title: Transcriptional regulation of the interferon-beta 2/B cell differentiation factor BSF-2/hepatocyte-stimulating factor gene in human fibroblasts by other cytokines.
abstract: Levels of mRNA for IFN-beta 2/B cell differentiation factor2/hepatocyte-stimulating factor (IFN-beta 2) in confluent quiescent cultures of human diploid fibroblasts (FS-4 strain) are enhanced by TNF, IL-1 alpha and beta, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and IFN-beta 1. Of these cytokines, IL-1 alpha and beta cause a particularly strong increase in the accumulation of IFN-beta 2 mRNA in fibroblasts. We have evaluated whether the IFN-beta 2 gene is regulated at the transcriptional level by using nuclear run-on transcription assays. We observed that the IFN-beta 2 gene is transcribed at a low level in uninduced FS-4 cells and that this transcriptional activity is increased 2- to 3-fold in cycloheximide-treated cells, 20- to 35-fold in IL-1 alpha-treated cells, and 5- to 15-fold in TNF-treated cells. PDGF and IFN-beta 1 enhance transcription across the IFN-beta 2 gene 2- to 3-fold. The enhancing effect of IL-1 alpha on IFN-beta 2 gene transcription, but not that of TNF, PDGF, or IFN-beta 1, is inhibited by cycloheximide, suggesting that newly-synthesized protein is involved in the increase in IFN-beta 2 transcription in response to IL-1 alpha but not in the response to the other stimuli. Furthermore, the enhancement of IFN-beta 2 transcription is sustained for up to 14 h after IL-1 alpha induction but is transient and declines to base line levels within 6 h after TNF addition. These observations suggest that there are important differences in the mechanisms by which IL-1 alpha and TNF increase IFN-beta 2 gene transcription in fibroblasts.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York 10021.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Sehgal
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001688:Biological Products / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000235:genetics*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4; D015850:Interleukin-6; D007378:Interleukins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D016207:Cytokines; D007370:Interferon Type I; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D007378:Interleukins; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D015847:Interleukin-4