Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma protects pancreatic beta-cells from cytokine-induced cytotoxicity via NF kappa B pathway

作者:Kim Eun Kyung; Kwon Kang Beom; Koo Bon Sun; Han Mi Jeong; Song Mi Young; Song Eun Kyung; Han Myung Kwan; Park Jin Woo; Ryu Do Gon; Park Byung Hyun*
来源:International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 2007, 39(6): 1260-1275.
DOI:10.1016/j.biocel.2007.04.005

摘要

Diabetes mellitus is characterized by cytokine-induced insulitis and a deficit in beta-cell mass. Ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) have been shown to have anti-inflammatory effects in various experimental models. We questioned whether activation of endogenous PPAR-gamma by either PPAR-gamma ligands or adenoviral-directed overexpression of PPAR-gamma (Ad-PPAR-gamma) could inhibit cytokine-induced beta-cell death in RINm5F (RIN) cells, a rat insulinoma cell line. Treatment of RIN cells with interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induced beta-cell damage through NF kappa B-dependent signaling pathways. Activation of PPAR-gamma by PPAR-gamma ligands or Ad-PPAR-gamma inhibited IL-1 beta and IFN-gamma-stimulated nuclear translocation of the p65 subunit and DNA binding activity. NF kappa B target gene expression and their product formation, namely inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2 were decreased by PPAR-gamma activation, as established by real-time PCR, Western blots and measurements of NO and PGE(2). The mechanism by which PPAR-gamma activation inhibited NF kappa B-dependent cell death signals appeared to involve the inhibition of I kappa B alpha degradation, evidenced by inhibition of cytokine-induced NF kappa B-dependent signaling events by Ad-I kappa B alpha (S32A, S36A), non-degradable I kappa B alpha mutant. I kappa B beta mutant, Ad-I kappa B beta (S19A, S23A) was not effective in preventing cytokine toxicity. Furthermore, a protective effect of PPAR-gamma ligands was proved by assaying for normal insulin secreting capacity in response to glucose in isolated rat pancreatic islets. The beta-cell protective function of PPAR-gamma ligands might serve to counteract cytokine-induced beta-cell destruction.