title: Mechanisms of oxidant regulation of monocyte chemotactic protein 1 production in human whole blood and isolated mononuclear cells.
abstract: Previous work has demonstrated that reactive oxygen intermediates (ROIs) play an important regulatory role in the induction of monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1) in certain cells. This study investigated the mechanisms of ROI regulation of MCP-1 gene expression in whole blood and isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The antioxidants dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N-acetyl cysteine, and dimethyl thiourea significantly inhibited lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced MCP-1 production in either whole blood or isolated blood cells. In contrast, interleukin 6 and tumor necrosis factor production were not affected and interleukin-1beta levels were actually increased with DMSO treatment. Exogenous ROI (either hydrogen peroxide or O2 generated by xanthine/xanthine oxidase) stimulated MCP-1 production, which was also inhibited by DMSO. To confirm the biological relevance of these findings in vivo, mice treated with DMSO before LPS challenge had significantly lower plasma levels of MCP-1. The level of inhibition was addressed in experiments which demonstrated that DMSO significantly decreased MCP-1 mRNA induced by LPS in whole blood and PBMCs. Cycloheximide treatment did not abolish the DMSO inhibition of MCP-1 mRNA, demonstrating that de novo protein synthesis is not required. Treatment with actinomycin D showed that DMSO did not increase the decay rate of MCP-1 mRNA, indicating that ROI did not change the stability of MCP-1 mRNA. These results provide evidence that in whole blood and PBMCs, DMSO regulates MCP-1 gene expression by decreasing the induction of MCP-1 mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Medical School Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. remickd@bu.edu
authors.forename: Liyu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Remick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D016877:Oxidants / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D016877:Oxidants