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c-Src Mediates Thrombin-Induced NF-B Activation and IL-8/CXCL8 Expression in Lung Epithelial Cells¹

Chien-Huang Lin^*, Hui-Wen Cheng, Ming-Jen Hsu^*, Mei-Chieh Chen, Chia-Chin Lin^¶ and Bing-Chang Chen^2,

^* Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Technology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, and ^¶ Graduate Institute of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

In this study, we examined the regulation of NF-B activation and IL-8/CXCL8 expression by thrombin in human lung epithelial cells (EC). Thrombin caused a concentration-dependent increase in IL-8/CXCL8 release in a human lung EC line (A549) and primary normal human bronchial EC. In A549 cells, thrombin, SFLLRN-NH₂ (a protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) agonist peptide), and GYPGQV-NH₂ (a PAR4 agonist peptide), but not TFRGAP-NH₂ (a PAR3 agonist peptide), induced an increase in IL-8/CXCL8-luciferase (Luc) activity. The thrombin-induced IL-8/CXCL8 release was attenuated by D-phenylalanyl-L-prolyl-L-arginine chloromethyl ketone (a thrombin inhibitor), U73122 (a phosphoinositide-phospholipase C inhibitor), Ro-32-0432 (a protein kinsase C (PKC) inhibitor), an NF-B inhibitor peptide, and Bay 117082 (an IB phosphorylation inhibitor). Thrombin-induced increase in IL-8/CXCL8-Luc activity was inhibited by the dominant-negative mutant of c-Src and the cells transfected with the B site mutation of the IL-8/CXCL8 construct. Thrombin caused time-dependent increases in phosphorylation of c-Src at tyrosine 416 and c-Src activity. Thrombin-elicited c-Src activity was inhibited by Ro-32-0432. Stimulation of cells with thrombin activated IB kinase (IKK), IB phosphorylation, IB degradation, p50 and p65 translocation from the cytosol to the nucleus, NF-B-specific DNA-protein complex formation, and B-Luc activity. Pretreatment of A549 cells with Ro-32-4032 and the dominant-negative mutant of c-Src DN inhibited thrombin-induced IKK activity, B-Luc activity, and NF-B-specific DNA-protein complex formation. Further studies revealed that thrombin induced PKC, c-Src, and IKK complex formation. These results show for the first time that thrombin, acting through PAR1 and PAR4, activates the phosphoinositide-phospholipase C/PKC/c-Src/IKK signaling pathway to induce NF-B activation, which in turn induces IL-8/CXCL8 expression and release in human lung EC.

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¹ This work was supported by grants from the National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC91-2320-B-038-048, NSC92-2314-B-038-059, and NSC94-2320-B-038-047).

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Bing-Chang Chen, School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 110, Taiwan. E-mail address: bcchen{at}tmu.edu.tw

³ Abbreviations used in this paper used in this paper: EC, epithelial cell; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage, COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; GPCR, G protein-coupled receptor; IKK, IB kinase; PAR1, protease-activated receptor 1; PI, phosphoinositide; PLC, phospholipase C; PKC-, protein kinase C-, PPACK, D-phenylalanyl-L-prolyl-L-arginine chloromethyl ketone; c-Src DN, domainant-negative mutant of c-Src; NHBEC, normal human bronchial EC; KC, keratinocyte-derived chemokine; Ser, serine; Tyr, tyrosine; Luc, luciferase; wt, wild type.

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