p38 and Src-ERK1/2 pathways regulate crystalline silica-induced chemokine release in pulmonary epithelial cells

Toxicological Sciences : an Official Journal of the Society of Toxicology
Johan ØvrevikM Refsnes

Abstract

Crystalline silica has been shown to trigger pulmonary inflammation both in vivo and in vitro, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. In the present study we focus on the intracellular signaling pathways regulating chemokine release from lung epithelial cells after crystalline silica exposure. Our results show that silica particles induced a concentration- and time-dependent increase in interleukin (IL)-8 release from the human epithelial lung cell line A549. The IL-8 induction was significantly attenuated by inhibitors of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), p38 (SB202190) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)-1 and -2 (PD98059), as well as a general protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitor (genistein). However, IL-8 induction was most efficiently inhibited by the Src family kinase (SFK) inhibitor, PP2, suggesting a crucial role of SFKs in regulating silica-induced IL-8 release from A549 cells. Silica exposure induced phosphorylation of the MAPKs p38 and ERK1/2, but not JNK or ERK5. Silica also induced a significant phosphorylation of SFKs. Moreover, PP2 inhibited silica-induced phospho-ERK1/2 to near-control levels, whereas phospho-p38 was not significantly reduced by the SFK inhibitor. Our...Continue Reading

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