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Tumor necrosis factor-α induces increased lung vascular permeability: a role for GSK3α/β.

European journal of pharmacology (2011-02-15)
Amy Barton-Pai, Carlos Feleder, Arnold Johnson
ABSTRACT

We tested the hypothesis that glycogen synthase kinase 3α/β (GSK3α/β) modulates tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF) induced increased lung vascular permeability. Rats were treated with TNF (i.v., ~100ng/ml) or vehicle 0.5h, 4.0h and 24.0h prior to lung isolation. Rats were co-treated with the GSK3α/β inhibitors SB216763 (0.6mg/kg) or TDZD-8 (1.0mg/kg). After TNF, the isolated lung was assessed for hemodynamics, wet-dry/dry weight (W-D/D) and extravascular albumin. Extravascular albumin significantly increased at TNF-24h compared to Control. In the GSK3α/β-inhibited+TNF groups, extravascular albumin was similar to the Control and respective SB216763 and TDZD-8 groups. In separate studies, to assess GSK3α/β-activity, lung lysate was assessed for phospho-GSK3α/β-Ser(21/9), total GSK3α/β, un-phospho-β-catenin-Ser(33/37) and total β-catenin. In the TNF-4.0h group, there was no change in GSK3α/phospho-GSK3α-Ser(21) but there was an increase in GSK3β/GSK3β-Ser(9) compared to Control, indicating GSK3β activation at TNF-4.0h. GSK3β activation was verified because there was a decrease in un-phospho-β-catenin-Ser(33/37)/β-catenin in the TNF-4.0 group, a specific outcome for GSK3β activation. In the SB216763+TNF group, un-phospho-β-catenin-Ser(33/37) was similar to Control, indicating prevention of TNF-induced GSK3β activation. In the TNF-24h group, there were increases in the biomarkers of inflammation phospho-eNOS-Ser (1117) and oxidized protein, which did not occur in the SB216763+TNF-24h and TDZD-8+TNF-24h groups. In the SB216763+TNF-24h and TDZD-8+TNF-24h groups, un-phospho-β-catenin-Ser(33/37) was greater than in the Control, indicating continued inhibition of GSK3β. The data indicates that pharmacologic inhibition of GSK3β inhibits TNF induced increased endothelial permeability associated with lung inflammation.

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