title: Interferon-gamma inhibits the lipopolysaccharide-induced macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha gene transcription in human neutrophils.
abstract: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potent inducer of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) production in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), and it was recently shown that Interferon- gamma (IFN gamma) transiently inhibits MIP-1 alpha mRNA accumulation in LPS-stimulated PMN. To elucidate the molecular basis of the regulation of MIP-1 alpha gene expression in PMN, we investigated the effects of LPS and IFN gamma at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Nuclear run-on analysis revealed that LPS increases the transcription rate of the MIP-1 alpha gene, and that IFN gamma markedly inhibits the rate of MIP-1 alpha gene transcription in LPS-activated neutrophils. IFN gamma did not affect MIP-1 alpha mRNA stability in LPS-treated PMN, indicating that the cytokine does not regulate the LPS-induced MIP-1 alpha gene expression through post-transcriptional events. These results demonstrate that human neutrophils can actively transcribe the MIP-1 alpha gene, and that transcriptional inhibition is the mechanism whereby IFN gamma inhibits MIP-1 alpha gene expression in PMN.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Pathology, University of Verona, Italy. MCNCSS@borgoroma.univr.it
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cassatella
mesh_terms: D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007371:Interferon-gamma