scholarly journals Levetiracetam Protects Against Cognitive Impairment of Subthreshold Convulsant Discharge Model Rats by Activating Protein Kinase C (PKC)-Growth-Associated Protein 43 (GAP-43)-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase (CaMK) Signal Transduction Pathway

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 4627-4638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Jian Wang ◽  
Li Jiang ◽  
Heng-Sheng Chen ◽  
Li Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Signal Transduction Pathway ◽  
Transduction Pathway ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Dependent Protein ◽  
Discharge Model

scholarly journals Lactosylceramide-enriched glycosphingolipid signaling domain mediates superoxide generation from human neutrophils

Blood ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 1454-1464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhisa Iwabuchi ◽  
Isao Nagaoka
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Signal Transduction Pathway ◽  
Transduction Pathway ◽  
Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase ◽  
Superoxide Generation ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Signaling Domain

This study is focused on the functional significance of neutrophil lactosylceramide (LacCer)–enriched microdomains, which are involved in the initiation of a signal transduction pathway leading to superoxide generation. Treatment of neutrophils with anti-LacCer antibody, T5A7 or Huly-m13, induced superoxide generation from the cells, which was blocked by PP1, a Src kinase inhibitor; wortmannin, a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase inhibitor; SB203580, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor; and H7, an inhibitor for protein kinase C. When promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells were differentiated into neutrophilic lineage by dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) treatment, they acquired superoxide-generating activity but did not respond to anti-LacCer antibodies. Density gradient centrifugation revealed that LacCer and Lyn were recovered in detergent-insoluble membrane (DIM) of neutrophils and DMSO-treated HL-60 cells. However, immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that LacCer was associated with Lyn in neutrophils but not in DMSO-treated HL-60 cells. Interestingly, T5A7 induced the phosphorylation of Lyn in neutrophils but not in DMSO-treated HL-60 cells. Moreover, T5A7 induced the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK in neutrophils. T5A7-induced Lyn phosphorylation in neutrophil DIM fraction was significantly enhanced by cholesterol depletion or sequestration with methyl-β-cyclodextrin or nystatin. Collectively, these data suggest that neutrophils are characterized by the presence of cell surface LacCer-enriched glycosphingolipid signaling domain coupled with Lyn and that the ligand binding to LacCer induces the activation of Lyn, which may be suppressibly regulated by cholesterol, leading to superoxide generation through the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase–, p38 MAPK–, and protein kinase C–dependent signal transduction pathway.

scholarly journals Wenxin-Keli Regulates the Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Signal Transduction Pathway and Inhibits Cardiac Arrhythmia in Rats with Myocardial Infarction

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanwei Xing ◽  
Yonghong Gao ◽  
Jianxin Chen ◽  
Haiyan Zhu ◽  
Aiming Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Signal Transduction Pathway ◽  
Treated Group ◽  
Transduction Pathway ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Group A ◽  
Dependent Protein

Wenxin-Keli (WXKL) is a Chinese herbal compound reported to be of benefit in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac inflammation, and heart failure. Amiodarone is a noncompetitive inhibitor of theα- andβ-adrenergic receptors and prevents calcium influx in the slow-response cells of the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes. Overexpression of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in transgenic mice results in heart failure and arrhythmias. We hypothesised that administration of WXKL and amiodarone can reduce the incidence of arrhythmias by regulating CaMKII signal transduction. A total of 100 healthy Sprague Dawley rats were used in the study. The rats were randomly divided into four groups (a sham group, a myocardial infarction (MI) group, a WXKL-treated group, and an amiodarone-treated group). A myocardial infarction model was established in these rats by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery for 4 weeks. Western blotting was used to assess CaMKII, p-CaMKII (Thr-286), PLB, p-PLB (Thr-17), RYR2, and FK binding protein 12.6 (FKBP12.6) levels. The Ca2+content in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and the calcium transient amplitude were studied by confocal imaging using the fluorescent indicator Fura-4. In conclusion, WXKL may inhibit heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias by regulating the CaMKII signal transduction pathway similar to amiodarone.

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