title: Increase of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase mRNA levels during TPA-induced differentiation of human lymphocytes.
abstract: The non-mitogenic stimulation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with low concentrations of the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) caused a progressive increase in the percent fraction of the cells that were positive for the early activating antigen CD69. At the same time, it caused a progressive increase in the steady-state levels of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (pADPRP) transcripts. A further increase in TPA concentration, while inducing the maximal expression of the levels of CD69 activating surface antigen, both in the presence or in the absence of proliferative activity, did not evoke any additional hightening of pADPRP mRNA levels. Time course of PBMC stimulation with a non-mitogenic dose of TPA showed an early increase in the accumulation of pADPRP mRNA, which changed at 8-16 h, and remained high for several days thereafter. On the basis of these data, we suggest that the increase in pADPRP mRNA may be associated with the commitment of human lymphocytes from a quiescent (G0) to an activated (G1) state.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Università di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menegazzi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carcereri de Prati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tommasi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gerosa
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002455:Cell Division; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate