title: Subtype-specific increase in G-protein alpha-subunit mRNA by interleukin 1 beta.
abstract: The guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins (G-proteins) which are substrates for ADP-ribosylation by pertussis toxin (alpha i-1, alpha i-2, alpha i-3 and alpha o) transduce a variety of hormonal signals. Endothelial cells express mRNA for three alpha i subtypes although the level of alpha i-1 mRNA is very low. Interleukin 1 beta (IL 1 beta), a pleiotropic inflammatory mediator which stimulates a complex series of responses in human endothelial cells leading to increased coagulation and platelet adhesion, increases expression of one subtype of alpha i (alpha i-2) mRNA in human endothelial cells as determined by Northern blot analysis without affecting the level of mRNA for other alpha-subunits. These studies show that mRNA levels for alpha i subtypes are independently regulated, suggesting that there may be subtype specificity in the cell's requirements for the Gi class of signal-transducing proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tolman
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Seidman
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Neer
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins