title: A novel interferon-inducible gene expressed during myeloid differentiation.
abstract: The acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line, NB4, can be induced to differentiate to mature granulocytes by retinoic acid treatment. A novel retinoic acid-inducible cDNA clone, designated RI58, was isolated from a cDNA library constructed from retinoic acid-treated NB4 cells by differential hybridization. RI58 cDNA encodes a protein of 58kDa which has a similarity in its amino acids sequence to interferon (IFN)-inducible proteins. In addition, RI58 was induced by recombinant human IFN-alpha (rhIFN-alpha) in NB4 cells. RI58 was detectable within 4 hours post-stimulation with rhIFN-alpha, while it took as long as 1day after retinoic acid stimulation. Culture supernatant from retinoic acid-treated NB4 cells also induced RI58 expression similarly as rhIFN-alpha. This activity in culture supernatant was inhibited by anti-leukocyte IFN antiserum which showed specific reactivity to rhIFN-alpha. These results indicate that RI58 is induced by retinoic acid stimulation through autocrinally secreted IFN-alpha from NB4 cells. In the retinoic acid-treated NB4 cells, the expression of RI58 was increased along the process of differentiation. On the other hand, it was expressed constitutively in untreated non-hematopoietic cell lines and mature hematopoietic cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Cell Biology, and Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5099, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niikura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Weil
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019898:Autocrine Communication / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; C110985:IFIT5 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin; D007372:Interferons