title: Involvement of retinoic acid-inducible gene-I in the IFN-{gamma}/STAT1 signalling pathway in BEAS-2B cells.
abstract: Bronchial epithelial cells play an important role in airway host defence, and interferon (IFN)-gamma controls immune reactions by regulating the expression of various genes in bronchial epithelial cells. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) is the key transcriptional factor in IFN-gamma signalling. Retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) is a member of the DExH box family of proteins and designated a putative RNA helicase. RNA helicases play diverse roles in regulation of gene expression and cellular functions, and RIG-I is implicated in antiviral responses. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of IFN-gamma on RIG-I expression in a cell line derived from human bronchial epithelial cells, BEAS-2B. Induction of RIG-I in response to IFN-gamma was found in BEAS-2B cells. Induction of RIG-I by IFN-gamma was also demonstrated in another pulmonary epithelial cell line, NCI-H292. Transfection of BEAS-2B cells with RIG-I complementary DNA resulted in the upregulation of STAT1. Induction of IFN-gamma-inducible protein 10 by IFN-gamma was enhanced in the cells overexpressing RIG-I. It is concluded that retinoic acid-inducible gene-I may play an important role in the regulation of immunological reactions in bronchial epithelial cells elicited by interferon-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Vascular Biology, Institute of Brain Science, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5-Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan. timaizum@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D019743:Chemokines, CXC / Q000378:metabolism; D000071457:DEAD Box Protein 58; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020365:RNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C114753:CXCL10 protein, human; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; C494079:STAT1 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D007371:Interferon-gamma; C452820:RIGI protein, human; D000071457:DEAD Box Protein 58; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D020365:RNA Helicases