U937 cells were differentiated by treatment with 50 ng/mL phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 2 days and the macrophage-like differentiated U937 (differentiated U937) cells were stimulated with Glc-HSA and glycolaldehyde dimer-modified HSA (GA-HSA) in the presence of various signaling inhibitors. Macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (MIP-1β) mRNA expression was determined by real-time PCR. Intracellular ROS generation was estimated by confocal laser microscopy.
Glc-HSA and GA-HSA markedly enhanced MIP-1β mRNA expression in differentiated U937 cells. Enhanced MIP-1β mRNA expression was completely suppressed by the ROS scavenger N-acetyl-l-cysteine, the NADPH oxidase inhibitors diphenylene iodonium and apocynin, and the protein kinase C (PKC)-δ inhibitor rottlerin. Furthermore, ROS generation was suppressed completely by rottlerin but not by the PKC-γ inhibitor Ro318425 or the PKC-α, -β1 and -μ inhibitor Go6976.
Glc-HSA and GA-HSA enhance MIP-1β mRNA expression in differentiated U937 cells through PKC-δ-dependent activation of NADPH oxidase.