title: Transforming growth factor-beta inhibits the cytokine-mediated expression of the inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA in human retinal pigment epithelial cells.
abstract: Human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells in culture respond to a mixture of cytokines (IFN-gamma, IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha) by producing large amounts of nitric oxide. Transforming growth factor-beta, unlike other growth factors, was found to inhibit this response by more than 75%. The expression of mRNA for the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase in RPE cells treated with cytokines was demonstrated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, sequencing of the PCR product and northern blotting. Transforming growth factor-beta was highly effective in inhibiting (by 75%) the cytokine-induced nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression. This response by RPE may play an important role in the etiology of infectious and inflammatory diseases affecting retina.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Retinal Cell and Molecular Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2740, USA.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kutty
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kutty
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Hooks
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wiggert
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Nagineni
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000235:genetics*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000201:enzymology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase