title: Molecular cloning and posttranscriptional regulation of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha in alveolar macrophages.
abstract: Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) belongs to the "chemokine" superfamily of chemoattractant pro-inflammatory cytokines. MIP-1 alpha is chemotactic for monocytes and neutrophils and thus, plays an important role in initiation and control of inflammation. We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA clone encoding rat MIP-1 alpha. This 0.75 kb cDNA includes a single open reading frame of 92 amino acids. Expression of MIP-1 alpha mRNA was characterized in NR8383, a rat alveolar macrophage cell line (RAM). In resting RAM cells, MIP-1 alpha mRNA decayed rapidly, with a half life of less than 2 hours. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment of RAM cells resulted in a dose-dependent increase in MIP-1 alpha steady state mRNA expression. The induction of MIP-1 alpha mRNA by LPS was partially the result of mRNA stabilization, as half life increased to over 6 hours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Godleski
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Paulauskis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017931:DNA Primers; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D015723:Gene Library; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015846:Monokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D016207:Cytokines; D017931:DNA Primers; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D015846:Monokines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin