Title : Urban particulate matter activates Akt in human lung cells.

Pub. Date : 2012 Jan

PMID : 21818627






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1 Akt and NF-kappaB related inflammatory cytokine IL-1alpha, and IL-6 and the chemokine IL-8 were upregulated in treated cells at 6 and 24 h. The calpain inhibitor leupeptin limited Akt phosphorylation to Ser(473) and reduced release of IL-1alpha, IL-6, and IL-8, indicating that calpain or similar protease(s) are involved in PM-induced activation of Akt and subsequent release of inflammatory cytokines. Serine nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1 Homo sapiens