Abstract

NO는 태반의 영양모세포의 증식에서 중요한 신호전달인자로서 작용을 한다. 본 연구에서는 choriocarcinoma 세포주인 BeWo 세포에서 NO에 의한 세포의 증식에서PLC의 관련성을 조사하였다. 세포 내 NO 생성을 자연적으로 유발하는 약물인 SNP를 단독으로 처리하였을 때 BeWo 세포에서 <TEX>$[^3H]$</TEX>thymidine의 축적 양이 현저히 증가하였는데 이러한 결과는 NO가 BeWo 세포의 증식을 촉진한다는 것을 보여주고 있다. NO에 의한 BeWo 세포의 증식은 PLC의 억제제인 U73122에 의하여 현저히 감소하였다. BeWo 세포에 SNP를 10분간 처리하였을 때 ERK1/2의 인산화가 증가되는 것을 Western blot으로 확인하였다. 이들 인산화는 U73122에 의하여 아무런 영향을 받지 않았다. <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>과 <TEX>$PLC\gamma_2$</TEX>에 대한 특이 항체를 이용한 면역침전을 시행한 후 phosphotyrosine에 대한 항체인 PY로 Western blotting을 시행하였을 때 PLC<TEX>${\gamma}$</TEX><TEX>$_1$</TEX>은 SNP에 의하여 tyrosine 잔기의 인산화가 이루어졌으나 <TEX>$PLC\gamma_2$</TEX>는 인산화가 되지 않았다. SNP에 의한 <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>의 인산화는 genistein이나 PD98059를 전 처리하였을 때 억제되었다. 따라서, NO에 의한<TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>의 tyrosine 인산화는 ERK의 활성을 통하여 일어난다는 것을 알 수 있다 이상의 결과들은 BeWo세포에서 NO는 세포증식을 촉진하며 ERK와 <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>의 활성화를 통하여 일어난다는 사실을 제시하고 있다. Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role as a signaling molecule in the proliferation of placenta trophoblasts. In this study, we investigated the effect of NO on the activation of phospholipase C (PLC) in BeWo cells, choriocar-cinoma cell line. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an agent to produce NO spontaneously in cells, alone increased <TEX>$[^3H]$</TEX> thymidine incorporation of BeWo cells, indicating NO stimulates proliferation of the cells. NO-induced proliferation of BeWo cells was blocked by U73122, an inhibitor of PLC, suggesting that NO-induced PLC activation is involved in the cell proliferation. NO also stimulated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in BeWo cells, indicated by increased phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in Western blotting using anti-phospho-ERK1/2 antibody. NO-induced phos-phorylation of ERK1/2 was not abrogated by U73122. <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>l but not<TEX>$PLC\gamma_2$</TEX> was tyrosine phosphorylated by SNP in immunoprecipitation assay using anti-<TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>/<TEX>$PLC\gamma_2$</TEX> antibodies, and SNP-induced phosphorylation of <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX> was abrogated by pre-treatment of cells with genistein and PD98059, indicating that NO induced-phosphorylation of <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX> is mediated by ERK. These results suggest that NO stimulates the proliferation of BeWo cells through ERK and <TEX>$PLC\gamma_1$</TEX>.

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