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Inhibitor-B kinase- regulates LPS-induced TNF- production in cardiac myocytes through modulation of NF-B p65 subunit phosphorylation

Departments of ¹Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and ²Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Submitted 21 April 2005 ; accepted in final form 17 June 2005

TNF- is recognized as a significant contributor to myocardial dysfunction. Although several studies suggest that members of the NF-B family of transcription factors are essential regulators of myocardial TNF- gene expression, recent developments in our understanding of the modulation of NF-B activity through posttranslational modification of NF-B subunits suggest that the present view of NF-B-dependent cytokine expression in heart is incomplete. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to examine the role of p65 subunit phosphorylation in the regulation of TNF- production in cultured neonatal ventricular myocytes. Bacterial LPS-induced TNF- production is accompanied by a 12-fold increase in phosphorylation of p65 at Ser⁵³⁶, a modification associated with enhancement of p65 transactivation potential. Pharmacological inhibition of IKK- reduced LPS-induced TNF- production 38-fold, TNF- mRNA levels 6-fold, and IB- phosphorylation 5-fold and degraded IB- 2-fold and p65 phosphorylation 6-fold. Overexpression of dominant-negative p65 reduced TNF- production 3.5-fold, whereas overexpression of dominant-negative IKK- reduced LPS-induced TNF- production 2-fold and p65 phosphorylation 2-fold. Overexpression of dominant-negative IKK- had no effect on p65 phosphorylation or TNF- production, revealing that IKK-, not IKK-, plays a central role in regulation of p65 phosphorylation at Ser⁵³⁶ and TNF- production in heart. Finally, we demonstrated, using a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, that LPS stimulates recruitment of Ser⁵³⁶-phosphorylated p65 to the TNF- gene promoter in cardiac myocytes. Taken together, these data provide compelling evidence for the role of NF-B signaling in TNF- gene expression in heart and highlight the importance of this proinflammatory gene-regulatory pathway as a potential therapeutic target in the management of cytokine-induced myocardial dysfunction.

signal transuction; gene expression; heart; cytokines

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