title: Heat shock inhibits IL-12 p40 expression through NF-kappa B signalling pathway in murine macrophages.
abstract: We report the effect of heat shock on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced interleukin 12 (IL-12) expression. The augmentation of LPS-induced IL-12 p40 mRNA and p70 protein was significantly suppressed in both peritoneal macrophages and RAW264.7 cells after heat shock at 43 degrees C. The binding activity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) was reduced by prior heat shock. LPS did not induce degradation of the inhibitory protein I-kappa B alpha in the shocked cells, which might be a potential mechanism to block NF-kappa B activation. Furthermore, transient transfection assay in RAW264.7 cells demonstrated that LPS-induced activation of DM703 and DM138 (contains NF-kappa B motif) was highly sensitive to heat shock. These data suggest that heat shock influences expression of IL-12 through the I-kappa B/NF-kappa B pathway.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai, 20031, PR China
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006358:Hot Temperature; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D053762:Interleukin-12 Subunit p40; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D053762:Interleukin-12 Subunit p40; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D016328:NF-kappa B; C000606205:Nfkbia protein, mouse; D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000072000:NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha; D018664:Interleukin-12