title: Induction of metallothionein and stomatin by interleukin-6 and glucocorticoids in a human amniotic cell line.
abstract: Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is an important mediator of various kinds of inflammatory and immune responses. The human amniotic cell line UAC has an increased number of IL-6 receptors after treatment by glucocorticoids. To find a possible activity of IL-6 on these cells, a cDNA library of IL-6- and dexamethasone-treated cells was screened with cDNA probes from both induced and non-induced cells. Two cDNAs showed a differential hybridization signal. The first one corresponds to metallothionein, a group of small cysteine-rich proteins thought to participate in the metabolism and storage of zinc and to protect cells against oxidative damage. A second cDNA corresponds to the recently cloned cDNA of band 7 integral membrane protein also called stomatin. In hereditary stomatocytosis, absence of this protein in erythrocyte membranes is associated with high Na+ and low K+ intracellular concentrations [Stewart, G. W., Hepworth-Jones, B. E., Keen, J. N., Dash, B. C. J., Argent, A. C. & Casimir, C. M. (1992) Blood 79, 1593-1601]. In UAC cells both metallothionein and stomatin are induced by dexamethasone and IL-6 in a more than additive manner. Western blot analysis shows that stomatin protein is induced in a similar way as its mRNA. IL-6 and dexamethasone induce a state of resistance against hydrogen peroxide toxicity in UAC cells. Metallothionein induction might be partly responsible for this cytoprotection against oxidative stress.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur du Brabant, Department of Virology, Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Snyers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Content
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C036860:STOM protein, human; D003907:Dexamethasone; D008668:Metallothionein; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide