title: [Effect of inflammatory cytokines on the expression of Krupple-like factor 4 in endothelium].
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of Krupple-like factor 4 (KLF-4) in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) under stimulating of cytokines IL-1beta and TNF-alpha. The HUVEC were isolated, cultured and exposed to IL-1beta, TNF-alpha for 2 and 4 hours, the expression level of KLF-4 mRNA was detected by real-time PCR, the expression level of KLF-4 protein was measured by Western blot, the location of KLF-4 in HUVEC was determined by confocal laser microscopy. The results showed that the KLF-4 mRNA lowly expressed in normal HUVEC, but highly expressed in HUVEC after stimulation with IL-1beta and TNF-alpha; furthermore the expressions of KLF-4 mRNA and protein were enhanced along with prolonging of time. Confocal laser microscopy showed that the expression of KLF-4 was enhanced in nucleus and plasma of HUVEC after stimulating with IL-1beta. It is concluded that the expression of KLF-4 increases under IL-1beta and TNF-alpha stimulation which may participate in regulation of endothelial activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, The Second Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Rui-Juan
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lin-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004727:Endothelium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D053583:Interleukin-1beta; C000715467:KLF4 protein, human; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha