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1 Department of Animal and Human Physiology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Athens 157 84; and 2 Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 54 006
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction pathway activated by mechanical stress was investigated in the isolated perfused amphibian (Rana ridibunda) heart. High perfusion pressure induced the rapid (30 s) and prolonged (30 min) phosphorylation of a p43-extracellular regulated kinase, a response almost completely inhibited by 25 µM PD-98059. c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) was also phosphorylated with maximal values attained at 15 min and remained elevated over 30 min. In-gel kinase assays verified that phosphorylated JNKs are active, phosphorylating the transcription factor c-Jun. Furthermore, pressure overload rapidly stimulated the p38-MAPK phosphorylation (30 s), a transient process (5 min) abolished by 1 µM SB-203580. In-gel kinase assays revealed that with phosphorylation, active p38-MAPKs phosphorylate their substrate MAP kinase-activated protein kinase 2. Biochemical analysis along with immunohistochemical studies showed that with activation, the three MAPK subfamily members examined are localized not only in the cytoplasm but in the nucleus as well. Present results therefore demonstrate for the first time in an amphibian species the involvement of multiple MAPK pathways in the mechanical overload-induced adaptive responses of the heart as well as their possible physiological roles.
extracellular regulated kinase; c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase; p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase; mechanical stress
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