title: Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of CSF-1 gene expression in human monocytes.
abstract: Regulation of CSF-1 gene expression was investigated in human monocytes. CSF-1 transcripts were at low or undetectable levels in resting monocytes. However, in monocytes treated with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), CSF-1 mRNA was increased by 3 h and reached maximal levels by 12 h of drug exposure. When nuclear run-on assays were used, CSF-1 gene transcription was also at low or undetectable levels in resting monocytes but was activated after TPA exposure. TPA-treated monocytes exposed to actinomycin D further demonstrated that the half-life of the CSF-1 mRNA is 0.9 h. The results also demonstrated that the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide (CHX), increases CSF-1 mRNA levels in both resting and TPA-treated monocytes. These effects of CHX occurred in the absence of detectable increases in CSF-1 gene transcription. Moreover, treatment of monocytes with CHX and actinomycin D demonstrated that inhibition of protein synthesis is associated with stabilization of the CSF-1 transcript. Taken together, these findings indicated that CSF-1 gene expression is controlled at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels in human monocytes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sariban
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kufe
mesh_terms: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate