title: Extracellular ATP enhances mRNA levels of nitric oxide synthase and TNF-alpha in lipopolysaccharide-treated RAW 264.7 murine macrophages.
abstract: Extracellular ATP potentiates, by activation of P2y-type purinergic receptors, the production of NO induced by low doses of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the murine macrophagic cell line RAW 264.7 (Tonetti et al. (1994) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 203, 430-434). Release of TNF-alpha, known to be an autocrine factor for iNOS expression, was enhanced, too, following exposure of either LPS-induced or uninduced cells to externally added micromolar ATP. Reverse transcription-PCR experiments showed that extracellular ATP increases mRNA levels of both inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and of TNF-alpha to extents comparable to those of enzymatic and biological activities, respectively. These data demonstrate that activation of purinergic receptors by extracellular ATP results in an enhanced expression of the iNOS and TNF-alpha genes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sturla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovine
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Benatti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Flora
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000502:physiology*; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases