=9) received phosphate buffered saline (PBS) in a similar manner and served as colitic control. The non colitic control animals received meloxicam in a similar manner. The animals were sacrificed after 5 days of treatment, colon was cleaned with PBS and colonic smooth muscle was obtained which was used in this study. Meloxicam treatment given 1 h before or 1 day after administration of colitis restored the reduced colonic contractility without affecting the sensitivity to carbachol. The levels of colonic smooth muscle IL-1beta mRNA, PGE(2), ERK(1/2), p38, malondialdehyde, myeloperoxidase activity and colonic mass were increased, whereas the body weight was decreased due to TNBS. The changes except colonic muscle mass and p38 expression were reversed by meloxicam treatment. These findings indicate that restoration of reduced colonic contractility by meloxicam is mediated by ERK(1/2), and that ERK(1/2) may serve as an important anti inflammatory target for treatment of colitis.
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PMID:Mechanism underlying the reversal of contractility dysfunction in experimental colitis by cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition. 1683 10

Mice deficient in the G-protein alpha subunit G(i)alpha(2) spontaneously develop colitis and colon cancer. IL-11 is a pleiotropic cytokine known to protect the intestinal epithelium from injury in animal models of colitis and is produced by subepithelial myofibroblasts in response to inflammatory mediators including TGF-beta, IL-1beta, and PGE(2). Arachidonic acid release and subsequent PGE(2) production is significantly decreased in the colonic mucosa of G(i)alpha(2)-/- mice, and we hypothesized that this would affect mucosal IL-11 production. Mucosal levels of IL-11 were found to be significantly decreased in G(i)alpha(2)-/- mice despite the presence of mild colitis. Primary cultures of G(i)alpha(2)-/- intestinal and colonic myofibroblasts (IMF and CMF, respectively) produced less basal and TGF-beta or IL-1beta-stimulated IL-11 mRNA and protein than wild-type cells. Inhibitors of ERK or p38 MAPK activation dose dependently inhibited IMF and CMF IL-11 production in response to TGF-beta stimulation, whereas 16,16 dimethyl-PGE(2) and prostanoid receptor subtype-selective agonists induced IL-11 production. Treatment of animals with the EP4-specific agonist ONO-AE1-329 resulted in enhanced mucosal levels of IL-11, and increased IL-11 production by ex vivo cultured CMF. Modulation of cAMP levels produced diverging results, with enhancement of TGF-beta-induced IL-11 release in IMF pretreated with 8-Br-cAMP and inhibition in cells treated either with pertussis toxin or the PKA inhibitor H-89. These data suggest a physiological role for prostaglandins, MAPK signaling, and cAMP signaling for the production of myofibroblast-derived IL-11 in the mouse intestinal mucosa.
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PMID:Decreased MAPK- and PGE2-dependent IL-11 production in Gialpha2-/- colonic myofibroblasts. 1733 78

Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease have a high risk of colon cancer. The molecules that initiate and promote colon cancer and the cancer pathways altered remain undefined. Here, using in vitro models and a mouse model of colitis, we show that nitric oxide (NO) species induce retinoblastoma protein (pRb) hyperphosphorylation and inactivation, resulting in increased proliferation through the pRb-E2F1 pathway. NO-driven pRb hyperphosphorylation occurs through soluble guanylyl cyclase/guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate signaling and is dependent on the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase MEK/ERK and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathways. Our results reveal a link between NO and pRb inactivation and provide insight into molecules that can be targeted in the prevention of the inflammation-to-cancer sequence.
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PMID:Nitric oxide inactivates the retinoblastoma pathway in chronic inflammation. 1790 36


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