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c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) mediate pro-inflammatory actions of microglia

✍ Scribed by Vicki Waetzig; Karen Czeloth; Ute Hidding; Kirsten Mielke; Moritz Kanzow; Stephan Brecht; Mario Goetz; Ralph Lucius; Thomas Herdegen; Uwe-Karsten Hanisch

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 530 KB
Volume: 50
Category: Article
ISSN: 0894-1491
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20173

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✦ Synopsis

The activation and function of c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) were investigated in primary microglia cultures from neonatal rat brain, which express all three JNK isoforms. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), and thrombin preparations induced a rapid and lasting activation of JNKs in the cytoplasm. In the nucleus, the activation patterns were rather complex. In untreated microglia, the small pool of nuclear JNKs was strongly activated, while the high-affinity JNK substrate c-Jun was only weakly phosphorylated. Stimulation with LPS increased the total amount of nuclear JNKs and the phosphorylation of the transcription factor c-Jun. Levels of activated JNKs in the nucleus, however, rapidly decreased. Analysis of the nuclear JNK isoforms revealed that the amount of JNK1 declined, while JNK2 increased, and the weakly expressed JNK3 did not vary. This observation suggests that JNK2 is mainly responsible for the activation of c-Jun in this context. Upstream of JNKs, LPS induced a lasting activation of the constitutively present JNK kinase MKK4. The function of JNKs in LPS-triggered cellular reactions was investigated using SP600125 (0.5-5 mM), a direct inhibitor of JNKs. Inhibition of JNKs reduced the LPS-induced metabolic activity and induction of the AP-1 target genes cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2), TNF-a, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in response to LPS, while ERK1/2 and p38a had a more pronounced effect on LPS-induced cellular enlargement than JNKs. In summary, JNKs are essential mediators of relevant pro-inflammatory functions in microglia with different contributions of the JNK isoforms. V

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