title: Angiotensin converting enzyme (kininase II) mRNA production and enzymatic activity in human peripheral blood monocytes are induced by GM-CSF but not by other cytokines.
abstract: Peripheral blood monocytes (PBM) do not possess angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity in the inactive state. However, measurable PBM ACE activity is found in patients with certain inflammatory diseases. We have examined the effect of cytokines likely to be present during granulomatous inflammation on the regulation of ACE mRNA in PBM. The presence of ACE mRNA in human PBM cultured in vitro with various cytokines for up to 6 days was analyzed using polymerase chain reaction. PBM not exposed to cytokines did not express ACE mRNA, while incubation of PBM with recombinant human GM-CSF resulted in high levels of ACE mRNA expression after 72 h of cell culture, which persisted through day six. Increased ACE mRNA expression occurred concomitantly with phenotypic changes in cell size and shape consistent with cell activation. A 5-fold increase in ACE enzymatic activity also occurred. Incubation of PBM with all other cytokines tested failed to induce ACE mRNA expression. Alveolar macrophages expressed ACE mRNA immediately following their isolation, but mRNA expression decreased markedly during a 24-h period of incubation and was only partially reversed with exogenous GM-CSF. We conclude that GM-CSF enhances ACE mRNA levels in human PBM, but not in alveolar macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aschoff
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Fanburg
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lanzillo
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D017931:DNA Primers; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A