Endogenous macrophage migration inhibitory factor modulates glucocorticoid sensitivity in macrophages via effects on MAP kinase phosphatase-1 and p38 MAP kinase

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• 作者：Daniel Aeberli ; Yuan Yang ; Ashley Mansell ; Lanie Santos ; Michelle Leech and Eric F. Morand
• 关键词：Glucocorticoid sensitivity ; TNF ; p38 ; MKP-1 ; MIF
• 刊名：FEBS Letters
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：6 February 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：580
• 期：3
• 页码：974-981
• 全文大小：412 K

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The pro-inflammatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is induced by glucocorticoids (GCs), but it was not previously known if MIF regulates cellular sensitivity to GC. Here we show in GC and LPS-treated peritoneal macrophages derived from MIF−/− and wt mice that the absence of endogenous MIF is associated with increased sensitivity to GC of TNF release. This is associated with increased expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase-1 (MKP-1), concomitant decreased phosphorylation of p38 MAPK, but no effect of MIF on nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). These results demonstrate that MIF regulates GC sensitivity by phosphorylation of p38, and provides a cellular mechanism for this observation, indicating that MKP-1 is a central target of this regulation.