title: Regulation of monokine gene expression: prostaglandin E2 suppresses tumor necrosis factor but not interleukin-1 alpha or beta-mRNA and cell-associated bioactivity.
abstract: Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-mediated suppression of macrophage interleukin-1 alpha,beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha synthesis was examined at the cellular and molecular levels. Treatment of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated adjuvant-elicited murine macrophages with 5 x 10(-7) M PGE2 caused a 70% reduction in cell-associated TNF but had no suppressive effect on cell-associated interleukin-1 (IL-1) activity. Consistent with this result, Northern blot and nuclear transcription analyses demonstrated suppression of TNF mRNA but PGE2 had no effect on IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta mRNA accumulation, as compared to LPS controls. Immunoperoxidase staining for cell-associated TNF alpha, IL-1 alpha, and IL-1 beta demonstrated that PGE2 suppressed TNF, but not IL-1 alpha or -beta expression, supporting the bioassay data. These results imply that PGE2-mediated regulation of IL-1 alpha,beta and TNF alpha is quite distinct. Synthesis of TNF appears to be regulated at least at the level of transcription, whereas that for IL-1 alpha and -beta is regulated post-transcriptionally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0602.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Scales
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chensue
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Otterness
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kunkel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D015232:Dinoprostone