| First Author | Salkowski CA | Year | 1996 |
| Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 156 |
| Issue | 9 | Pages | 3107-10 |
| PubMed ID | 8617930 | Mgi Jnum | J:110841 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3641383 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.156.9.3107 |
| Citation | Salkowski CA, et al. (1996) Differential dysregulation of nitric oxide production in macrophages with targeted disruptions in IFN regulatory factor-1 and -2 genes. J Immunol 156(9):3107-10 |
| abstractText | Recent studies have reported that IFN regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) regulates nitric oxide (NO.) production in murine macrophages (M phi). Since IRF-2 recognizes the same consensus sequence as IRF-1, we postulated that IRF-2 may also regulate NO.. Therefore, the ability of M phi from INF-2 homozygous (IRF-2-/-) and heterozygous (IRF-2+/-) knockout mice to produce NO. following LPS and/or IFN-gamma stimulation was compared with the responses of IRF-1-/-, IRF-1+/-, and C57BL/6+/+ M phi. IRF-2-/- M phi produced less LPS-induced NO2- than IRF-2+/- or C57BL/6 M phi. LPS and IFN-gamma synergized to increase NO2- production from IRF-2-/- M phi to approximately 50% of IRF-2+/- and C57BL/6 levels. Unexpectedly, IRF-2-/-, IRF-2+/- and C57BL/6 M phi produced comparable levels of inducible NO synthase mRNA in response to treatment with LPS and IFN-gamma. IRF-1-/- M phi produced barely detectable NO2- and low, but detectable, inducible NO. synthase mRNA in response to IFN-gamma and LPS. These results indicate that IRF-1 and IRF-2 differ in their mechanism of NO. regulation and that IRF-2 regulates inducible NO. synthase post-transcriptionally. |
