title: Development of competitive mRNA PCR for the quantification of interleukin-6-responsive junB oncogene expression.
abstract: The transcription factor junB belongs to the jun family of protooncogenes. The appearance of junB mRNA in hepatic cells is an extremely early and sensitive marker of the action of proinflammatory cytokines including interleukin-6. In this study, a competitive reverse transcription (RT)-PCR assay has been developed that is suitable for the quantitative determination of junB mRNA expression. This nonisotopic assay compared to other methods (e.g., Northern blot) is a fast and convenient way to determine the expression of the junB gene and thus the immediate concentration- and time-dependent action of interleukin-6. Because interleukin-6 and interleukin-6-type cytokines play a highly important regulatory role in various pathophysiologically important processes, such as hepatic acute-phase reaction, the quantitative assay of junB mRNA completes the scale of laboratory approaches in inflammation and among other pathological conditions.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Igaz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fejér
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Szalai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falus
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D017931:DNA Primers; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors