A role for PKC-delta and PI 3-kinase in TNF-alpha-mediated antiapoptotic signaling in the human neutrophil

Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2002 Jul;283(1):C48-57. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00385.2001.

Abstract

The proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha has been implicated in the attenuation of neutrophil spontaneous apoptosis during sepsis. Antiapoptotic signaling is principally mediated through the p60TNF receptor (p60TNFR). In neutrophils, TNF-alpha is an incomplete secretagogue and requires input from a ligated integrin(s) for neutrophil activation. In adherent neutrophils, TNF-alpha triggers association of both protein kinase C (PKC)-delta and phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase with the p60TNFR. In this study, a role for PKC-delta and PI 3-kinase in TNF-alpha-mediated antiapoptotic signaling was examined. TNF-alpha inhibited spontaneous apoptosis in fibronectin-adherent neutrophils, and this antiapoptotic signaling was blocked by the PKC-delta inhibitor rottlerin, but not by an inhibitor of Ca(2+)-dependent PKC isotypes, Go-6976. Inhibition of PI 3-kinase by LY-294002 also inhibited TNF-alpha-mediated antiapoptotic signaling. Cycloheximide blocked TNF-alpha-mediated antiapoptotic signaling, suggesting protein synthesis is required. Inhibition of either PKC-delta or PI 3-kinase attenuated TNF-alpha-mediated activation of the antiapoptotic transcription factor NFkappaB. Thus both PKC-delta and PI 3-kinase have essential roles in TNF-alpha-mediated antiapoptotic signaling in adherent neutrophils.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetophenones / administration & dosage
  • Acetophenones / pharmacology
  • Adult
  • Apoptosis / physiology*
  • Benzopyrans / administration & dosage
  • Benzopyrans / pharmacology
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspase Inhibitors
  • Caspases / metabolism
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chromones / administration & dosage
  • Chromones / pharmacology
  • Cycloheximide / pharmacology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Isoenzymes / physiology*
  • Morpholines / administration & dosage
  • Morpholines / pharmacology
  • NF-kappa B / physiology
  • Neutrophils / physiology*
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / physiology*
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase C / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase C / physiology*
  • Protein Kinase C-delta
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / pharmacology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology*

Substances

  • Acetophenones
  • Benzopyrans
  • Caspase Inhibitors
  • Chromones
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Isoenzymes
  • Morpholines
  • NF-kappa B
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • 2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one
  • Cycloheximide
  • rottlerin
  • PRKCD protein, human
  • Protein Kinase C
  • Protein Kinase C-delta
  • CASP3 protein, human
  • Caspase 3
  • Caspases