title: Interferon-gamma enhances the LPS-induced G-CSF gene expression in human adherent monocytes, which is regulated at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels.
abstract: Human adherent monocytes were studied with regard to the expression of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) at mRNA and protein levels in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) stimulation. Monocytes did not express G-CSF transcripts in response to IFN-gamma treatment. In contrast, monocytes exposed to IFN-gamma plus LPS showed a dose-dependent increase in G-CSF mRNA accumulation and protein secretion compared to LPS-stimulated monocytes. The augmented G-CSF mRNA expression in response to IFN-gamma plus LPS was the result of a slight increase in the G-CSF transcription rate (2.2-fold) and a more than 6-fold increase in the G-CSF mRNA half-life (20 minutes vs. > 120 minutes). In addition, it was shown that the effects of IFN-gamma on LPS-induced G-CSF protein secretion could be mimicked by the calcium ionophore A23187, suggesting that the Ca(2+)-dependent pathway might be triggered after binding of the ligand to the receptor. Finally, it was observed that the potentiating effects of IFN-gamma on LPS-induced G-CSF secretion could be blocked by interleukin-4 (IL-4). These data indicate that two cytokines produced by activated T cells have opposite effects on G-CSF production by human activated monocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Dokter
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Esselink
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Halie
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vellenga
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000187:drug effects*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D015847:Interleukin-4; D000001:Calcimycin; D007371:Interferon-gamma