Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10768635 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) is a dual specificity phosphatase that negatively regulates the MAP kinases. In this study, we found that levels of MKP-1 expression were transiently decreased within 3Â h, followed by an increase 6-9Â h after H2O2-induced oxidative stress in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. There was a strong negative correlation between MKP-1 expression and ERK1/2 phosphorylation levels. Treatment of cells with a proteasomal inhibitor MG132 decreased the oxidative stress-induced degradation of MKP-1, resulting in dephosphorylation of ERK1/2. MG132 potentiated hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death, which was attenuated by a phosphatase inhibitor sodium orthovanadate. Suppression of MKP-1 expression by transfection with siRNA duplexes specific to MKP-1 transcript resulted in a decrease in oxidative stress-induced cell death. These data therefore suggest that MKP-1, a negative regulator of ERK1/2, plays a proapoptotic role in oxidative stress-induced cell death in a neuronal cell line.
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Authors
Gab Seok Kim, Yoo Keum Choi, Sun Sook Song, Won-Ki Kim, Byung Hee Han,