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  • Title: Involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in basic fibroblast growth factor-induced interleukin-6 synthesis in osteoblasts.
    Author: Kozawa O, Tokuda H, Matsuno H, Uematsu T.
    Journal: J Cell Biochem; 1999 Sep 01; 74(3):479-85. PubMed ID: 10412048.
    Abstract:
    We previously showed that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-induced activation of protein kinase C (PKC) via phosphatidylinositol-hydrolyzing phospholipase C and phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase D suppresses interleukin-6 (IL-6) synthesis by bFGF itself in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. In the present study, we further investigated the mechanism underlying the bFGF-induced IL-6 synthesis in MC3T3-E1 cells. bFGF time-dependently induced the phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase, suppressed the bFGF-induced IL-6 synthesis dose-dependently. The phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase by bFGF was suppressed by TMB-8, an inhibitor of intracellular Ca(2+) mobilization, or the depletion of extracellular Ca(2+) with EGTA. A23187, a Ca-ionophore, stimulated the phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase. SB203580 inhibited the A23187-induced synthesis of IL-6. 1-Oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol, a synthetic diacylglycerol activating PKC, reduced the bFGF-induced IL-6 synthesis. 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, an activator of PKC, attenuated the phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase by bFGF, but did not affect the A23187-induced phosphorylation. These results strongly suggest that bFGF-induced IL-6 synthesis is mediated via p38 MAP kinase activation in osteoblasts, and that PKC acts at a point upstream from p38 MAP kinase.
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