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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
48
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
Shear stress, the dragging force generated by fluid flow, differentially activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) in bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAEC) (Jo, H., Sipos, K., Go, Y. M., Law, R., Rong, J., and McDonald, J. M. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 1395-1401). Here, we examine whether cholesterol-enriched compartments in the plasma membrane are responsible for such differential regulation. Pretreatment of BAEC with a cholesterol-binding antibiotic, filipin, did not inhibit shear-dependent activation of JNK. In contrast, filipin and other membrane-permeable cholesterol-binding agents (digitonin and nystatin), but not the lipid-binding agent xylazine, inhibited shear-dependent activation of ERK. The effect of cholesterol-binding drugs did not appear to be due to membrane permeabilization, since treatment of BAEC with a detergent, Triton X-100 which also permeabilizes membranes, did not inhibit shear-dependent activation of ERK. Furthermore, shear-dependent activation of ERK, but not JNK, was inhibited by cyclodextrin, a membrane-impermeable cholesterol-binding agent, which removes cell-surface cholesterol. Moreover, the effects of cyclodextrin were prevented by adding cholesterol during the incubation. These results indicate that cholesterol or cholesterol-sensitive compartments in the plasma membrane play a selective and essential role in activation of ERK, but not JNK, by shear stress. Although exposure to shear stress (1 h) increased the number of caveolae by 3-fold, treatment with filipin had no effect in either control or shear-exposed cells suggesting that caveolae density per se is not a crucial determinant in shear-dependent ERK activation. In summary, the current study suggests that cholesterol-sensitive microdomains in the plasma membrane, such as caveolae-like domains, play a critical role in differential activation of ERK and JNK by shear stress.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Digitonin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Filipin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Lipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nystatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xylazine
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32304-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Aorta, Thoracic, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Digitonin, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Filipin, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Membrane Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Nystatin, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Stress, Mechanical, pubmed-meshheading:9822710-Xylazine
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasma membrane cholesterol is a key molecule in shear stress-dependent activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't