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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
EN-RAGE is a ligand for the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and may be involved in the development of diabetic macro- and micro-angiopathy. This study is designed to investigate the regulation of EN-RAGE gene expression in human macrophages. The amounts of EN-RAGE mRNA were measured in cultured human THP-1 macrophages after treatment with various stimuli known to modulate atherosclerosis. First, interleukin-6 (IL-6), a proinflammatory cytokine, increased the level of EN-RAGE mRNA by approximately 2-fold in a time- and a dose-dependent fashion. EN-RAGE protein was detected in the cultured medium and increased significantly by the addition of IL-6. The induction was abolished by pretreatment with the JAK kinase inhibitor and cycloheximide, but not with the MEK kinase inhibitor. Second, pioglitazone (PIO), a thiazolidinedione, decreased the level of EN-RAGE mRNA by approximately 25% of the basal in a time- and a dose-dependent fashion. Pioglitazone also inhibited the induction of EN-RAGE mRNA by IL-6. These results indicate the production of EN-RAGE is induced by IL-6 through de novo protein synthesis via the JAK-STAT kinase pathway and inhibited by the activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) in human macrophages.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9150
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
171
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-S100 Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Thiazolidinediones, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14644389-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The regulation of EN-RAGE (S100A12) gene expression in human THP-1 macrophages.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Osaka 570-8507, Moriguchi, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't