• Among the pathways involved in inflammation, nuclear factor kappa (NF-кB) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are important. (gnu.ac.kr)
  • clarification needed] The mammalian MAPK family of kinases includes three subfamilies: Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (p38s) Generally, ERKs are activated by growth factors and mitogens, whereas cellular stresses and inflammatory cytokines activate JNKs and p38s. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the last few decades, it has been studied that the mechanisms of cisplatin-induced kidney damage are complex and involved numerous cellular and molecular processes including inflammation, apoptosis, accumulation of cisplatin in renal tubular cells via renal drug transporters, Ctr1 and OCT2, and involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) pathways [ 3 ] [ 4 ]. (thieme-connect.com)
  • HMGB1 can activate a series of signaling components, including mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and AKT, which play an important role in tumor growth and inflammation, through binding to different surface receptors, such as RAGE and TLR2/4. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Here we mainly focused on the key molecular signaling pathways that lead to the inhibitory effects of TPL on human NSCLC, such as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) modulation, inhibition of NF- B activation, suppression of miRNA expression, etc. (techscience.com)
  • Others, such as human MADD (MAP (Mitogen-activated protein) kinase activating protein containing death domain) and human ST5 (Suppressor of tumoreginicity 5) gene products are involved in regulation of MAPKs (Mitogen-activated protein kinases) signaling pathways. (embl.de)
  • Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) consist of a family of protein-serine/protein-threonine kinases followed by proline, prevalent in mammals (Pearson et al. (frontiersin.org)
  • In the proposed work we will study candidate components of the early touch-signalling cascade such as mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) and plasma-membrane Ca 2+ channels, as we suspect that they play a crucial role in the early touch-signalling cascade. (lu.se)
  • Global transcript analysis reflects biological responses associated with the activation and perturbation of signal transduction pathways. (nih.gov)
  • 2002 ). As a pivotal biochemical cascade, the MAPK signaling pathway is involved in diverse fundamental events in cells and signal transduction pathways, namely, differentiation, proliferation, apoptosis, activation of other specific regulatory factors, acute responses to hormones, and developmental alteration of organisms (Pearson et al. (frontiersin.org)
  • Our group has been working for the past decade on analyzing some of the cellular processes and intracellular signal transduction pathways that control and regulate the response of an organism to physiological and pathological processes involving metabolic rewiring. (uam.es)
  • The present study explored the effect of NAC on LPS‑induced apoptosis of HUVECs and determined the participation of the p38 mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in the process of apoptosis. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • The death receptor pathway plays an important role in cell apoptosis ( 12 ). (spandidos-publications.com)
  • A series of caspases proteins have been shown to be activated by the death induced signal complex [a form of death ligand that binds to the corresponding death receptor on the cell surface ( 13 )], which in turn induces apoptosis. (spandidos-publications.com)
  • The mitochondrial pathway is also referred to as the endogenous apoptosis pathway ( 15 ). (spandidos-publications.com)
  • These results suggest that the induction of apoptosis by the propolis derivative, GS-002, is partially mediated through ER stress and ATF-3-dependent pathways, and GS-002 has the potential for development as an antitumor drug. (hindawi.com)
  • Titanium dioxide nanoparticle s induce JB6 cell apoptosis through activation of the caspase-8/Bid pathway. (cdc.gov)
  • The pathophysiological nature of MIRI is the short-term disturbance of myocardial energy and metabolism caused by reflow after ischemia and hypoxia in the coronary artery and the dynamic changes in apoptosis and the prosurvival signaling pathways in response to related injury factors. (hindawi.com)
  • It also suppresses the receptor of the epidermal growth factor called EGFR/HER2 and its signalling pathways, which could be an attractive target in cancer therapies because of their important role in the processes of cell survival and proliferation, as well as in those of apoptosis and metastasis. (agenciasinc.es)
  • Moreover, the models also predict that mutations of RAS, ARF and P21 in the context of HMGB1 signaling can influence the cancer cell's fate - apoptosis or survival - through the crosstalk of different pathways. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The HMGB1 signal transduction can influence the cell's fate by two important processes - apoptosis and cell proliferation - which are regulated respectively by the proteins p53 and CyclinE, acting in two different signaling pathways. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this paper, we ask the following questions: How do these proteins and their mutations change the cell's fate - apoptosis or survival - when HMGB1 signal transduction is activated? (biomedcentral.com)
  • Which signaling pathways are fundamental for describing HMGB1 signal transduction, and what mechanisms are responsible to explain recent results linking overexpression of HMGB1 with decrease of apoptosis (and increased cancer cell survival)? (biomedcentral.com)
  • The MAPK signaling pathway is essential in regulating many cellular processes including inflammation, cell stress response, cell differentiation, cell division, cell proliferation, metabolism, motility and apoptosis. (cusabio.com)
  • The growth and metastatic properties of BCSCs are regulated by different pathways, which are only partially known. (wjgnet.com)
  • It is always found downstream of the DENN domain itself, which is found in a variety of signalling proteins involved in Rab-mediated processes or regulation of MAPKs signalling pathways. (embl.de)
  • 5 , 6 ] Stimulation of osteoclast precursors with RANKL recruits cytoplasmic tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factors (TRAFs) and activates downstream signaling pathways. (e-jbm.org)
  • The MAPKs then act on various downstream targets to affect gene expression. (bvsalud.org)
  • The closest relatives of MAPKs are the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). (wikipedia.org)
  • Because MAP2 kinases display very little activity on substrates other than their cognate MAPK, classical MAPK pathways form multi-tiered, but relatively linear pathways. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] In comparison to the three-tiered classical MAPK pathways, some atypical MAP kinases appear to have a more ancient, two-tiered system. (wikipedia.org)
  • In contrast to the classical MAP kinases, these atypical MAPKs require only a single residue in their activation loops to be phosphorylated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mammals express at least four distinctly regulated groups of MAPKs, extracellular signal-related kinases (ERK)-1/2, Jun amino-terminal kinases (JNK1/2/3), p38 proteins (p38alpha/beta/gamma/delta) and ERK5, that are activated by specific MAPKKs: MEK1/2 for ERK1/2, MKK3/6 for the p38, MKK4/7 (JNKK1/2) for the JNKs, and MEK5 for ERK5. (wikipathways.org)
  • The tripartite DENN (after differentially expressed in neoplastic versus normal cells) domain is found in several proteins involved in Rab-mediated processes or regulation of MAPKs (Mitogen-activated preotein kinases) signaling pathways. (embl.de)
  • uDENN, DENN, and dDENN: indissociable domains in Rab and MAP kinases signaling pathways. (embl.de)
  • Our phosphoproteomics allowed the identification of novel kinases and transcription factors (TFs) involved in osmotic stress and in the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Our global phosphoproteome network analysis showed an enrichment for protein kinases, RNA recognition motif domains, and the MAPK signaling pathway. (bath.ac.uk)
  • This showed the involvement of the HOG pathway and identified novel protein kinases and transcription factors, which were confirmed by fungal genetics to be involved in promoting tolerance of cell wall damage. (bath.ac.uk)
  • The findings indicated hyperactivation of phosphorylated protein kinase B (AKT), p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (p70S6K), S6, extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2), p38, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and c-Jun, as well as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress caused by bifenox treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • The pathway covers many proteins, including MAPK originally named ERK (extracellular signal-regulated kinases), which transmits signal by phosphorylates a neighboring protein, as like an 'on' or 'off' switch. (cusabio.com)
  • As shown in the following picture, Classical mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway activation begins at the cell membrane where small GTPases and various protein kinases phosphorylate MAPKKKs. (cusabio.com)
  • Although MAPK signaling cascades are depicted as simple linear, unidirectional groups of protein kinases, the pathway is highly complex, actually. (cusabio.com)
  • Most cancer-associated lesions such as overexpression of receptor tyrosine kinases, activating mutations in receptor tyrosine kinases, sustained autocrine or paracrine production of activating ligands, Ras mutations and B-Raf mutations result in constitutive activation of ERK signaling. (cusabio.com)
  • The signal cascades that mediate the CXCL1-promoted IL-6 expression were identified by using chemical inhibitors, siRNAs and shRNAs. (researchsquare.com)
  • MAPK14 is one of the four p38 MAPKs which play an important role in the cascades of cellu. (drugbank.com)
  • Graphical summary of recent contributions of our group regarding the influence of signaling cascades in the regulation of cellular and tissue processes involved in human pathophysiology (mostly performed in animal models of human disease). (uam.es)
  • We also examined phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades. (bvsalud.org)
  • A large degree of cross-talk within the MAPK cascades and other signaling networks exists. (cusabio.com)
  • An intracellular signaling system involving the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades (three-membered protein kinase cascades). (bvsalud.org)
  • The opioid receptor activation regulates a variety of intracellular signaling, including the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. (iasp-pain.org)
  • RANKL binds specifically to receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-κB (RANK) that mediates osteoclastogenesis by subsequent signal transduction to intracellular molecules through the TRAF6 adaptor protein. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Most MAPKs have a number of shared characteristics, such as the activation dependent on two phosphorylation events, a three-tiered pathway architecture and similar substrate recognition sites. (wikipedia.org)
  • In breast cancer, ATF-3 enhances cancer cell-initiating features [ 22 ] and is associated with activation of the canonical Wnt/ β -catenin pathway [ 23 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • In this study, we show that depletion of TDP-43 in microglia, but not in astrocytes, strikingly upregulates cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production through the activation of MAPK/ERK signaling and initiates neurotoxicity. (nature.com)
  • We have elucidated the molecular mechanisms involved in the increase in IL-6 expression caused by CXCL1 incubation in SFs, which was regulated by its receptor CXCR2, c-Raf and MAPK signaling components, and activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcriptional activation. (researchsquare.com)
  • Using primary cultures of sensory neurons, it was demonstrated that crotalphine increases the level of activated ERK1/2 and JNK-MAPKs and this increase is dependent on the activation of protein kinase Cζ (PKCζ). (iasp-pain.org)
  • Calcium signaling is known to play a role in NFATc1 activation by promoting its nuclear translocation. (molcells.org)
  • It was observed that mangiferin ameliorated D-galactose-induced cardiac aging, attenuated cardiac oxidative stress, inflammation and fibrosis, as well as inhibited the activation of TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway. (kjpp.net)
  • 7 - 9 ] Activation of these signaling pathways induces the expression of transcription factors such as c-Fos and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFATc1), a master transcription factor for osteoclastogenesis. (e-jbm.org)
  • Specific inhibitors were used to dissect signaling pathways, which were confirmed by Western blotting and NF-kappaB activation assay. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Continuous activation of MAPK signals is found in many malignant tumors. (cusabio.com)
  • The hypoxic signal stimulates the activation of MKP-1. (cusabio.com)
  • There is some sharing of components among the pathways depending on which stimulus originates activation of the cascade. (bvsalud.org)
  • The ERK1/2 pathway plays an important role in proliferation, differentiation, metastasis, and invasion of tumor cells. (cusabio.com)
  • Finally, these signaling pathways induce expression of the nuclear factor of activated T cells c1 (NFATc1), which is a key transcription factor for osteoclastogenesis. (molcells.org)
  • Our study suggested that the ethanol extract of the root part of IKN suppressed osteoclast differentiation and function partly by downregulating the p38 MAPK/c-Fos/NFATc1 signaling pathways. (e-jbm.org)
  • Upon cell wall stress, MAPKs phosphorylate multiple target proteins involved in the remodeling of the cell wall. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Once phosphorylated, activated MAPKs phosphorylate numerous cytoplasmic substrates and ultimately modulate transcription factors that drive context-specific gene expression. (cusabio.com)
  • Among the mammalian MAPK pathways, the ERK pathway is the best-studied and is deregulated in about one-third of human cancers. (cusabio.com)
  • p38 MAP kinase is a key component of the signaling pathway that regulates the body's production of inflammatory mediators, including TNFα and IL-1 beta. (drugbank.com)
  • Analysis of the blue coral transcriptome revealed enrichment of genes involved in stress response, including heat-shock proteins and antioxidants, as well as genes participating in signal transduction and stimulus response. (nature.com)
  • The cell cycle is strictly regulated and controlled by a complex network of signaling pathways [ 1 ], comprised of hundreds of proteins. (biomedcentral.com)
  • If some important proteins are mutated or there are defects in the signaling mechanisms, normal cell growth regulation will break down, possibly leading to the occurrence of cancer in the future. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, a number of extracellular proteins can bind to their receptors and activate signaling pathways that promote the proliferation of cancer cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • DENN domains are found in a variety of signaling proteins but their exact function remains undefined. (embl.de)
  • The secretion of inflammatory factors as well as the marker proteins in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway were detected by Western blot. (frontiersin.org)
  • CXCR2, c-Raf and MAPKs was found to regulate CXCL1-induced IL-6 expression in OASFs and RASFs. (researchsquare.com)
  • Activated by stress, p38 MAPKs regulate vital cellular responses such as migration, contraction, cytokine production, and death in macrophages and myocardial and endothelial cells (Marber et al. (frontiersin.org)
  • The induction of ATF-3 expression was mediated by mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways in GS-002-treated cells. (hindawi.com)
  • In particular, extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2, one of the MAPK pathway is considered as an important mediator of signal transduction processes, namely cell survival, cell division, gene expression, and cell metabolism that plays role in injury, death, and inflammation of kidney tubular cells due to cisplatin administration [ 5 ]. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Hence, the current study aimed to identify signaling pathways associated with SPA1413 using lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-stimulated BV2 cells as the experimental model via biological assays, Western blotting, and quantitative (q)RT-PCR. (bvsalud.org)
  • Notably, examination of how haploid yeast cells respond to their secreted peptide mating pheromones was crucial in pinpointing genes encoding MAPKs and their upstream activators. (bvsalud.org)
  • demonstrated that p38 MAPK is a key signal molecule in breast cancer cells' invasion and metastasis induced by Ras. (cusabio.com)
  • MAPKs is a family consisting of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38, JNK and p38 play a role as proinflammatory mediators. (gnu.ac.kr)
  • For example, interactions between mediators of the MAPK, PI3K networks, NFκB pathway and JAK-STAT pathway are well documented. (cusabio.com)
  • A growing number of researchers have discovered various signalling pathways associated with the initiation and progression of inflammation. (nih.gov)
  • Cell-matrix adhesion regulates membrane trafficking controlling anchorage-dependent signaling. (molvisindex.org)
  • p38, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, extracellular signal-regulated kinase), and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt serine/threonine kinase (Akt) signaling pathways are known to be activated during osteoclast differentiation. (e-jbm.org)
  • Targeting different signalling pathways (NF-κB, JAK/STAT, MAPKs, PI3K/Akt/mTOR, GSK-3, Nrf2, RhoGTPase, TGF-β1, and NLRP3) helps in the development of novel anti-inflammatory drugs in the management of TBI. (nih.gov)
  • For instance, some studies have suggested that in addition to antioxidant enzymes, nitric oxide synthases (NOSs), and other traditional enzymes, novel molecular targets such as mitochondria-targeting hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) donor AP39 and its auxiliary targets have recently been identified as critical participants in H 2 S synthesis for modulating the postischemic cardiomyocyte survival in a manner independent of classical cytosolic signaling mechanisms [ 7 , 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The plant response to biotic and abiotic stress has been studied for many years, but the molecular mechanism controlling touch-signalling in plants is not well understood. (lu.se)
  • Whereas a dynamic Golgi advanced can contribute to this pathway, its regulation by adhesion stays unclear. (molvisindex.org)
  • The roles of SFE in cancers are mainly through the regulation of potential biomarkers to activate or inhibit related signaling pathways. (techscience.com)
  • Taken together, these findings provide the first evidence of ST5 involvement in positive regulation of osteoclastogenesis via Src/Syk/calcium signaling. (molcells.org)
  • For all the phosphomutants, there is an increase in the sensitivity to cell wall-damaging agents and a reduction in the MpkA phosphorylation upon CR stress, suggesting these phosphosites could be important for the MpkA modulation and CWI pathway regulation.IMPORTANCEAspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic human pathogen causing allergic reactions or systemic infections, such as invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Interestingly, SPA1413 inhibited IL-11 through the Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling pathway. (bvsalud.org)
  • Our findings suggest that SPA1413 may act as a strong anti-neuroinflammatory candidate by suppressing the MAPK and JAK/STAT signaling pathways. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2014 ). Consequently, abnormalities in this pathway are disastrous, inducing various carcinomas such as colorectal cancer as well as neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and motor neuron diseases (Corcoran et al. (frontiersin.org)
  • Blocking HMGB1, ROS, or the JNK pathway may attenuate VEGF-A production, suggesting HMGB1 and related signaling molecules play a role in diabetic retinopathy. (molvis.org)
  • Diagnostic subsets of coexpressed genes reflected signaling activity, cross talk, and overlap of multiple mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways. (nih.gov)
  • But there are also some ancient outliers from the group as sketched above, that do not have dual phosphorylation sites, only form two-tiered pathways, and lack the features required by other MAPKs for substrate binding. (wikipedia.org)
  • The cardiac activity of profibrotic TGF-β1/p38/MK2 signaling pathway was assessed by measuring the expression of TGF-β1 and the phosphorylation levels of p38 and MK2. (kjpp.net)
  • MAPKs are involved in directing cellular responses to a diverse array of stimuli, such as mitogens, osmotic stress, heat shock and proinflammatory cytokines. (wikipedia.org)
  • With the discovery of other members, even from distant organisms (e.g. plants), it has become increasingly clear that the name is a misnomer, since most MAPKs are actually involved in the response to potentially harmful, abiotic stress stimuli (hyperosmosis, oxidative stress, DNA damage, low osmolarity, infection, etc. (wikipedia.org)
  • These pathways can effectively convey stimuli from the cell membrane (where many MAP3Ks are activated) to the nucleus (where only MAPKs may enter) or to many other subcellular targets. (wikipedia.org)
  • And many studies showed that the p38 MAPK pathway exerts important regulatory functions in MMPs (matrix metalloproteinases) produced by extracellular stimuli. (cusabio.com)
  • Aberrations in MAPK signaling influences most processes of carcinogenesis, and are crucial for the development and progression of cancer. (cusabio.com)
  • Induction of AP-1-MAPKs and NF-kB signal pathways by tungsten carbide-cobalt particles. (cdc.gov)
  • The MAPKs p38, JNK, and ERK were necessary for IL-6 production, but phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) was required for selective CCL5 induction. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Genetic manipulations allowed analysis of changes in gene expression underlying pheromone signaling, cell cycle control, and polarized morphogenesis. (nih.gov)
  • found that the hepatitis b virus x protein inactivated p53 gene through the p38/MAPK pathway, thus inducing the primary liver cancer (PLC). (cusabio.com)
  • The results indicate that the SPA1413 anti-neuroinflammatory effect arises due to suppression of the nitric oxide (NO), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling networks, including those of p38 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). (bvsalud.org)
  • Besides, the p38 MAPK pathway promotes tumor angiogenesis necessary to maintain tumor cell growth. (cusabio.com)
  • Analysis of the profiles specified by two different MAPKs-Fus3p and Kss1p-revealed functional overlap of the filamentous growth and mating responses. (nih.gov)
  • Genome-wide transcript profiling was used to monitor signal transduction during yeast pheromone response. (nih.gov)
  • Continued studies of these pathways in yeast were integral to other foundational discoveries in MAPK signaling, including the roles of tethering, scaffolding and docking interactions. (bvsalud.org)
  • The role of the MAPK pathway in cancer, immune disorders and neurodegenerative diseases has been well recognized. (cusabio.com)
  • Galectin 3 induces a distinctive pattern of cytokine and chemokine production in rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts via selective signaling pathways. (ox.ac.uk)
  • However, galectin 3 induces the production of mononuclear cell-recruiting chemokines uniquely from synovial fibroblasts, but not matched skin fibroblasts, via a PI 3-kinase signaling pathway. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Microarray analysis was performed to screen aberrantly expressed mRNAs and activated signaling pathways between epileptic rats and normal controls. (frontiersin.org)
  • These results showed that mangiferin could ameliorate cardiac fibrosis in D-galactose-induced aging rats possibly via inhibiting TGF-β/p38/MK2 signaling pathway. (kjpp.net)
  • It is yet unclear if the atypical MAPKs form a single group as opposed to the classical ones. (wikipedia.org)
  • The expression of HMGB1, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) was assessed with immunofluorescence and western blot analysis. (molvis.org)