Abstract
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) is primarily produced in the liver during inflammation and regulates biological activities of IGF-I. Here we demonstrate that interleukin-1β (IL-1β) stimulates IGFBP-1 mRNA production in a dose-dependent manner in hepatocytes from Fisher 344 rats. Employment of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125 resulted in 3-fold reduction of IGFBP-1 mRNA and protein levels, indicating that IL-1β-induced IGFBP-1 production is mediated through JNK activation. We further show that hepatocytes from aged rats (20-22 mo), as compared to young (3-4 mo), exhibit up to 2-fold higher levels of IGFBP-1 in response to IL-1β. IL-1β-induced phosphorylation of JNK was also significantly higher in aged hepatocytes, and SP600125 treatment eliminated age-related differences in IGFBP-1 mRNA production. Moreover, glutathione depletion in hepatocytes from young rats potently activated JNK, as well as increased IL-1β-induced IGFBP-1 mRNA levels, suggesting that age-related oxidative stress underlies the upregulated JNK activation and IGFBP-1 expression.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 263-269 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 361 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 21 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Institute of Aging grant RO1 AG019223 (to M.N.N.-K.) and a pre-doctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association (to K.R.). We thank members of Dr. Van Zant’s lab (University of Kentucky) for technical consultations.
Keywords
- Glutathione
- IGFBP-1
- Inflammation
- JNK
- Liver
- Oxidative stress
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology