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Department of Immunology and Intractable Disease Research Center, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
A family of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases comprising the extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs), c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), and p38 MAP kinases are involved in proliferation and apoptosis. However, there are some arguments concerning the role of these kinases in Ag-induced B cell apoptosis. Two of the B lymphoma cell lines (CH31 and WEHI-231) susceptible to anti-IgM-induced apoptosis were used as a model. To address these issues, we examined the kinetics of anti-IgM-induced activation of MAP kinases and established cell lines overexpressing a dominant-negative (dn) mutant form of JNK1 (dnJNK1). Anti-IgM induced a sustained JNK1 activation with a peak at 8 h, with a marginal activation of ERK1/ERK2 in CH31 cells. The sustained JNK1 activation was not a secondary event through a caspase activation. The peak point of the JNK1 activation was just before the onset of a decline in mitochondrial membrane potential, which preceded anti-IgM-induced cell death. Following anti-IgM stimulation, dnJNK1 prevented a decline in mitochondrial membrane potential at 24 h, with a prolonged inhibition up to 72 h in WEHI-231, although it did so only partially during a later time period in CH31. The dnJNK1 cells also demonstrated diminished procaspase-3 activation and a decreased rate of apoptosis upon anti-IgM stimulation, with a concomitant increased arrest in G1 phase, which could be explained by enhanced levels of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27Kip1 protein. Thus, anti-IgM-induced JNK activation might be implicated in cell cycle progression as well as in apoptosis regulation, probably involving p27Kip1 protein.
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