title: Effects of interleukin-10 on chemokine KC gene expression by mouse peritoneal macrophages in response to Candida albicans.
abstract: Chemokine KC has been considered to be a murine homologue of human GRO/MGSA and was identified as chemoattractant for monocytes and neutrophils. This study examined the expression of KC mRNA in thioglycollate-elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages that were stimulated in vitro with Candida albicans (CA). Also examined were the inhibitory effects of IL-10 on the CA-induced expression of KC gene by Northern blot analysis. CA was found to induce chemokine gene expression in a gene-specific manner, CXC chemokine IP-10 mRNA expression was not detected in CA-stimulated macrophages. Maximum KC mRNA expression was observed approximately 2 hr after adding CA. The inhibitory action of IL-10 to CA-induced KC mRNA expression on mouse peritoneal macrophages was independent on concentration and stimulation time of IL-10 and was observed approximately one hour after adding IL-10 and CA simultaneously. IL-10 produced a decrease in the stability of KC mRNA, and CA-stimulated macrophages with cycloheximide blocked the suppressive effect of IL-10. These results suggest that CA also induces chemokine KC from macrophages, and IL-10 acts to destabilize CA-induced KC mRNA and de novo synthesis of an intermediate protein is a part of the IL-10 suppressive mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Taegu, Korea. heesun@medical.yeungnam.ac.kr
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054360:Chemokine CXCL1; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000235:genetics*; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C475829:CXCL1 protein, human; D054360:Chemokine CXCL1; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; C475895:Cxcl1 protein, mouse; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016753:Interleukin-10; D003609:Dactinomycin