TY - JOUR
T1 - Activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in Gaucher's disease
AU - Kitatani, Kazuyuki
AU - Wada, Masayuki
AU - Perry, David
AU - Usui, Toshinori
AU - Sun, Ying
AU - Obeid, Lina M.
AU - Yaegashi, Nobuo
AU - Grabowski, Gregory A.
AU - Hannun, Yusuf A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Kitatani et al.
PY - 2015/8/27
Y1 - 2015/8/27
N2 - Gaucher's disease is caused by defects in acid β-glucosidase 1 (GBA1) and has been also proposed as an inflammatory disease. GBA1 cleaves glucosylceramide to form ceramide, an established bioactive lipid, and defects in GBA1 lead to aberrant accumulation in glucosylceramide and insufficient formation of ceramide. We investigated if the pro-inflammatory kinase p38 is activated in Gaucher's disease, since ceramide has been proposed to suppress p38 activation. Three Gaucher's disease mouse models were employed, and p38 was found to be activated in lung and liver tissues of all Gaucher's disease mice. Most interestingly, neuronopathic Gaucher's disease type mice, but not non-neuronopathic ones, displayed significant activation of p38 and up-regulation of p38-inducible proinflammatory cytokines in brain tissues. In addition, all type of Gaucher's disease mice also showed increases in serum IL-6. As cellular signalling is believed to represent an in vivo inflammatory phenotype in Gaucher's disease, activation of p38 and possibly its-associated formation of proinflammatory cytokines were assessed in fibroblasts established from neuronopathic Gaucher's disease mice. In mouse Gaucher's disease cells, p38 activation and IL-6 formation by TNF-α treatment were enhanced as compared to those of wild type. Furthermore, human fibroblasts from Gaucher's disease patients also displayed increases in p38 activation and IL-6 formation as comparison to healthy counterpart. These results raise the potential that proinflammatory responses such as p38 activation and IL-6 formation are augmented in Gaucher's disease.
AB - Gaucher's disease is caused by defects in acid β-glucosidase 1 (GBA1) and has been also proposed as an inflammatory disease. GBA1 cleaves glucosylceramide to form ceramide, an established bioactive lipid, and defects in GBA1 lead to aberrant accumulation in glucosylceramide and insufficient formation of ceramide. We investigated if the pro-inflammatory kinase p38 is activated in Gaucher's disease, since ceramide has been proposed to suppress p38 activation. Three Gaucher's disease mouse models were employed, and p38 was found to be activated in lung and liver tissues of all Gaucher's disease mice. Most interestingly, neuronopathic Gaucher's disease type mice, but not non-neuronopathic ones, displayed significant activation of p38 and up-regulation of p38-inducible proinflammatory cytokines in brain tissues. In addition, all type of Gaucher's disease mice also showed increases in serum IL-6. As cellular signalling is believed to represent an in vivo inflammatory phenotype in Gaucher's disease, activation of p38 and possibly its-associated formation of proinflammatory cytokines were assessed in fibroblasts established from neuronopathic Gaucher's disease mice. In mouse Gaucher's disease cells, p38 activation and IL-6 formation by TNF-α treatment were enhanced as compared to those of wild type. Furthermore, human fibroblasts from Gaucher's disease patients also displayed increases in p38 activation and IL-6 formation as comparison to healthy counterpart. These results raise the potential that proinflammatory responses such as p38 activation and IL-6 formation are augmented in Gaucher's disease.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0136633
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0136633
M3 - Article
C2 - 26312487
AN - SCOPUS:84943329780
VL - 10
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 8
M1 - e0136633
ER -