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. 1995 Feb;63(2):498–502. doi: 10.1128/iai.63.2.498-502.1995

Induction of serine and threonine protein phosphorylation by endotoxin-associated protein in murine resident peritoneal macrophages.

K I Abu-Lawi 1, B M Sultzer 1
PMCID: PMC173022  PMID: 7529747

Abstract

Endotoxin-associated protein (EP) from Salmonella typhi activated murine resident peritoneal macrophages to produce prostaglandin E2 (PGE2). Cells from both endotoxin nonresponder (C3H/HeJ) and the endotoxin responder (C3H/OuJ) mouse strains were activated by EP. This EP-induced prostaglandin E2 production was blocked by the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor H-7 as well as the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein, suggesting the involvement of both serine and threonine phosphorylation and tyrosine phosphorylation pathways in the activation of resident peritoneal macrophages by EP. Immunoblot analysis using antiphosphoserine and antiphosphothreonine antibodies showed that EP induced the serine and threonine phosphorylation of a 14-kDa protein (p14). This phosphorylation was not induced by phorbol myristic acid or by lipopolysaccharide endotoxin. Inhibitors of PKC, PKA, and PKG did not block the phosphorylation of p14. However, the tyrosine kinase inhibitor piceatannol blocked p14 serine and threonine phosphorylation, suggesting that this phosphorylation is dependent upon and preceded by a tyrosine phosphorylation step.

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