Negative regulation of interleukin-1beta-activated neutral sphingomyelinase by protein kinase C in rat mesangial cells |
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Authors: | M Kaszkin A Huwiler K Scholz H van den Bosch J Pfeilschifter |
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Affiliation: | Zentrum der Pharmakologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universit?t, Frankfurt, Germany. kaszkin@em.uni-frankfurt.de |
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Abstract: | Endogenous ceramide is produced by the action of acidic or neutral sphingomyelinases (SMase) in response to stimuli such as proinflammatory cytokines or other inducers of stress. Interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) is known to stimulate ceramide formation in rat renal mesangial cells; however, the respective subtype of SMase and its regulation have not been investigated. We found that IL-1beta induced an increase in endogenous ceramide levels via the action of a neutral SMase but not an acidic SMase in rat mesangial cells. Cytokine-induced activation of neutral SMase was inhibited by stimulation of protein kinase C (PKC) by the phorbol ester TPA which caused a reduction of ceramide back to control levels. This inhibitory effect of TPA was reversed by the specific PKC-inhibitor Ro-318220. Long-term incubation (24 h) of mesangial cells with TPA, which downregulates PKC-alpha, -delta, and -epsilon isoenzymes, resulted in a recovery of IL-1beta-stimulated neutral SMase activity as well as ceramide formation. These data implicate an important modulatory function of PKC in ceramide production in IL-1beta-activated mesangial cells. |
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