Induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in HepG2 human hepatoma cells by mediators of the acute phase response.
The liver plays a central role in the systemic acute phase response of an organism to injury. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), a major regulator of fibrinolysis, is an important component of the acute phase response in humans. The source of plasma PAI-1 has been a matter of controversy, but recent in situ hybridization experiments have demonstrated that human hepatocytes express the PAI-1 gene in vivo. However, little is known about regulation of human hepatic PAI-1 gene expression by mediators of the acute phase response. We have analyzed the regulation of PAI-1 mRNA accumulation by interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and dexamethasone, known mediators of the acute phase response, in HepG2 cells, a highly differentiated human hepatoma cell line that produces a broad spectrum of acute phase proteins including PAI-1. Incubation of HepG2 cells with IL-1 resulted in a rapid and transient 40-fold induction of the 3.2-kilobase PAI-1 mRNA and a 30-fold induction of the 2.2-kilobase PAI-1 mRNA. Although IL-6 alone had only a modest effect on PAI-1 expression, in combination with IL-1, it caused a synergistic induction of PAI-1 mRNA accumulation. Dexamethasone alone did not increase PAI-1 mRNA accumulation but enhanced it in combination with IL-1. Using nuclear run-on experiments, we determined that the mechanism by which IL-1 alone, or in combination with IL-6, induced PAI-1 mRNA accumulation was to cause a 10-15-fold, transient stimulation of PAI-1 gene transcription. We found no evidence of an effect of these cytokines on PAI-1 mRNA stability. These data demonstrate that mediators of the acute phase response induce the accumulation of PAI-1 mRNA in human hepatoma cells by rapidly and transiently increasing the transcription of the PAI-1 gene.
Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0618.
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D000210:Acute-Phase Reaction; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D003907:Dexamethasone