title: Measles virus infection enhances IL-1 beta but reduces tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression in human monocytes.
abstract: Monocytes may play a role in the immunologic abnormalities caused by measles. The effect of measles virus (MV) infection on peripheral blood monocyte functions is poorly known. We report that MV-infected PBM have an altered pattern of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha production in response to stimulation with LPS and PMA in vitro. MV-infected peripheral blood monocytes produced higher amounts of IL-1 beta, whereas the production of TNF-alpha was reduced. The same effect was observed in the human monocytic cell line THP-1, which was used for RNA analysis. An increased steady-state level of IL-1 beta mRNA was observed in MV-infected cells, and the level of TNF-alpha mRNA was reduced. However, both IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha had about 50% increased transcription rate. Analysis of the mRNA stability after transcriptional block by actinomycin D showed that the TNF-alpha mRNA had a reduced half-life in MV-infected cells (about 30 vs 80 min in uninfected cells), whereas IL-1 beta mRNA stability was similar in uninfected and MV-infected cells. These results indicate that MV infection disturbs the immunoregulatory network by interfering with the monocyte functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leopardi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vainionpää
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hurme
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siljander
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salmi
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008457:Measles / Q000378:metabolism; D008459:Measles virus / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha