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Application of Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Nitric Oxide (NO•) Probes, the geNOps, for Real-time Imaging of NO• Signals in Single Cells
Published on: March 16, 2017
c-Jun N-terminal kinase and nuclear factor κB mediate nitric oxide-induced expression of matrix metalloproteinase-13
Lin Yang1, Ai Guo, Jun-Chao Gu
1Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanism of expression of matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) induced by nitric oxide (NO). Human chondrocytes (HCs) were stimulated with a NO donor (MAHMA-NONOate), then mitogen-activated protein kinases' (MAPKs) and nuclear factor κB' (NF-κB) activations and MMP-13' expression were assayed by Western blot analysis. Additionally, the intracellular signalling of NO was investigated using the inhibitors of MAPKs and NF-κB. NO-induced MMP-13 expression was not suppressed by extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitor (PD98059) or inhibitors of p38 kinase (SB203580), but was inhibited by a c-jun terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor (SP600125) and inhibitors of NF-κB (SN-50). Additionally, SP600125 treatment reduced NF-κB activation, but SN-50 treatment did not significantly affect JNK activation. These results suggest that NO induces MMP-13 expression by JNK and NF-κB activation in HCs.
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