title: Regulation of IL-1 gene expression: differential responsiveness of murine macrophage lines.
abstract: In order to begin to define the mechanisms by which lipopolysaccharide (LPS) regulates IL-1 gene expression, we have examined IL-1 RNA levels, the transcription rate of the IL-1 genes, and IL-1 mRNA stabilities in P388D1/C, RAW264.7, and murine peritoneal exudate cells (PEC). These experiments showed that total cellular IL-1 RNA levels and IL-1 transcription rates were dramatically upregulated in all three cell types. In all cases, IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta cellular RNA levels and gene transcription rates were regulated in parallel. However, the profiles of IL-1 gene activation during the 24 h after LPS treatment differed in these three cell types. Additionally, culture in the presence of actinomycin D (Act D) showed differential stabilities of the IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta RNAs in these cells. In peritoneal exudate cells, the half-lives (t1/2) of the IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta RNAs were each > 8 h. In RAW264.7 cells, the stability of the IL-1 beta RNA was greater than the IL-1 alpha RNA (t1/2 > 8 h and approximately 6 h, respectively). In P388D1/C cells, the t1/2's of the IL-1 alpha and beta RNAs varied depending on the time of addition of actinomycin D. This and other data suggest that components of the IL-1 RNA catabolic pathway are labile and sensitive to treatment with actinomycin D. Together these data indicate that the two IL-1 genes show a diverse regulatory repertoire, even within related mononuclear phagocytic cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Godambe
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bellone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin