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The enzyme 5-lipoxygenase initiates the synthesis of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid. Protein kinase A phosphorylates 5-lipoxygenase on Ser(523), and this reduces its activity. We report here that phosphorylation of Ser(523) also shifts the subcellular distribution of 5-lipoxygenase from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Phosphorylation and redistribution of 5-lipoxygenase could be produced by overexpression of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit alpha, by pharmacological activators of protein kinase A, and by prostaglandin E(2). Mimicking phosphorylation by replacing Ser(523) with glutamic acid caused cytoplasmic localization; replacement of Ser(523) with alanine prevented phosphorylation and redistribution in response to protein kinase A activation. Because Ser(523) is positioned within the nuclear localization sequence-518 of 5-lipoxygenase, the ability of protein kinase A to phosphorylate and alter the localization of green fluorescent protein fused to the nuclear localization sequence-518 peptide was also tested. Site-directed replacement of Ser(523) with glutamic acid within the peptide impaired nuclear accumulation; overexpression of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit alpha and pharmacological activation of protein kinase caused phosphorylation of the fusion protein at Ser(523), and the phosphorylated protein was found chiefly in the cytoplasm. Taken together, these results indicate that phosphorylation of Ser(523) inhibits the nuclear import function of a nuclear localization sequence, resulting in the accumulation of 5-lipoxygenase enzyme in the cytoplasm. As cytoplasmic localization can be associated with reduced leukotriene synthetic capacity, phosphorylation of Ser(523) serves to inhibit leukotriene production by both impairing catalytic activity and by placing the enzyme in a site that is unfavorable for action.
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PMID:Phosphorylation by protein kinase a inhibits nuclear import of 5-lipoxygenase. 1623 Mar 55

Pityriasis versicolor is the most common skin mycosis in humans worldwide. Yeasts of the genus Malassezia, particularly M. furfur, a saprophyte occurring widely on human skin, are generally regarded as the causative agents. M. furfur is able to convert tryptophan into a variety of indole alkaloids, some of them showing biological properties that correlate well with certain clinical features of pityriasis versicolor. This suggests a possible role for these compounds in the pathophysiology of the disease. We here report that the novel pityriarubins A, B and C, isolated from cultures of the yeast, inhibit respiratory burst in human neutrophils, activated by various agents, in a highly selective, unexpected manner. The release of 5-lipoxygenase products after challenge of neutrophils with the calcium ionophore A23187 is also inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. These activities reflect the close structural relationship of pityriarubins to bisindolylmaleimides, which have recently gained great interest as protein kinase inhibitors.
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PMID:Pityriarubins, novel highly selective inhibitors of respiratory burst from cultures of the yeast Malassezia furfur: comparison with the bisindolylmaleimide arcyriarubin A. 1625 97

Cystic fibrosis is caused by dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, leading to altered ion transport, chronic infection, and excessive inflammation. Here we investigated regulation of CFTR in airway cell monolayers by adenosine, adenosine receptors, and arachidonic acid. Our studies demonstrate that the A2B adenosine receptor is expressed at high levels relative to the other adenosine receptor subtypes, with a characteristic low-affinity profile for adenosine-stimulated CFTR Cl- currents in both Calu-3 cells and CFBE41o- airway cell monolayers stably transduced with wild-type CFTR. The levels of adenosine found in sputum from patients with cystic fibrosis with moderate to severe lung disease stimulated apical prostaglandin release in Calu-3 and CFBE41o- cells, implicating adenosine regulation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity. A2B adenosine receptor and arachidonic acid stimulation produced CFTR-dependent currents in airway monolayers and increased cAMP levels that were sensitive to cyclooxygenase inhibition. Arachidonic acid demonstrated dual regulation of CFTR, stimulating CFTR and Cl- currents in intact airway monolayers, and potently inhibiting PKA-activated Cl- currents in excised membrane patches. Cl- currents produced by arachidonic acid were sensitive to inhibition of PKA, cyclooxygenase, and 5-lipoxygenase. Together, the results provide a converging mechanism to link regulation of CFTR and airway cell inflammation through adenosine and adenosine receptors.
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PMID:Adenosine regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator through prostenoids in airway epithelia. 1639 52

Endogenous generation of arachidonic acid via selective activation of cytosolic phospholipase A(2) has been implicated in the mechanism of monocytes/macrophage survival in the presence of peroxynitrite. In particular, the lipid messenger was shown to prevent the otherwise rapid onset of a mitochondrial permeability-transition (MPT)-dependent necrosis by causing the mitochondrial translocation of protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha) and the ensuing cytosolic accumulation of the Bcl-2-antagonist of cell death (Bad), an event promoting the anti-MPT function of Bcl-2 (or Bcl-X(L)). Here, we show that the effects on PKCalpha are not mediated directly by arachidonate but rather, by downstream products of the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO). Peroxynitrite elicited the nuclear membrane translocation of 5-LO and enhanced its enzymatic activity via a mechanism sensitive to low concentrations of inhibitors of 5-LO or the 5-LO-activating protein, as well as to genetic depletion of the latter enzyme. Inhibition of 5-LO activity was invariably associated with the cytosolic localization of PKCalpha, the mitochondrial accumulation of Bad, and a rapid MPT-dependent necrosis. All these events were prevented by nanomolar concentrations of the 5-LO product 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid.
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PMID:5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid is a key intermediate of the arachidonate-dependent protective signaling in monocytes/macrophages exposed to peroxynitrite. 1688 3

Previous studies from our laboratory indicate that cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2))-released arachidonic acid promotes monocyte/macrophage survival in the presence of peroxynitrite. In particular, the lipid messenger is metabolised by 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) to 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid and causes the mitochondrial translocation of protein kinase Calpha (PKCalpha), an event associated with the cytosolic accumulation of Bad and Bax. Here we show that phosphorylation reactions driven by extracellular regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) critically regulate the activation/nuclear translocation of 5-LO. Inhibition of ERK1/2 was invariably associated with the cytosolic localisation of PKCalpha, the mitochondrial accumulation of Bad and Bax and with a rapid mitochondrial permeability transition-dependent necrosis. All these events were prevented by nanomolar concentrations of 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid. Hence, in addition to the previously characterised effects on cPLA(2), ERK1/2 critically regulates 5-LO activity in the absence of additional downstream targets in the survival signalling preventing peroxynitrite toxicity.
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PMID:ERK1/2 regulates two sequential steps promoting monocyte survival to peroxynitrite. 1699 4

Sulfatides - sulfated derivatives of galactocerebroside - are endogenous ligands for P- and L-selectins and are able to induce intracellular signaling in neutrophils through a L-selectin dependent pathway. Sulfatides are implicated in a variety of physiological functions and have been found to suppress the synthesis of 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) metabolites and impede 5-LO translocation to the nuclear envelope in adherent human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) [Sud'ina, G. F., Brock, T. G., Pushkareva, M. A., Galkina, S. I., Turutin, D. V., Peters-Golden, M., et al. (2001). Sulphatides trigger polymorphonuclear granulocyte spreading on collagen-coated surfaces and inhibit subsequent activation of 5-lipoxygenase. The Biochemical Journal, 359, 621-629]. In this study we investigated the mechanism of the leukotriene (LT) synthesis inhibition by sulfatides. Sulfatides neither attenuated the ionophore-induced rise in [Ca(2+)](i) nor promoted PKA activation. We demonstrated that sulfatides directly inhibited 5-LO enzyme activity in a cell-free assay. BODIPY-labeled sulfatides were able to rapidly penetrate into the cells. Sulfatides induced rearrangement and redistribution of cytoskeletal components in adherent PMNs. The lipid incorporation as well as sulfatide-induced inhibition of LT synthesis were abolished by cytochalasin D, an inhibitor of actin polymerization and endocytosis. Importantly, sulfatides caused a prominent intracellular cholesterol redistribution, increasing its abundance at the uropod region. On the basis of these data, we suggest that increased cholesterol accumulation in cell compartments represents a novel mechanism by which sulfatides abrogate 5-LO translocation and activation.
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PMID:Sulfatides inhibit leukotriene synthesis in human polymorphonuclear granulocytes by a mechanism involving lipid rearrangement in intracellular membranes. 1782 42

In nonexcitable cells, receptor stimulation evokes Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum stores followed by Ca(2+) influx through store-operated Ca(2+) channels in the plasma membrane. In mast cells, store-operated entry is mediated via Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) (CRAC) channels. In this study, we find that stimulation of muscarinic receptors in cultured mast cells results in Ca(2+)-dependent activation of protein kinase Calpha and the mitogen activated protein kinases ERK1/2 and this is required for the subsequent stimulation of the enzymes Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipase A(2) and 5-lipoxygenase, generating the intracellular messenger arachidonic acid and the proinflammatory intercellular messenger leukotriene C(4). In cell population studies, ERK activation, arachidonic acid release, and leukotriene C(4) secretion were all graded with stimulus intensity. However, at a single cell level, Ca(2+) influx was related to agonist concentration in an essentially all-or-none manner. This paradox of all-or-none CRAC channel activation in single cells with graded responses in cell populations was resolved by the finding that increasing agonist concentration recruited more mast cells but each cell responded by generating all-or-none Ca(2+) influx. These findings were extended to acutely isolated rat peritoneal mast cells where muscarinic or P2Y receptor stimulation evoked all-or-none activation of Ca(2+)entry but graded responses in cell populations. Our results identify a novel way for grading responses to agonists in immune cells and highlight the importance of CRAC channels as a key pharmacological target to control mast cell activation.
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PMID:All-or-none activation of CRAC channels by agonist elicits graded responses in populations of mast cells. 1791 11

We have previously demonstrated that exogenous nitric oxide (NO) directly inhibits alveolar macrophage (AM) cell-free activity of the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), thereby inhibiting metabolism of arachidonic acid to the important proinflammatory lipid mediators, leukotrienes (LT). Here, we explored the possibility that NO indirectly inhibited AM LT synthesis via activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) in rat AM. The selective sGC inhibitor, LY83583, abrogated the suppression of cellular LT synthesis elicited by either exogenous or endogenous NO. A non-NO-dependent activator of sGC, YC-1, also inhibited macrophage LT synthesis. We next determined if sGC-mediated suppression of AM LT synthesis was dependent on protein kinase G (cGK). The selective cGK inhibitor, KT5823, reversed the suppression of cellular 5-LO metabolism following treatment with exogenous NO and YC-1. cGK1 activation resulted in phosphorylation of 5-LO. In contrast to peritoneal macrophages, AM exhibited localization of sGC, cGK1 and cGKII to the cell nucleus. In summary, in addition to its direct effects, NO-induced suppression of 5-LO action can be mediated indirectly through activation of the sGC and cGK pathways in AM. The nuclear localization of enzymes sGC, CGK1 and cGKII in the AM, which also demonstrates preferential nuclear 5-LO expression, may confer tighter regulation of LT synthesis.
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PMID:Guanylyl cyclase and protein kinase G mediate nitric oxide suppression of 5-lipoxygenase metabolism in rat alveolar macrophages. 1847 65

The 5-lipoxygenase (5LO) produces leukotriene B(4) and 15-epilipoxin-A(4) (15-epi-LXA(4)). Phosphorylation at Ser(523) by protein kinase A (PKA) prevents 5LO shift to the perinuclear membrane. Atorvastatin and pioglitazone up-regulate 15-epi-LXA(4) production in the heart. We assessed whether phosphorylation of 5LO by PKA determines whether 5LO interacts with the membranous cytosolic phospholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)) to produce leukotriene B(4) or with cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) to produce 15-epi-LXA(4). Rats received either pioglitazone, atorvastatin, pioglitazone plus atorvastatin, vehicle, or LPS. Rat myocardial cells were incubated with pioglitazone plus atorvastatin, pioglitazone plus atorvastatin plus H-89 (PKA inhibitor), H-89, or vehicle for 8 h. Pioglitazone and atorvastatin did not affect total 5LO expression. However, both increased 5LO levels in the cytosolic fraction. H-89 caused a shift of 5LO to the membranous fraction in atorvastatin- and pioglitazone-treated rats. Pioglitazone and atorvastatin increased phospho-5LO levels. H-89 attenuated this increase. Both pioglitazone and atorvastatin increased COX2 levels in the cytosolic fraction and the membranous fraction. H-89 prevented this increase. Pioglitazone and atorvastatin increased cPLA(2) expression in the membranous fraction. This effect was not attenuated by H-89. Pioglitazone plus atorvastatin increased 15-epi-LXA(4) levels. H-89 attenuated the effect of pioglitazone plus atorvastatin. Pioglitazone plus atorvastatin plus H-89 increased leukotriene B(4) levels. Coimmunoprecipitation showed that without H-89, atorvastatin and pioglitazone induced an interaction between 5LO and COX2 in the cytosolic fraction, whereas when H-89 was added, 5LO interacted with cPLA(2) on the membranous fraction. The 5LO phosphorylation determines whether 15-epi-LXA(4) (anti-inflammatory) or leukotriene B(4) (inflammatory mediator) is produced.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of 5-lipoxygenase at ser523 by protein kinase A determines whether pioglitazone and atorvastatin induce proinflammatory leukotriene B4 or anti-inflammatory 15-epi-lipoxin a4 production. 1871 24

Monocytes/macrophages committed to death by peroxynitrite nevertheless survive with a signaling response promoting Bad phosphorylation, as well as its cytosolic localization, via upstream activation of cytosolic phospholipase A(2), 5-lipoxygenase, and protein kinase C alpha. We now report evidence for an alternative mechanism converging in Bad phosphorylation when the expression/activity of the above enzymes are suppressed. Under these conditions, also associated with peroxynitrite-dependent severe inhibition of Akt, an additional Bad kinase, Bad dephosphorylation promoted its accumulation in the mitochondria and a prompt lethal response. PGE(2) prevented toxicity via EP(2) receptor-mediated protein kinase A-dependent Bad phosphorylation. This notion was established in U937 cells by the following criteria: 1) there was a strong correlation between survival and cAMP accumulation, both in the absence and presence of phosphodiesterase inhibitors; 2) direct activation of adenylyl cyclase afforded cytoprotection; and 3) PGE(2) promoted loss of mitochondrial Bad and cytoprotection, mimicked by EP(2) receptor agonists, and prevented by EP(2) receptor antagonists or protein kinase A inhibitors. Finally, selected experiments performed in human monocytes/macrophages and in rat peritoneal macrophages indicated that the above cytoprotective pathway is a general response of cells belonging to the monocyte/macrophage lineage to both exogenous and endogenous peroxynitrite. The notion that two different pathways mediated by downstream products of arachidonic acid metabolism converge in Bad phosphorylation emphasizes the relevance of this strategy for the regulation of macrophage survival to peroxynitrite at the inflammatory sites.
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PMID:Prostaglandin E2 signals monocyte/macrophage survival to peroxynitrite via protein kinase A converging in bad phosphorylation with the protein kinase C alpha-dependent pathway driven by 5-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid. 1883 22


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