title: Interleukin-4 inhibits the lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of c-jun and c-fos messenger RNA and activator protein-1 binding activity in human monocytes.
abstract: We studied the effect of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induction of two immediate early genes c-fos and c-jun. These genes encode proteins that form the dimeric complex activator protein-1 (AP-1), which is active as a transcriptional factor. Maximal accumulation of either c-fos and c-jun messenger RNA (mRNA) occurred 30 minutes after LPS addition. When cells were treated with IL-4 for 5 hours before LPS activation, both the c-fos and the c-jun mRNA expression was decreased. The inhibition of c-fos and c-jun expression by IL-4 in LPS-treated cells was shown to be due to a lower transcription rate of the c-fos and c-jun genes. IL-4 did not affect the stability of the c-fos and c-jun transcripts. Finally, using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, evidence was obtained that IL-4 inhibits LPS-induced expression of AP-1 protein. These data indicate that IL-4 suppresses the induction of transcription factors in human activated monocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Dokter
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Esselink
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Halie
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vellenga
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000187:drug effects*; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D015847:Interleukin-4; D000001:Calcimycin