Prevention of TNF-α-induced apoptosis in polyamine-depleted IEC-6 cells is mediated through the activation of ERK1/2
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
- Vol. 286 (3), G479-G490
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00342.2003
Abstract
It has been documented that polyamines play a critical role in the regulation of apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells. We have recently reported that protection from TNF-α/cycloheximide (CHX)-induced apoptosis in epithelial cells depleted of polyamines is mediated through the inactivation of a proapoptotic mediator, JNK. In this study, we addressed the involvement of the MAPK pathway in the regulation of apoptosis after polyamine depletion of IEC-6 cells. Polyamine depletion by α-difluromethylornithine (DFMO) resulted in the sustained activation of ERK in response to TNF-α/CHX treatment. Pretreatment of polyamine-depleted IEC-6 cells with a cell membrane-permeable MEK1/2 inhibitor, U-0126, significantly inhibited TNF-α/CHX-induced ERK phosphorylation and significantly increased DNA fragmentation, JNK activity, and caspase-3 activity in response to TNF-α/CHX. Moreover, the dose dependency of U-0126-mediated inhibition of TNF-α/ CHX-induced ERK phosphorylation correlated with the reversal of the antiapoptotic effect of DFMO. IEC-6 cells expressing constitutively active MEK1 had decreased TNF-α/CHX-induced JNK phosphorylation and were significantly protected from apoptosis. Conversely, a dominant-negative MEK1 resulted in high basal activation of JNK, cytochrome c release, and spontaneous apoptosis. Polyamine depletion of the dominant-negative MEK1 cells did not prevent JNK activation or cytochrome c release and failed to confer protection from both TNF-α/CHX and camptothecin-induced apoptosis. Finally, expression of a dominant-negative mutant of JNK significantly protected IEC-6 cells from TNF-α/CHX-induced apoptosis. These data indicate that polyamine depletion results in the activation of ERK, which inhibits JNK activation and protects cells from apoptosis.Keywords
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