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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic ethanol consumption can result in hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis. In addition to oxidative metabolism, ethanol can be metabolized by esterification with fatty acids to form fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) such as linolenic acid ethyl ester (LAEE). We have previously demonstrated that LAEE has promitogeinc and activating effects on hepatic stellate cells (HSC), but the mechanisms of these actions are not known. Intracellular signaling through MAP kinase pathways, including extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) can influence the activity of the transcription factor AP-1, while cell-cycle regulatory proteins such as cyclin E and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK), play an important role in cell proliferation. In this study, we demonstrate that treatment of HSC with LAEE increases cyclin E expression and cyclin E/CDK2 activity, which may underlie the promitogenic effects of this compound. In addition, LAEE increases ERK and JNK activity, and these pathways play an important role in the activation of AP-1-dependent gene expression by LAEE. The stimulation of intracellular signaling pathways in HSC by this well-characterized ethanol metabolite may contribute to ethanol-induced hepatic fibrogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CDC2-CDC28 Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cdk2 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cdkn1b protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin E, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Linolenic Acids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor AP-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ethyl linolenate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0024-3205
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1083-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-CDC2-CDC28 Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Cyclin E, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Kupffer Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Linolenic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Transcription Factor AP-1, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12818718-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The ethanol metabolite, linolenic acid ethyl ester, stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase and cyclin signaling in hepatic stellate cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA. lichixin@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.