title: Interleukin-1 beta regulates the expression of a leukocyte type of 12-lipoxygenase in rat islets and RIN m5F cells.
abstract: The leukocyte type of 12-lipoxygenase (12-LO) may play a role in inflammatory reactions in many cell types through the conversion of arachidonic acid to proinflammatory eicosanoids that include 12-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid and 12-hydroeicosatetraenoic acid. Previous studies demonstrating the presence of a functional 12-LO pathway in rat and human pancreatic beta-cells plus the recent cloning of a rat leukocyte type of 12-LO allowed us to evaluate whether inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) can regulate the beta-cell 12-LO enzyme pathway, thus providing a potential link between the cytotoxic effects of cytokines on pancreatic beta-cells and the proinflammatory effects of 12-LO products. We demonstrate that IL-1 beta induces 12-LO protein and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in RIN m5F cells and 12-LO mRNA expression in rat islets. RIN m5F cells treated for 16 h with IL-1 beta (25, 50, and 100 ng/liter) showed a maximal 2-fold increase in the expression of a leukocyte form of 12-LO demonstrated by Western blots. A concomitant increase in 12-LO mRNA expression was seen at this time point using a highly sensitive competitive polymerase chain reaction assay. The increase in mRNA and protein expression was preceded by increased 12-LO pathway activity measured by a RIA for 12-S-HETE. Separate experiments using purified Sprague-Dawley rat islets also showed increased expression of 12-LO mRNA and enzyme activity in response to IL-1 beta. These results demonstrate that IL-1 beta can up-regulate 12-LO expression and activity in rat beta-cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bleich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Nadler
mesh_terms: D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; D000818:Animals; D001092:Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019377:12-Hydroxy-5,8,10,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid; D001092:Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase