title: Interleukin-6 down-regulates expressions of the aldolase B and albumin genes through a pathway involving the activation of tyrosine kinase.
abstract: Interleukin-6 plays a key role in mediating acute-phase protein synthesis in hepatocytes. However, the mechanism of how interleukin-6 regulates aldolase B and albumin syntheses in hepatocytes is not completely understood. In this study, using primary cultured rat hepatocytes, we have shown that interleukin-6 down-regulates expressions of the aldolase B and albumin genes in a dose- and time-dependent manner. We examined whether the decrease in aldolase B and albumin mRNA expressions by interleukin-6 reflected transcriptional down-regulation or stability of the mRNA. Actinomycin D and cycloheximide did not affect the interleukin-6-mediated decrease in the expressions of both genes. These results suggest that the decreased expressions of both genes induced by interleukin-6 is controlled at the transcriptional level, and that it is due neither to increased degradation of mRNA nor to synthesis of new proteins. Protein kinases play a fundamental role in the intracellular signal transduction. To examine the interleukin-6 signal pathway(s) leading to the decrease of aldolase B and albumin mRNA expressions, we tested various kinds of protein kinase inhibitors in this system. Herbimycin A, an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase(s), prevented the decrease in the expression of aldolase B and albumin mRNAs by interleukin-6. H-7, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, prevented the decrease in the expression of albumin mRNA by interleukin-6, but did not induce recovery of that of aldolase B mRNA. These results suggest that a tyrosine kinase(s) or a herbimycin A-sensitive kinase(s) constitutes a common pathway for interleukin-6-mediated reduction of aldolase B and albumin mRNA expressions and that distinct pathways exist for the modes of expression of the two mRNAs.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinzawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuzumaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000502:physiology*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase