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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (February 12, 2004). doi:10.1152/ajpheart.01050.2003
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Submitted on November 5, 2003
Accepted on February 6, 2004

Protein phosphatase 2A-mediated cross-talk between p38 MAPK and ERK in apoptosis of cardiac myocytes

Qinghang Liu1 and Polly A. Hofmann1*

1 Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: phofmann{at}physio1.utmem.edu.

MAPKs play different regulatory roles in signaling oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac ventricular myocytes. The regulation and functional roles of cross-talk between p38 MAPK and ERK pathways were investigated in cardiac ventricular myocytes in the present study. We demonstrated that inhibition of p38 MAPK with SB203580 and SB239063 enhanced H2O2-stimulated ERK phosphorylation, whereas pre-activation of p38 MAPK with sodium arsenite reduced H2O2-stimulated ERK phosphorylation. In addition, pretreatment of cells with PP2A inhibitors okadaic acid and fostriecin increased basal and H2O2-stimulated ERK phosphorylation. We also found that PP2A co-immunoprecipitated with ERK and MEK in cardiac ventricular myocytes, and H2O2 increased the ERK-associated PP2A activity that was blocked by inhibition of p38 MAPK. Finally, H2O2-induced apoptosis was attenuated by p38 MAPK or PP2A inhibition, whereas it was enhanced by MEK inhibition. Thus the present study demonstrated that p38 MAPK activation decreases H2O2-induced ERK activation through a PP2A-dependent mechanism in cardiac ventricular myocytes. This represents a novel cellular mechanism that allows for interaction of two opposing MAPK pathways and fine modulation of apoptosis during oxidative stress.




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