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Department of Internal Medicine and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242; and
Department of Veterans Affairs and CpG ImmunoPharmaceuticals Inc., Iowa City, IA 52246
Unmethylated CpG motifs in bacterial DNA or synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG DNA) rapidly activate B cells and monocyte-derived cells; however, the intracellular signaling pathways involved in this process are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that CpG DNA induces the activation of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase and p38 but does not activate the extracellular receptor kinase in murine B and monocyte-like cell lines. CpG DNA also induces the phosphorylation of activating transcription factor-2, c-Jun, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-activated protein kinase 2 as well as the activation of activator protein-1 (AP-1) DNA binding. Inhibition of p38 led to the suppression of CpG DNA-induced AP-1 DNA-binding activity and cytokine production, indicating that the p38 pathway is required for mediating these immune stimulatory effects of CpG DNA. Chloroquine, an endosomal acidification inhibitor, selectively abolished CpG DNA-mediated MAPK activation. Our results indicate that CpG DNA activates the p38 and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase MAPK and leads to the activation of AP-1 via a pathway which is sensitive to chloroquine.
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