Abstract
The proinflammatory cytokine, IL-1β (Interleukin-1β) is a significant determinant of pancreatic apoptosis and cell death that are common characteristics during diabetes. Using human derived pancreatic MIA PaCa-2 cells, we describe one of the underlying molecular mechanisms behind this observation. Incubation of these cells with IL-1β at doses from 0.5 to 3.0 ng/ml caused significant cell death at 36 h. This was accompanied with marked increases in JNK and p38 phosphorylation together with increased levels of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress markers, namely BiP, CHOP, GADD34, ATF4 and sXBP1. IL-1β also led to increased phosphorylation of eIF2α and all these events could be prevented by pretreatment with the JNK inhibitor, SP600125. A time course study indicated that while IL-1β mediated JNK phosphorylation was induced as early as 2 h of IL-1β treatment, induction of the ER stress markers was evident at later time points. IL-1β stimulated JNK phosphorylation was observed even in the presence of the ER stress inhibitor, 4-phenyl butyrate and the decrease in cell viability was significantly prevented in the presence of the JNK inhibitor. All these suggest that JNK activation is a pre-requisite for ER stress induction and cell death. Reports till date have consistently demonstrated JNK activation as a consequence of ER stress induction by IL-1β in the pancreas. We show here for the first time that the activation of JNK by IL-1β is a prelude to the subsequent induction of ER stress and cell death. These therefore suggest that the JNK-ER stress axis is critical in deciding the decreased survival status by IL-1β in MIA PaCa-2 cells.
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The authors are thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India for financial support for carrying out this work (SIP006) and GV is thankful to CSIR for his fellowship (SIP006). We are thankful to Mr. Saurabh Vig for his help during the preparation of the illustrations being provided in this manuscript.
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Verma, G., Datta, M. IL-1β induces ER stress in a JNK dependent manner that determines cell death in human pancreatic epithelial MIA PaCa-2 cells. Apoptosis 15, 864–876 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-010-0498-4
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