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| ABSTRACT |
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Interleukin-1
(IL-1
) stimulates the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts. However, the signaling pathways remain obscure. In this study, we investigated IL-1
signaling pathways that regulate cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts. IL-1
increased the expression of COX-2 mRNA and protein, and PGE2 secretion in the fibroblasts. IL-1
increased the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase-1/2 (ERK1/2), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). PD-98059, SB-203580, SP-600125, and PDTC—which are inhibitors of ERK1/2, p38, JNK, and nuclear factor-
B (NF-
B), respectively—attenuated the IL-1
-induced COX-2 mRNA expression and activated protein kinase C PGE2 secretion. IL-1
(PKC), and PKC inhibitor staurosporine inhibited IL-1
-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK, and decreased IL-1
-induced COX-2 mRNA expression. Thus, in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts, IL-1
may stimulate COX-2 expression both through the PKC-dependent activation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK signaling pathways, and through the NF-
B cascade.
Key Words: cyclooxygenase-2 prostaglandin E2 interleukin-1
odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts
| INTRODUCTION |
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Interleukin-1
(IL-1
) is one of the multifunctional pro-inflammatory cytokines. IL-1
is strongly expressed in the epithelial cells of odontogenic keratocysts (Meghji et al., 1992; Kubota et al., 2001; Ninomiya et al., 2002). Recently, it has been shown that IL-1 stimulates the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in mesenchymal cells, including odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts (Mifflin et al., 2002; Yang et al., 2002; Miyaura et al., 2003; Oka et al., 2005). PGE2 stimulates osteoclastogenesis by increasing the expression of receptor activation of nuclear factor-
B ligand (RANKL) (Oka et al., 2005). Therefore, the expression of IL-1
may play a crucial role in odontogenic keratocyst outgrowth in the jaws.
PGE2 synthesis requires conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H2, by either cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 or COX-2. COX-1 is expressed constitutively in most cells, while COX-2 is usually undetectable under normal conditions, and its expression is increased by pathological stimulation (Vane, 1994). The regulation of COX-2 expression, therefore, is pharmacologically important for PGE2 synthesis. There are two types of IL-1 binding receptors, type I receptor (IL-1RI) and type II receptor (IL-1RII). The IL-1RI transduces a signal, whereas the IL-1RII does not, but acts as a decoy receptor. When IL-1
binds to IL-1RI, IL-1
leads to activation of two transcription factors, nuclear factor-
B (NF-
B) and activator protein-1 (AP-1), through the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), such as p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) (Ninomiya-Tsuji et al., 1999). It has been shown that the IL-1
-mediated transcription of COX-2 is regulated by many factors, such as extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) (Mifflin et al., 2002), p38 (Mifflin et al., 2002; Yang et al., 2002), NF-
B signaling pathway (Mifflin et al., 2002; Yang et al., 2002; Catley et al., 2003), and protein kinase C (PKC) (Lin et al., 2000; Molina-Holgado et al., 2000; Mifflin et al., 2002; Di Mari et al., 2003). However, the signaling pathways of IL-1
-induced COX-2 expression are very complicated. Therefore, it is important to clarify the signaling process of the IL-1
-mediated COX-2 expression in odontogenic keratocysts, to regulate IL-1
-dependent outgrowth of the cysts.
The goal of this study was to clarify the signaling pathways mobilized by IL-1
in COX-2 expression in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts.
| MATERIALS & METHODS |
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Materials
Recombinant human interleukin-1
(rhIL-1
) was supplied courtesy of Dainippon Pharmacy Co. (Osaka, Japan). SB203580, PD98059, SP600125, and staurosporine were purchased from BIOMOL Research Laboratories Inc. (Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA). Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and PDTC were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). Non-specific rabbit IgG was purchased from Nichrei Co. (Tokyo, Japan).
Cell Culture
Odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts were isolated from biopsied odontogenic keratocyst tissues obtained from patients admitted to Kyushu University Dental Hospital, under institutionally approved protocols, after the patients gave informed consent, as described previously (Kubota et al., 2000, 2002). The cells were cultured in Dulbeccos modified Eagles medium (DMEM, Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO, USA) containing 10% heat-inactivated fetal calf serum (FCS) and antibiotics (100 IU/mL penicillin and 100 µg/mL streptomycin), under a 95% air, 5% CO2 atmosphere at 37°C. The confluent cells were pre-incubated in serum-free DMEM for 12 hrs at 37°C, and then incubated with fresh serum-free DMEM in the presence or absence of rhIL-1
. In some experiments, the cells were pre-treated with protein kinase inhibitors before incubation with fresh serum-free DMEM.
Immunohistochemistry
Immunohistochemical staining for COX-2 was performed on paraffin sections as described previously (Kubota et al., 2001; Ninomiya et al., 2002). Briefly, the deparaffinized and rehydrated sections (4 µm in thickness) were treated with 0.3% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in 96% methanol for 30 min to block endogenous peroxidase activity. Then, the sections were treated with normal serum for 1 hr to eliminate any non-specific binding of conjugated secondary antibodies, before incubation with polyclonal anti-human COX-2 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA) overnight at 4°C. Subsequently, the sections were incubated with the secondary antibody for 1 hr at room temperature, and with an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex reagent (DakoCytomation Inc., Carpinteria, CA, USA) for 45 min. As negative controls, the primary antibody was substituted with normal serum at the same dilution.
Western Immunoblotting
Cells were homogenized in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-sample buffer containing 5% SDS, 0.4 M Tris-HCl (pH 6.8), 30% sucrose, and 0.1 M 2-mercaptoethanol. Samples were run on 12% SDS-polyacrylamide gels, and transferred onto nitrocellulose paper at 60 V for 5 hrs as described previously (Kubota et al., 2000, 2002; Oka et al., 2005). The nitrocellulose paper was incubated with 5% bovine serum albumin in TBST [150 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 0.05% Tween-20, and 0.02% NaN3] for 1 hr, and incubated with a 1:200 dilution of anti-human COX-2 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA, USA) or a 1:400 dilution of polyclonal antibody against phospho-ERK1/2, phospho-p38 MAPK, and phospho-JNK (Cell Signaling Technology Inc., Beverly, MA, USA). The nitrocellulose paper was developed with the Phototope-HRP Western Detection System (Cell Signaling Technology Inc., Beverly, MA, USA). The images of immunostained nitrocellulose blots were analyzed by Chemi Doc XRS-J software (Bio-Rad Laboratory, Richmond, CA, USA), and the relative amounts of phospho-ERK1/2, -p38 MAPK, -JNK were calculated by normalization to the amount of elF4E.
Reverse-transcriptase/Polymerase Chain-reaction (RT-PCR)
Total RNA was extracted from cells by means of the Trizol reagent, according to the manufacturers protocol (Gibco/BRL, Gaithersburg, MD, USA). First-strand cDNA was synthesized from 3 µg total RNA, and PCR amplification was performed with the use of 25 µL of cDNA reaction mixture, as described previously (Kubota et al., 2002; Oka et al., 2005). The specific primers for COX-2 were 5'-TTCAAATGAGATTGTGGG AAAAT-3' (upstream) and 5'-AGATCATCTCTGCCTGAG TATCTT-3' (downstream) (Bradbury et al., 2003). The cDNA amplification was carried out with a cycle program at 94°C for 60 sec, at 56°C for 45 sec, and at 72°C for 120 sec, followed by a final extension step at 72°C for 10 min. The specific primers for β-actin were 5'-GTGGGGCG CCCCAGGCACCA-3' (upstream), and 5'-CTCCTTAATGTCACGCAC GATTTC-3' (downstream) (Kubota et al., 2002; Oka et al., 2005). The amplification was carried out with a cycle program at 94°C for 60 sec, at 65°C for 30 sec, and at 72°C for 45 sec, followed by a final extension step at 72°C for 10 min. PCR products were run on 1.8% agarose gels, and detected by ethidium bromide staining. The images of the gels were captured by a computer system, and the relative amounts of COX-2 mRNA were calculated by normalization with the amount of β-actin mRNA (Kubota et al., 2002; Oka et al., 2005).
Measurements of Ins(1,4,5)P3
We measured inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] by a competitive binding assay, using [3 H] Ins(1,4,5)P3, as described previously (Takeuchi et al., 2000). Briefly, after the stimulation of cells (1.5 x 106 cells) was stopped by 5% trichloroacetic acid, the cell suspension was centrifuged at 15,000 g for 20 min. Water-saturated diethyl ether was added to the supernatant, and the upper water phase was collected. Remaining diethyl ether in the samples was evaporated under N2 gas. Then, the samples were neutralized to pH 7.5 with 1 N NaOH. Rat brain microsomes were prepared as Ins(1,4,5)P3 binding protein. The final pellet was suspended in a homogenizing buffer [50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.3) and 2 mM EDTA] at a protein concentration of 20–40 mg/mL. The aliquots of neutralized samples were incubated with rat brain microsome and [3 H]Ins(1,4,5)P3 in 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.3) and 2 mM EDTA for 15 min on ice, and the radioactivity of the [3 H]Ins(1,4,5)P3 binding was assayed.
Measurements of PGE2 and PKC Activity
The concentrations of PGE2 (Assay Designs Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA) and activity of PCK (Stressgen, Victoria, Canada) were measured by means of an enzyme immunoassay kit according to the manufacturers instructions (Oka et al., 2005). We used a group of serially diluted standard samples of PGE2 or PKC to generate the standard curves. The assays could measure PGE2 and PCK activity in the range from 7.81 pg/mL to 1000 pg/mL, and from 2 ng to 50 ng, respectively. Absorbance was measured at 450 nm by means of a microplate reader (Colona Electric, Ibaragi, Japan).
Statistical Analysis
Data are expressed as mean ± SD. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used for statistical analyses, and p values < 0.05 were considered significant.
| RESULTS |
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Strong expression of COX-2 was detected immunohisto-chemically in the subepithelial layer fibroblasts of odontogenic keratocysts (Fig. 1A
on COX-2 expression in the fibroblasts, we determined the expression of COX-2 mRNA in fibroblasts isolated from odontogenic keratocysts. When the fibroblasts were incubated with various concentrations of rhIL-1
, the expression of COX-2 mRNA was increased in a dose-dependent manner (0.01 nM-1 nM). The expression of COX-2 mRNA was significantly increased to 5.3 ± 0.5 (n = 4) times the control by 0.1 nM rhIL-1
. The rhIL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA was increased maximally within 3 hrs, and was sustained for up to 12 hrs (Figs. 1B, 1C
(Fig. 1D
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To investigate the signal transduction in the IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts, we examined phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK. Phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK was induced by 0.1 nM rhIL-1
. The maximal phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and JNK was obtained at 20 min, and was sustained for up to 30 min. In contrast, the maximum phosphorylation of p38 was obtained at 10 min, and returned to the control level by 30 min (Figs. 2A, 2B, 2C
in a dose-dependent manner, and the maximal phosphorylation was obtained by 0.1 nM rhIL-1
(Figs. 2D, 2E, 2F
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Although specific inhibitors for ERK1/2 (PD-98059), p38 (SB-203580), and JNK (SP-600125) did not affect the expression of COX-2 mRNA in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts, pre-incubation with PD-98059 (20 µM), SB-203580 (20 µM), and SP-600125 (40 µM) for 1 hr significantly inhibited 0.1 nM rhIL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA to 0.42 ± 0.02 (n = 4), 0.33 ± 0.05 (n = 4), and 0.57 ± 0.12 (n = 4) fold, respectively. A specific inhibitor for NF-
B, PDTC (40 µM), also inhibited the rhIL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA (0.32 ± 0.12-fold) (Fig. 3A
(0.1 nM) induced M), the secretion of PGE2 (61.0 ± 16.9 pg/mL). PD-98059 (20 µM) SB-203580 (20 µM), SP-600125 (40 µM), and PDTC (40 µM) reduced PGE2 production (Fig. 3B
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To investigate whether PLC activation was involved in the rhIL-1
-induced COX-2 expression, we assayed production of Ins(1,4,5)P3 and activation of PKC. The amounts of Ins(1,4,5)P3 were increased from 0.6 ± 0.4 pmol/105 to 8.9 ± 3.6 pmol/105 cells (n = 4) by 0.1 nM rhIL-1
within 30 sec (Fig. 4A
to 478.1 ± 152.1 µg/mL (n = 3) after stimulation for 30 min. However, the PKC activation was transient, and was decreased to 103.5 ± 107.6 ng/mL (n = 3) by 60 min (Fig. 4B
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA. Dimethyl sulfoxide, the vehicle of PMA, did not affect the expression (Fig. 4C
-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK (Fig. 4D
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| DISCUSSION |
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In the present study, we have demonstrated the involvement of the ERK1/2, p38, and JNK signaling pathway and the NF-
B cascade in the IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts. Furthermore, PKC-mediated signaling was also involved in the regulation of COX-2 mRNA expression by IL-1
. Indomethacin has been reported to suppress IL-1-induced osteoclast formation dramatically (Chen et al., 1997; Tai et al., 1997), suggesting a pathological importance for PGE2 in osteoclastogenesis by IL-1. IL-1
has been reportedly expressed in the subepithelial fibroblasts as well as the epithelial cells in odontogenic keratocysts (Meghji et al., 1992; Ninomiya et al., 2002). The present study showed that COX-2 was expressed in the subepithelial layer fibroblasts of odontogenic keratocysts. Furthermore, rhIL-1
stimulated the expression of COX-2 mRNA and the protein, and increased PGE2 production in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts in culture. Therefore, IL-1
may stimulate the expression of PGE2 via regulating COX-2 expression in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts.
IL-1
activates tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6), which stimulates TGFβ-activated kinase 1 (TAK1). TAK1 mediates the activation of MAPKs such as p38 and JNK, and of NF-
B (Ninomiya-Tsuji et al., 1999). In this study, we showed that IL-1
induced phosphorylation of p38 and JNK in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts in culture, and that the inhibitors for p38 and JNK attenuated the IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA and PGE2 production. An interesting finding was that IL-1
also induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in the fibroblasts, and that the inhibitors for ERK1/2 attenuated the IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA and PGE2 production. It has been reported that IL-1 did not activate ERKs in human glomerular mesangial cells (Uciechowski et al., 1996), while ERKs were activated by IL-1, depending on focal adhesion establishment (MacGillivray et al., 2000). Therefore, participation of ERKs in IL-1-induced COX-2 expression might be different in cell types and/or cell culture conditions. A specific inhibitor for NF-
B also inhibited the IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA and PGE2 production. These results are consistent with findings reported previously for other cell types (Mifflin et al., 2002; Yang et al., 2002; Catley et al., 2003). Thus, in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts, IL-1
may increase COX-2 expression both through ERK1/2, p38, and JNK signaling pathways, and through the NF-
B cascade.
In this study, IL-1
increased the production of Ins(1,4,5)P3 and activated PKC in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts, presumably by activation of phospholipase C. It has been shown that activation of PKC is involved in IL-1-induced COX-2 expression, and phorbol ester stimulates COX-2 expression (Lin et al., 2000; Molina-Holgado et al., 2000; Mifflin et al., 2002; Yang et al., 2002; Di Mari et al., 2003). PKC is divided into three classes, based on primary structure and biochemical properties, conventional PKC isotype (cPKC), novel PKC isotype (nPKC), and atypical PKC isotype (aPKC). Both cPKC and nPKC contain diacylglycerole (DAG) and phorbol ester binding domains, while aPKC lacks the DAG and phorbol ester binding domains. In this study, we showed that PMA activated the expression of COX-2 mRNA, and the PKC inhibitor staurosporine attenuated both the phorbol ester-induced and IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA. Since neither PMA nor staurosporine affects aPKC, activation of cPKC and/or nPKC may be involved in IL-1
-induced expression of COX-2 mRNA in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts. It has been reported that, in human intestinal myofibroblasts, aPKC was involved in IL-1-induced COX-2 expression (Di Mari et al., 2003). Therefore, IL-1 might activate the different types of PKC, depending on cell types or species. The cross-talk among PKC, MAPKs, and NF-
B in IL-1-induced COX-2 expression has been obscure. In this study, staurosporine inhibited the IL-1
-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2, p38, and JNK. Taken together, our results suggest that PKC is a critical upstream mediator required for the activation of MAPK pathways in COX-2 expression in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts.
In conclusion, the results of this study demonstrate that ERK1/2, p38, and JNK signaling pathways, as well as the NF-
B cascade, are involved in IL-1
-induced COX-2 gene expression in odontogenic keratocyst fibroblasts. In addition, PKC may regulate COX-2 expression by mediating phosphorylation of the MAPKs in the cells.
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education of Japan (Nos. 15592117, 18592188).
Received for publication February 2, 2006. Revision received August 1, 2006. Accepted for publication October 19, 2006.
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