Expression of COX-2 in platelet-monocyte interactions occurs via combinatorial regulation involving adhesion and cytokine signaling

Autor: Stephen M. Prescott, Dan A. Dixon, Neal D. Tolley, Jason D. Morrow, Guy A. Zimmerman, Andrew S. Weyrich, Mark L. Martinez, Kristi Bemis-Standoli
Rok vydání: 2005
Předmět:
Blood Platelets
Cell signaling
RNA Stability
Interleukin-1beta
Active Transport
Cell Nucleus

Cell Communication
Transfection
Poly(A)-Binding Proteins
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Dinoprostone
Gene Expression Regulation
Enzymologic

Monocytes
Proinflammatory cytokine
ELAV-Like Protein 1
Poly(A)-binding protein
Cell Adhesion
Gene silencing
Humans
Platelet activation
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
3' Untranslated Regions
U937 cell
biology
NF-kappa B
Thrombin
Membrane Proteins
RNA-Binding Proteins
General Medicine
MRNA stabilization
U937 Cells
Platelet Activation
Molecular biology
Cell biology
T-Cell Intracellular Antigen-1
Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
P-Selectin
ELAV Proteins
Cyclooxygenase 2
Antigens
Surface

biology.protein
Cytokines
Signal transduction
Signal Transduction
Research Article
Zdroj: The Journal of clinical investigation. 116(10)
ISSN: 0021-9738
Popis: Tight regulation of COX-2 expression is a key feature controlling eicosanoid production in atherosclerosis and other inflammatory syndromes. Adhesive interactions between platelets and monocytes occur in these conditions and deliver specific signals that trigger inflammatory gene expression. Using a cellular model of monocyte signaling induced by activated human platelets, we identified the central posttranscriptional mechanisms that regulate timing and magnitude of COX-2 expression. Tethering of monocytes to platelets and to purified P-selectin, a key adhesion molecule displayed by activated platelets, induces NF-kappaB activation and COX-2 promoter activity. Nevertheless, COX-2 mRNA is rapidly degraded, leading to aborted protein synthesis. Time-dependent signaling of monocytes induces a second phase of transcript accumulation accompanied by COX-2 enzyme synthesis and eicosanoid production. Here, generation of IL-1beta, a proinflammatory cytokine, promoted stabilization of COX-2 mRNA by silencing of the AU-rich mRNA decay element (ARE) in the 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of the mRNA. Consistent with observed mRNA stabilization, activated platelets or IL-1beta treatment induced cytoplasmic accumulation and enhanced ARE binding of the mRNA stability factor HuR in monocytes. These findings demonstrate that activated platelets induce COX-2 synthesis in monocytes by combinatorial signaling to transcriptional and posttranscriptional checkpoints. These checkpoints may be altered in disease and therefore useful as targets for antiinflammatory intervention.
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