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Effects of p38^MAPK isoforms on renal mesangial cell inducible nitric oxide synthase expression

Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Submitted 3 June 2003 ; accepted in final form 2 September 2003

Several related isoforms of p38^MAPK have been identified and cloned in many species. Although they all contain the dual phosphorylation motif TGY, the expression of these isoforms is not ubiquitous. p38 and -2 are ubiquitously expressed, whereas p38 and - appear to have more restricted expression. Because there is evidence for selective activation by upstream kinases and selective preference for downstream substrates, the functions of these conserved proteins is still incompletely understood. We have demonstrated that the renal mesangial cell expresses the mRNA for all the isoforms of p38^MAPK, with p38 mRNA expressed at the highest level, followed by p38 and the lowest levels of expression by p382 and -. To determine the functional effects of these proteins on interleukin (IL)-1-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression, we transduced TAT-p38 chimeric proteins into renal mesangial cells and assessed the effects of wild-type and mutant p38 isoforms on ligand induced iNOS expression. We show that whereas p38 and - had minimal effects on iNOS expression, p38 and -2 significantly altered its expression. p38 mutant and p382 wild-type dose dependently inhibited IL-1-induced iNOS expression. These data suggest that p38 and 2 have reciprocal effects on iNOS expression in the mesangial cell, and these observations may have important consequences for the development of selective inhibitors targeting the p38^MAPK family of proteins.

TAT proteins; p38 MAPK; inducible nitric oxide synthase; mesangial cell; interleukin-1

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