Affiliation:
1. From the Departamento de Bioquímica Médica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Sevilla; Servicio de Alergia e Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla; and Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Abstract
AbstractNeutrophils are mobilized to the vascular wall during vessel inflammation. Published data are conflicting on phagocytic nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase activation during the hypertensive state, and the capacity of angiotensin II (Ang II) to modulate the intracellular redox status has not been analyzed in neutrophils. We here describe that Ang II highly stimulates endogenous and extracellular O2- production in these cells, consistent with the translocation to the cell membrane of the cytosolic components of NADPH oxidase, p47phox, and p67phox. The Ang II–dependent O2- production was suppressed by specific inhibitors of AT1 receptors, of the p38MAPK and ERK1/2 pathways, and of flavin oxidases. Furthermore, Ang II induced a robust phosphorylation of p38MAPK, ERK1/2, and JNK1/2 (particularly JNK2), which was hindered by inhibitors of NADPH oxidase, tyrosine kinases, and ROS scavengers. Ang II increased cytosolic Ca2+ levels—released mainly from calcium stores—enhanced the synthesis de novo and activity of calcineurin, and stimulated the DNA-binding activity of the transcription factor NF-κB in cultured human neutrophils. Present data demonstrate for the first time a stimulatory role of Ang II in the activation of phagocytic cells, underscore the relevant role of ROS as mediators in this process, and uncover a variety of signaling pathways by which Ang II operates in human neutrophils.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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