title: Complement factor I is upregulated in rat hepatocytes by interleukin-6 but not by interferon-gamma, interleukin-1beta, or tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
abstract: Complement factor I (FI) is a regulatory serine protease of the complement system which cleaves three peptide bonds in the alpha-chain of C3b and two bonds in the alpha-chain of C4b and thus prevents the assembly of the C3 and C5 convertases. We have investigated the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-1beta, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma for their potential role in the regulation of FI expression. Of the investigated cytokines, only IL-6 increased the FI-specific RT-PCR signal in isolated hepatocytes, in the two rat hepatoma-derived cell lines FAO and H4IIE or in HUVECs. Quantitative competitive RT-PCR showed an IL-6 induced upregulation of FI-specific mRNA by about ten-fold. These data are in accord with Northern blot analyses in which the FI-mRNA was upregulated by IL-6 between five- and seven-fold. IL-6, but not IL-1beta, TNF-alpha or IFN-gamma also increased FI-protein levels in cell culture supernatants by about five-fold as determined by a semiquantitative immunoblot using a novel monoclonal antibody specific for rat FI.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Immunologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schlaf
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Demberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koleva
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jungermann
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Götze
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017244:Complement Factor I / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D022781:Hepatocytes; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D017244:Complement Factor I