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  • Title: Involvement of p44/p42 MAP kinase in insulin-like growth factor-I-induced alkaline phosphatase activity in osteoblast-like-MC3T3-E1 cells.
    Author: Hanai Y, Tokuda H, Ishisaki A, Matsushima-Nishiwaki R, Nakamura N, Yoshida M, Takai S, Ohta T, Kozawa O.
    Journal: Mol Cell Endocrinol; 2006 Jun 07; 251(1-2):42-8. PubMed ID: 16616413.
    Abstract:
    It has been shown that insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) stimulates the activity of alkaline phosphatase, a marker of mature osteoblast phenotype, in osteoblasts. In the present study, we investigated the involvement of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase superfamily in the IGF-I-stimulated alkaline phosphatase activity in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. IGF-I-stimulated alkaline phosphatase activity dose dependently in the range between 1 nM and 0.1 microM. IGF-I induced the phosphorylation of p44/p42 MAP kinase and p38 MAP kinase but not stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK). PD98059 and U0126, specific inhibitors of the upstream kinase that activates p44/p42 MAP kinase, significantly suppressed the IGF-I-induced alkaline phosphatase activity. On the contrary, SB203580 and PD169316, specific inhibitors of p38 MAP kinase, failed to affect the activity induced by IGF-I. Specific inhibitors for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway (LY294002 and wortmannin) also had no significant effect on IGF-I-induced p44/p42 MAP kinase phosphorylation. The phosphorylation of p44/p42 MAP kinase induced by IGF-I was reduced by U0126. These results strongly suggest that p44/p42 MAP kinase among the MAP kinase superfamily plays a role in the IGF-I-stimulated alkaline phosphatase activity in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells.
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