title: Interleukin 1 induces beta-endorphin secretion via Fos and Jun in AtT-20 pituitary cells.
abstract: Previous work had shown that interleukin 1 (IL-1), after a long period of treatment, stimulates beta-endorphin release and potentiates the effects of secretagogues in AtT-20 cells, a mouse anterior pituitary cell line. Treatment of AtT-20 cells with IL-1 induced a transient and early stimulation of mRNA expression by both immediate-early protooncogenes Fos and Jun (mouse c-fos and c-jun). The effect appeared within 30 min, and returned to basal levels after 2 hr. Desensitization of protein kinase C by phorbol ester pretreatment had no effect on the ability of IL-1 to induce Fos and Jun mRNA expression. Somatostatin, an inhibitor of cAMP and beta-endorphin secretion, did not reduce the IL-1 effect on Fos and Jun mRNA expression. Addition to AtT-20 cells of antisense oligonucleotides to Fos and Jun abolished the secretion induced by IL-1. These results indicate that immediate-early signals Fos and Jun are involved in IL-1-induced beta-endorphin secretion in AtT-20 cells.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health, Laboratory of Cellular Biology, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Făgărăsan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muegge
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durum
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Axelrod
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000187:drug effects; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D014157:Transcription Factors; D013004:Somatostatin; D001615:beta-Endorphin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C