title: The induction of interferon-alpha and interferon-beta mRNA in human natural interferon-producing blood leukocytes requires de novo protein synthesis.
abstract: The induction of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and IFN-beta mRNA in natural IFN producing (NIP) cells in cultures of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), stimulated by glutaraldehyde-fixed Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV)-infected WISH cells, was studied. The protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX) totally prevented the appearance of both IFN-alpha and IFN-beta mRNA, also in cultures supplemented with a conditioned medium (CM) assumed to contain soluble factors necessary for the IFN induction. However, when PBMCs were preincubated for 4 h in medium supplemented with fetal bovine serum (FBS) with or without addition of CM, the subsequent induction of IFN-alpha/beta mRNA became partially resistant to CHX. In serum-free medium containing interleukin-3 (IL-3) or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), the early induction of IFN-alpha mRNA became resistant to CHX, and, in contrast to FBS and CM supplemented medium, this was observed also without a preincubation of the PBMCs. In contrast, IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IFN-alpha, or IFN-gamma had no such effects. Our results suggests that de novo synthesis of proteins normally is required for the induction of IFN-alpha/beta mRNA. Such proteins might be cytokines, possibly CSFs, which in turn also may require protein synthesis for their actions. In contrast, the actual triggering signal provided by the HSV-inducer is independent of protein synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Interferon Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cederblad
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gobl
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Alm
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000276:immunology*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D016207:Cytokines; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016899:Interferon-beta; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D003513:Cycloheximide