期刊
ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
UNIV CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
DOI: 10.2225/vol14-issue3-fulltext-9
关键词
Akt; c-Jun; homeostasis; inflammation; MKK7; transcription factor
资金
- Malaysia's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) [02-02-11-SF0039]
The Liver X Receptor (LXR) and Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) are members of the nuclear receptor superfamily. Previously, they have been classified as important regulators of lipid homeostasis. However, recent studies have shown that they may be implicated in anti-inflammatory responses as well. This study shows that Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) treatment reduces both LXR-alpha and PXR mRNA expression. However, pre-treatment with rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor, followed by TNF-alpha stimulation, significantly induces LXR-alpha and PXR mRNA expression to similar to 17- and similar to 2-fold, respectively. This suggests that mTORC1, a multi-molecular complex of which mTOR is a member, may act as a negative regulator that inhibits the induction of LXR-alpha and PXRas anti-inflammatory genes. It is also shown here that inhibition of JNK1 via the mTOR/Akt pathway coincides with the up-regulation of LXR-alpha and PXR mRNA, after TNF-alpha treatment. Together, these observations suggest that JNK1 possibly act downstream of mTORC1 as an LXR-alpha and PXR inhibitor. From the results gleaned in this study, rapamycin (and its analogues) may be used to reduce acute inflammation by promoting the induction of LXR-alpha and PXR as anti-inflammatory genes.
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