| First Author | Celada A | Year | 1989 |
| Journal | Eur J Immunol | Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | 1103-9 |
| PubMed ID | 2502420 | Mgi Jnum | J:169823 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:4942276 | Doi | 10.1002/eji.1830190621 |
| Citation | Celada A, et al. (1989) Interferon-gamma activates multiple pathways to regulate the expression of the genes for major histocompatibility class II I-A beta, tumor necrosis factor and complement component C3 in mouse macrophages. Eur J Immunol 19(6):1103-9 |
| abstractText | The purpose of this study was to obtain additional information on the mechanism by which interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) is able to regulate gene expression in macrophages. The expression of the genes for class II histocompatibility I-A beta, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and complement component C3 was assayed after treating bone marrow macrophages with IFN-gamma. Each gene displayed a characteristic pattern of regulation. First, the increase in the level of RNA for each gene followed different kinetics. The level of TNF RNA increased within 15 min after IFN-gamma treatment and reached a plateau after 4 h. In contrast, there was a lag of about 4 h before the level of I-A beta RNA began to rise and a plateau was not reached until 48 h after the IFN-gamma treatment began. C3 gene expression followed an intermediate time course between that for TNF and I-A beta. Second, the expression of I-A beta was inhibited when cells were treated with both IFN-gamma and cycloheximide, while the expression of TNF and C3 was not. Interestingly, the sensitivity to cycloheximide only lasted 30 min following the addition of IFN-gamma, after which cycloheximide had no effect on the expression of I-A beta. Third, lipopolysaccharide abolished the IFN-gamma-induced expression of I-A beta, but enhanced the expression of TNF. Based on these observations, we conclude that IFN-gamma must activate multiple pathways to regulate gene expression in macrophages. |
