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Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B), consisting of p50 and p65, is bound to a cytoplasmic retention protein, I kappa B, in a resting state, and the stimulation of cells with a variety of inflammatory stimuli induces the dissociation of NF-kappa B from I kappa B and the nuclear translocation of NF-kappa B, thereby activating several genes involved in inflammatory responses, such as interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor alpha. In order to elucidate the precise mechanism of NF-kappa B activation, we have established lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-dependent NF-kappa B activation in a cell-free system using plasma membrane-enriched, cytosol, and nuclear fractions extracted from a human monocytic cell line, THP-1, by disruption with sonication followed by a differential centrifugation. The combination of plasma membrane-enriched fraction and cytosol was sufficient to activate NF-kappa B in a LPS/CD14-dependent manner only in the presence of ATP as judged by the binding of NF-kappa B to the IL-8 gene kappa B site on an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. LPS-dependent NF-kappa B activation was inhibited by protein kinase inhibitors, such as staurosporine, herbimycin A, tyrphostin, and genistein, but not mitogen-activated protein kinase substrate, cGMP-dependent protein kinase, cAMP-dependent protein kinase, protein kinase C, and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II inhibitory peptides, suggesting that staurosporine-sensitive kinase(s) as well as tyrosine kinase(s) are involved in LPS-mediated NF-kappa B activation. In addition, LPS induced the phosphorylation of I kappa B-alpha, starting at 5 min after the stimulation in a cell-free system. Moreover, the phosphorylation was inhibited by herbimycin A and tyrphostin, but not staurosporine, suggesting that these protein kinase inhibitors act at distinct steps of signal transmission. Establishment of ligand-dependent activation of NF-kappa B in a cell-free system will facilitate identification of protein kinase(s) and its substrate(s) involved in LPS-mediated NF-kappa B activation.
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PMID:Establishment of lipopolysaccharide-dependent nuclear factor kappa B activation in a cell-free system. 787 68

The transcription factor Sp1 plays a crucial role in the monocyte-specific expression of CD14, a binding site (or putative receptor) for lipopolysaccharide (LPS) complexes with LPS-binding protein (LBP). By using RAW 264.7 macrophages treated with spectrally pure deep-rough-chemotype hexa-acyl LPS from Escherichia coli D31m4, three inhibitors were found to block the binding activity of transcription factor Sp1, as measured by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. These inhibitors were diphosphoryl lipid A from Rhodobacter sphaeroides (10 microg/ml); the isoquinoline-sulfonamide H-8 (10 and 100 microM), which is thought to be a cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor; and the anti-inflammatory agent dexamethasone (10 microM).
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PMID:Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced transcription factor Sp1 binding by spectrally pure diphosphoryl lipid A from Rhodobacter sphaeroides, protein kinase inhibitor H-8, and dexamethasone. 912 41

Bacterial LPS induces rapid thrombocytopenia, hypotension, and sepsis. Although growing evidence suggests that platelet activation plays a critical role in LPS-induced thrombocytopenia and tissue damage, the mechanism of LPS-mediated platelet activation is unclear. In this study, we show that LPS stimulates platelet secretion of dense and alpha granules as indicated by ATP release and P-selectin expression, and thus enhances platelet activation induced by low concentrations of platelet agonists. Platelets express components of the LPS receptor-signaling complex, including TLR (TLR4), CD14, MD2, and MyD88, and the effect of LPS on platelet activation was abolished by an anti-TLR4-blocking Ab or TLR4 knockout, suggesting that the effect of LPS on platelet aggregation requires the TLR4 pathway. Furthermore, LPS-potentiated thrombin- and collagen-induced platelet aggregation and FeCl(3)-induced thrombus formation were abolished in MyD88 knockout mice. LPS also induced cGMP elevation and the stimulatory effect of LPS on platelet aggregation was abolished by inhibitors of NO synthase and the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG). LPS-induced cGMP elevation was inhibited by an anti-TLR4 Ab or by TLR4 deficiency, suggesting that activation of the cGMP/protein kinase G pathway by LPS involves the TLR4 pathway. Taken together, our data indicate that LPS stimulates platelet secretion and potentiates platelet aggregation through a TLR4/MyD88- and cGMP/PKG-dependent pathway.
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PMID:Lipopolysaccharide stimulates platelet secretion and potentiates platelet aggregation via TLR4/MyD88 and the cGMP-dependent protein kinase pathway. 1949 25