title: Modulation of glutathione S-transferase subunits A2, M1, and P1 expression by interleukin-1beta in rat hepatocytes in primary culture.
abstract: The influence of various cytokines on the expression of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) was investigated in rat hepatocytes in primary culture. Only treatment of hepatocytes with interleukin-1beta (IL-1) was effective, resulting in a marked decrease in GSTs. Steady-state mRNA levels of rGSTA2 and M1 were strongly down-regulated by IL-1 in a dose-dependent manner after a 24-h exposure while rGSTP1 mRNA level was increased by a 48-h treatment. Similar effects of IL-1 were observed at the protein level. The response to IL-1 appeared to be specific for each subunit within GST gene families. In addition, IL-1 strongly suppressed the induction of rGSTA2 by 3-methylcholanthrene, oltipraz (a synthetic derivative of 1, 2-dithiole-3-thione), and phenobarbital and that of rGSTM1 by oltipraz and phenobarbital, whereas it was ineffective on rGSTP1 induction by these compounds. Using in vitro nuclear run-on transcription assay and Northern blot analysis of alpha-amanitin-treated cells, IL-1-mediated rGSTM1 mRNA decrease was found to result from mRNA destabilization. These results provide the first demonstration that IL-1 regulates some major GST subunits in hepatocytes by a post-transcriptional mechanism.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U456, Détoxication et Réparation Tissulaire, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, 2 avenue du Pr. Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cedex, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maheo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Antras-Ferry
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Langouët
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillouzo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D011719:Pyrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013871:Thiones; D013876:Thiophenes; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011719:Pyrazines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013871:Thiones; D013876:Thiophenes; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C026209:oltipraz; D005982:Glutathione Transferase