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20092859

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
We have demonstrated that pitavastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, enhanced human serum paraoxonase (PON1) gene promoter activity and that protein kinase C (PKC) activated PON1 expression through Sp1 in cultured HepG2 cells. We investigated whether PKC was involved in pitavastatin-induced PON1 expression. PON1 gene promoter activity was assessed by a reporter gene assay using cultured Huh7 cells. PON1 protein expression and PKC activation were measured by Western blotting. The binding activity of Sp1 to the PON1 gene upstream was analyzed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Both PON1 gene promoter activity and PON1 protein expression were elevated by pitavastatin stimulation. The effects of pitavastatin on PON1 promoter activity and PON1 protein expression were attenuated by both bisindolylmaleimide IX (Ro-31-8220) and bisindolylmaleimide I. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that pitavastatin increased the Sp1-PON1 DNA binding, and this effect was attenuated by Ro-31-8220. Pitavastatin activated atypical PKC, but never conventional or novel PKC. Myristoylated pseudosubstrate peptide inhibitor of PKCzeta abolished the pitavastatin-increased PON1 promoter activity; however, calphostin C and Gö6976 (PKC inhibitors except for PKCzeta) did not influence the promoter activity. In addition, an overexpression of dominant negative form of PKCzeta expression vector obviously decreased pitavastatin-induced PON1 promoter activation. These observations suggest that pitavastatin activates PKC, especially PKCzeta isoform, which increases the binding intensity of Sp1 to PON1 DNA promoter responsible for enhanced transcription of PON1 gene and increased PON1 protein expression in Huh7 cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1532-8600
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1287-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of protein kinase C in pitavastatin-induced human paraoxonase I expression in Huh7 cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. ariik@kochi-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article