title: Regulation of tumor necrosis factor expression in a macrophage-like cell line by lipopolysaccharide and cyclic AMP.
abstract: Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 1 microgram/ml) induced the rapid production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) mRNA in the RAW264 macrophage-like cell line. TNF-alpha mRNA peaked within 45 min of LPS treatment and remained high for greater than 3 hr. Transcription of TNF-alpha mRNA was increased within 15 min of LPS treatment. The quantity of TNF-alpha mRNA in LPS-stimulated cells was reduced to basal levels by treatment with cAMP, cAMP analogs, or agents which raise intracellular cAMP. This was not a general effect on all mRNA levels as the expression of a second gene, ornithine decarboxylase, was enhanced by cAMP treatment. cAMP did not have an effect on the stability of TNF-alpha mRNA. This is in contrast to the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, which leads to a stabilization of TNF-alpha mRNA. Our results suggest that the primary regulation of tumor necrosis factor by cAMP and LPS occurs at the transcriptional level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse 13210.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Taffet
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Singhel
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Overholtzer
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shurtleff
mesh_terms: D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011494:Protein Kinases; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase