title: Relationship of TSG-14 protein to the pentraxin family of major acute phase proteins.
abstract: TNF-stimulated gene-14 (TSG-14) encodes a secreted glycoprotein with significant sequence homology to C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid P component (SAP), members of the pentraxin family of acute phase proteins. TSG-14 mRNA was elevated in human FS-4 fibroblasts by treatment with TNF, IL-1, or bacterial LPS, and weakly by dexamethasone. Abs to recombinant TSG-14 immunoprecipitated a 42-kDa protein from the culture supernatants of TNF- or IL-1-stimulated FS-4 cells. TSG-14 protein was also inducible in the Hep3B human hepatoma cell line by TNF, IL-1, IL-6, or dexamethasone. CRP protein, identified by immunoprecipitation of a 25-kDa band with Abs to CRP, was induced in Hep3B cells by IL-1, IL-6, or dexamethasone. Immunoprecipitations with polyclonal Abs to TSG-14 and CRP suggested that the two proteins are immunologically cross-reactive. Appearance of TSG-14 protein was demonstrated in the serum of mice after injection with LPS. No TSG-14 mRNA was detected in the liver of LPS-injected mice, suggesting that hepatocytes are not the major site of TSG-14 synthesis. Thus, in the intact organism the main cellular sources of TSG-14 and classical acute phase proteins appear to be different.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vilcek
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000737:chemistry; D003429:Cross Reactions; D015870:Gene Expression; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D000683:Serum Amyloid P-Component / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000099153:Pentraxins
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000683:Serum Amyloid P-Component; D000099153:Pentraxins