title: Regulation of ferritin light chain gene expression by oxidized low-density lipoproteins in human monocytic THP-1 cells.
abstract: Genes induced or suppressed by oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) in human monocytic THP-1 cells were searched using differential display reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactions (DDRT-PCR). Among the many differentially expressed cDNA fragments, one was dramatically stimulated by the oxLDL in a steady state level, which was later found to contain sequences corresponding to ferritin light chain (L-ferritin) in a sequence homology search. The stimulatory effect of the oxLDL on the level of L-ferritin mRNA in the THP-1 cells was both time- and dose-dependent. When the cells were allowed to differentiate in the presence of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), the differentiated cells were generally less responsive to the oxLDL than the undifferentiated ones. An increase of L-ferritin mRNA was observed when the cells were treated with the lipid components in the oxLDL such as 9-HODE, 13-HODE, and 25-hydroxycholesterol. In addition, a stimulation of the L-ferritin gene expression was also observed when the cells were treated with an endogenous peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) ligand, 15d-PGJ2, in a time- and dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that oxLDL or its constituents are related to the stimulation of L-ferritin expression via PPARgamma.
authors.affiliation: College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, 702-701, Korea.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D001052:Apoferritins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005293:Ferritins / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols / Q000494:pharmacology; D008024:Ligands; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C097240:15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2; D017931:DNA Primers; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols; D008024:Ligands; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D014157:Transcription Factors; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein; C024347:9-hydroxy-10,12-octadecadienoic acid; C024348:13-hydroxy-9,11-octadecadienoic acid; C007997:25-hydroxycholesterol; D005293:Ferritins; D001052:Apoferritins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D015230:Prostaglandin D2