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Molecular Medicine

Tumor Necrosis Factor–Mediated E2F1 Suppression in Endothelial Cells

Differential Requirement of c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase and p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signal Transduction Pathways

Raj Kishore, Corinne Luedemann, Evelyn Bord, David Goukassian, Douglas W. Losordo

From the Division of Cardiovascular Research, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

Correspondence to Douglas W. Losordo and Raj Kishore, St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02135. E-mail douglas.losordo{at}tufts.edu and raj.kishore@tufts.edu

After balloon angioplasty, locally expressed tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- disrupts endothelial cell (EC) proliferation and reendothelialization of the injured vessel. We have previously reported that TNF inhibits the EC cycle and downregulates the transcription factor E2F1. Ectopic expression of E2F1 at the site of injury improves reendothelialization of the injured vessel. In this study, we report that c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) 1 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are differentially required for E2F1 expression and activity in ECs. Overexpression of constitutively active JNK1 mimicked TNF-mediated inhibitory events, whereas dominant-negative JNK1 prevented these effects. E2F cis elements in the promoter of E2F1 gene mediate suppressive actions of TNF, because removal of these sites rendered E2F1 promoter activity insensitive to TNF. JNK1 physically interacted with E2F1 and inactivated it via direct phosphorylation. Additionally, TNF inhibited Rb phosphorylation and dissociation from E2F1. Overexpression of constitutively active p38 MAPK facilitated Rb-E2F1 dissociation, whereas that of dominant-negative p38 MAPK did not. Taken together, these data suggest a differential requirement of JNK1 and p38 MAPK in TNF regulation of E2F1. Targeted inactivation of JNK1 at arterial injury sites may represent a potential therapeutic intervention for ameliorating TNF-mediated EC dysfunction.

Key Words: angioplasty • endothelium • mitogen-activated protein kinases • signal transduction

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