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Query: EC:2.7.10.2 (focal adhesion kinase)
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Alcohol consumption has multiple effects in the central nervous system (CNS). Whereas, alcohol is an immunosuppressive drug the effect of alcohol on the neuroimmune system, remains unclear. In cultured astrocytes, prolactin (PRL) induces mitogenesis and the expression of inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha). We have recently shown that whereas ethanol does not inhibit PRL receptor binding, it markedly inhibits PRL-induced mitogenesis and TNF alpha secretion in cultured astrocytes. It is clear that PRL activates the tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins, including members of a novel family of protein tyrosine kinases, the Janus Kinases (JAKs). The aims of this study were to characterize PRL-induced activation of the JAK/STAT (signal transducers and activators of transcription) pathway, and to determine if ethanol affects JAK/STAT activation in cultured astrocytes. We found that PRL specifically increases the tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK2, but not JAK1, JAK3, or Tyk2, and the subsequent phosphorylation of STAT1 alpha, STAT5a, and STAT5b. Preincubation of astrocytes with ethanol markedly inhibited phosphorylation of JAK2, STAT1 alpha, STAT5a, and STAT5b. In PRL-stimulated astrocytes, ethanol inhibited binding of nuclear proteins to oligonucleotides corresponding to the gamma-interferon activated sequence (GAS). Further, ethanol blocked PRL-induced increases in interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) mRNA, a PRL/cytokine inducible transcription factor involved in the regulation of a number of cytokine inducible genes. The inhibition of tyrosine phosphorylation by ethanol was not a general effect, however, as we found that ethanol increased basal and NGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of extracellular signal-activated protein kinase-1 (ERK-1). These data indicate that ethanol inhibits PRL-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of the JAK/STAT pathway resulting in decreased nuclear GAS DNA binding and inhibition of the PRL inducible gene, IRF-1. Thus, suggesting that ethanol-induced inhibition of JAK2 phosphorylation may be one mechanism though which ethanol could after the brain's response to injury or infection.
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PMID:Ethanol inhibits prolactin-induced activation of the JAK/STAT pathway in cultured astrocytes. 1040 96

The ability of ethanol to inhibit regenerative processes in the liver is thought to play a key role in the development of alcoholic liver disease. To understand the underlying mechanisms, we investigated the effects of ethanol on the Janus kinasesignal transducer and activator transcription factor (JAK-STAT) signaling pathways in hepatocytes. Treatment of freshly isolated adult rat hepatocytes with 10-100 mM ethanol rapidly (< 3 min) inhibits interleukin-6 (IL-6)-induced STAT3 activation, tyrosine and serine phosphorylation and IL-6-induced CCAAT enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) alpha and beta mRNA expression. Western analyses, in vitro kinase assays and in vivo cell labelling assays indicate that this inhibitory effect is not due to blocking the upstream-located JAK1, JAK2 or Tyk2 activation. On the contrary, acute ethanol exposure significantly potentiates IL-6-induced JAK1 autophosphorylation in vitro and in vivo. Pretreatment with sodium vanadate, a non-selective tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor, or with MG132 and lactacystin, proteasome inhibitors, does not abolish the ethanol inhibition of IL-6-induced STAT3 activation, suggesting that activation of protein tyrosine phosphatases or the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is not involved. In view of the critical role of IL-6 signaling in liver regeneration, these findings suggest that the ability of biologically relevant concentrations of ethanol to markedly inhibit IL-6-induced STAT3 phosphorylation is one of the cellular mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis and progression of alcoholic liver diseases.
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PMID:Ethanol rapidly inhibits IL-6-activated STAT3 and C/EBP mRNA expression in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes. 1048 86

The effect of ethanol on insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I)-mediated signal transduction and functional activation in neuronal cells was examined. In human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells, ethanol inhibited tyrosine autophosphorylation of the IGF-I receptor. This corresponded to the inhibition of IGF-I-induced phosphorylation of p42/p44 mitogen-activated/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (MAPK) by ethanol. Insulin-related substrate-2 (IRS-2) and focal adhesion kinase phosphorylation were reduced in the presence of ethanol, which corresponded to the prevention of lamellipodia formation (30 min). By contrast, ethanol had no effect on Shc phosphorylation when measured up to 1 h, and did not affect the association of Grb-2 with Shc. Neurite formation at 24 h was similarly unaffected by ethanol. The data indicate that the IGF-I receptor is a target for ethanol in SH-SY5Y cells However, there is diversity in the sensitivity of signaling elements within the IGF-I receptor tyrosine kinase signaling cascades to ethanol, which can be related to the inhibition of specific functional events in neuronal activation.
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PMID:Inhibition of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor and IRS-2 signaling by ethanol in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. 1120 20

The potential difference across the stomach wall (PD) is determined by the gastric mucosal barrier. The decrease in the PD evoked by "the barrier breakers", e.g. aspirin, ethanol or bile acids is believed as a sensitive index of the mucosal damage. The effect of glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), isosorbide dinitrate (IDN) and molsidomine (MOL)--all exogenous donors of nitric oxide (NO), as well as L-arginine (L-ARG), which is a substrate for NO-synthase and Nomega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA), a non-selective NO synthase inhibitor on the gastric electrolyte barrier were studied against the gastric damage induced by ethanol. All NO donors given intragastrically alone caused only moderate, not significant changes in the PD and failed to affect the mucosal barrier, while L-NNA slightly decreased the PD. The NO donors and L-arginine applied as pretreatment prior to ethanol resulted in diminishing of its damaging action that was similar for all these drugs, while L-NNA intensified both the injury and the drop in the PD values caused by ethanol. In summary, our results showed the protective effect of endogenous nitric oxide from L-ARG and that originating from GTN, MOL and IDN on the gastric electrolyte barrier, supporting involvement of nitric oxide in the mechanism of gastric protection in the stomach.
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PMID:The effect of nitric oxide donors and L-arginine on the gastric electrolyte barrier. 1145 1

2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) is a mammary gland carcinogen in cooked meat. Using the HC11 mouse mammary epithelial cell line, a well-characterized model for hormone-mediated differentiation, we examined whether PhIP altered the expression of genes regulated by lactogenic hormones dexamethasone, insulin, and prolactin (DIP). When HC11-Lux cells (stably transfected with a beta-casein promoter luciferase construct) were cultured in DIP-containing medium, PhIP (100 microM) enhanced luciferase activity 11-fold over that observed in DIP medium alone. The effect of PhIP on augmenting luciferase activity was observed only when lactogenic hormones were included in the medium. Expression of the endogenous beta-casein gene was also higher in HC11 cells treated with PhIP in hormone-enriched medium. With the increased expression of beta-casein gene, the level of phospho-signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A (phospho-STAT5A), the transcription factor regulating beta-casein gene expression, was elevated in PhIP-exposed HC11 cells. AG490, a Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)-specific inhibitor, blocked the effect of PhIP on beta-casein gene expression. PhIP-treated cells also showed higher expression of Bcl-2 and lower expression of Bax, consistent with a possible antiapoptotic action of PhIP. The findings indicate that PhIP modulates lactogenic hormone-mediated gene expression in mammary epithelial cells, apparently via enhanced phosphorylation of STAT5A. The findings have implications for a novel mechanism of action of the mammary gland carcinogen PhIP.
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PMID:2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP) modulates lactogenic hormone-mediated differentiation and gene expression in HC11 mouse mammary epithelial cells. 1175 60

This paper describes a comparative study of the gravimetric versus hydrolysis/derivatization/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination of fat in infant formula. Fat was extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide modified with a small amount of ethanol, the extract was weighed, and the total fat was determined gravimetrically. Subsequently, another sample of the supercritical fluid fat extract was hydrolyzed to yield free fatty acids, which were converted to their methyl ester derivatives (FAMEs). Quantification was performed by GC-MS. NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM-1846) was used to validate both fat determination methods. Results showed that the gravimetric average percent fat was 26.86%, whereas the GC-MS method yielded 24.64%. Some peaks were detected in the ion chromatogram from the GC-MS that were identified as nonfatty acids such as aldehydes, which may account for the higher percentage fat measured as weight of extract rather than measured as FAMEs expressed as triglycerides.
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PMID:Comparison of gravimetry and hydrolysis/derivatization/gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for quantitative analysis of fat from standard reference infant formula powder using supercritical fluid extraction. 1190 18

Alcohol consumption has been consistently associated with HIV-risk behaviors over time, with significantly higher rates of HIV infection generally found among samples of alcoholics and individuals who meet the criteria for alcohol dependence than in the general public. Research on HIV infection among alcoholics in treatment who use few other drugs has found 2.5-10% to be HIV-infected in cities where HIV is prevalent. Alcohol use and abuse may particularly compound the HIV-infection risk of those already in situations of high risk for HIV/STD infection in developing countries, such as women in households where alcohol abuse is common, prostitutes, runaway and homeless youth, and men in occupations which require them to travel long distances. HIV/STD prevention interventions should include alcohol harm reduction while alcohol treatment interventions should be bolstered with HIV/STD risk reduction measures. Harm reduction strategies and research opportunities are described.
AIDS STD Health Promot Exch 1997
PMID:Decreasing HIV / STD risk in relation to alcohol use: a research agenda. 1229 65

A novel autoanalyzer was developed to assess the quality of milk samples according to the percentage of lactose, fat, and total protein they contain. The module comprises two pumps (one of high pressure), an injection valve, a filter, and an evaporative light-scattering detector. A volume of 15 microL of dilute milk was injected in an ethanol-water (50% v/v) stream for precipitation/retention of protein/fat, being the lactose content determined in the filtrate. The fat fraction was calculated using an ethanol stream, and total protein was finally dissolved by means of a 1.7 mol/L acetic acid solution. The simplicity of the proposed automatic module lies in the universal response of the detector, which permits the determination of the three macrocomponents in milk. In addition, the flow injection method allows their sequential analysis in the same injected sample by using selective reagents for each compound. The proposed method was validated with an SRM milk sample as well as by comparison of the results obtained with those provided by the IR method. In addition, the proposed analyzer is cheaper than its counterpart that is based on infrared technique.
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PMID:Autoanalyzer for milk quality control based on the lactose, fat, and total protein contents. 1265 5

Chronic alcohol intake in male rats results in: 1) demasculinization of the GH pulse pattern; 2) reduced serum testosterone concentrations; and 3) decreased expression hepatic CYP2C11. Hepatic CYP2C11 expression is regulated by the male pattern of GH through the Janus-kinase/signal transducer and activators of transcription proteins (JAK/STAT) signal transduction pathway in the male rat. Renal CYP2C11 is regulated by testosterone, not GH. The involvement of the JAK/STAT5b signal transduction pathway in renal CYP2C11 signaling has not been studied. We tested the hypothesis that ethanol reduces CYP2C11 levels by interfering with the JAK/STAT5b pathway. Using a total enteral nutrition (TEN) model to feed rats a well-balanced diet, we have studied the effects of chronic ethanol intake (21 d) on hepatic and renal JAK/STAT pathway of adult male rats (8-10/group). We found decreased hepatic and renal expression of CYP2C11 in ethanol-fed rats with concomitant decreases in STAT5b and phospho-STAT5b, decreased in vitro hepatic STAT5b binding to a CYP2C11 promoter element and no effects on hepatic GHR levels. Ethanol caused tissue specific effects in phospho-JAK2 and JAK2, with increased levels in the liver, but decreased JAK2 expression in the kidney. We conclude that ethanol suppression of CYP2C11 expression is clearly associated with reductions in STAT5b levels, but not necessarily in reductions of JAK2 levels. The mechanisms underlying ethanol-induced suppression of STAT5b is yet to be determined, as is the question of whether this is secondary to hormonal effects or a direct ethanol effect.
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PMID:Effects of chronic ethanol on hepatic and renal CYP2C11 in the male rat: interactions with the Janus-kinase 2-signal transducer and activators of transcription proteins 5b pathway. 1293 71

We tested the influence of IFNgamma on proteasome activity in parental Hep G2 cells that do not metabolize ethanol, as well as in recombinant Hep G2-derived cells that express either or both alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and cytochrome P4502E1 (CYP2E1). IFNgamma treatment increased proteasome activity in VL-17A (ADH(+), CYP2E1(+)) and E-47 (CYP2E1(+)) cells, but not in Hep G2, VI-R2 (parental cells with empty vectors) or in VA-13 (ADH(+)) cells. Proteasome activation by IFNgamma correlated positively with the level of CYP2E1 activity. Treatment of VL-17A cells with agents that inhibit CYP2E1 or the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) or that prevent the formation of peroxynitrite also blocked proteasome activation by IFNgamma, indicating that the proteasome may be directly activated by products of CYP2E1 and iNOS catalysis. While IFNgamma treatment increased proteasome activity, it also decreased CYP2E1 activity. Both effects were mediated via the Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (JAK-STAT1) pathway, as both were blocked by the JAK2 inhibitor, tyrphostin AG 490. Ethanol treatment of VL-17A cells also caused a similar blockage of these same IFNgamma-mediated effects, by inhibiting STAT1 phosphorylation. This inhibition was largely due to ethanol metabolism, as 4-methylpyrazole, an ethanol metabolism inhibitor, restored IFNgamma-mediated STAT1 phosphorylation in ethanol-treated cells. Our results lead us to propose that IFNgamma initiates signal transduction, which alters the activities of CYP2E1 and iNOS, thereby producing reactive oxygen species. One of these oxidants, possibly peroxynitrite, may be directly involved in proteasome activation. Ethanol metabolism by VL-17A cells suppresses IFNgamma-mediated induction of proteasome activity, in part, by preventing STAT1 phosphorylation.
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PMID:Interferon gamma enhances proteasome activity in recombinant Hep G2 cells that express cytochrome P4502E1: modulation by ethanol. 1294 50


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