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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
Globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) is characterized by the accumulation of a toxic metabolite, psychosine (galactosylsphingosine), which is a substrate for the deficient enzyme (galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase). This study underscores the possible role of psychosine in the effect of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) -derived NO in the pathophysiology of this demyelinating disease. For the first time, we provide evidence of the expression of iNOS in CNS of Krabbe patient and show that the iNOS-expressing cells in the CNS were astrocytes. Psychosine potentiated the LPS-induced production of proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha) in primary rat astrocytes and regulated the cytokine-mediated production of NO in C6 glioma and primary rat astrocyte. Psychosine induced cytokine-mediated nuclear translocation of AP-1 and C/EBP by potentiating the expression of Fra-1 and C/EBP-delta proteins. This suggests that psychosine maintained or sustained the cytokine-primed expression of iNOS by further potentiating the nuclear translocation of AP-1 and C/EBP without modulating the cytokine-mediated transcription activity of NF-kappaB. This study hypothesizes that accumulated psychosine leads to production of cytokines and iNOS expression. The ensuing excessive production of NO and ONOO- may play a role in pathogenesis of Krabbe disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytokines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipopolysaccharides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NOS2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nos2 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Psychosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor AP-1
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Psychosine, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Transcription Factor AP-1, pubmed-meshheading:11978730-Transcriptional Activation
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Galactosylsphingosine (psychosine)-induced expression of cytokine-mediated inducible nitric oxide synthases via AP-1 and C/EBP: implications for Krabbe disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.