title: Transcriptional regulation of the human prointerleukin 1 beta gene.
abstract: Interleukin 1 (IL 1) is a protein produced by monocytes in response to certain antigens which produces a wide variety of cellular responses in various tissues. We have studied the regulation of the human proIL-1 beta gene in THP-1 human monocytic leukemia cells. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induction of this gene results in an immediate and transient increase of message that rapidly falls to a low, but constant, level within 6 hr. This decrease results from a specific repression of transcription by 2 hr after stimulation. Cycloheximide inhibition of new protein synthesis causes a superinduction of IL 1 message, but does not alter the initial kinetics of message production. This presumably delays the synthesis of a labile transcriptional repressor protein and implies that the proIL-1 beta gene is under the control of both a transcriptional activator and a newly synthesized transcriptional repressor. The transient increase in mRNA production and the sustained low-level synthesis beyond the initial transient response suggest that the IL 1 protein itself may act intracellularly in a manner analogous to that described for several proto-oncogenes and cellular competence factors.
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C043830:interleukin 1 precursor; D003513:Cycloheximide