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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 16, 7454-7457, Jun, 1988
S Gessani, S McCandless and C Baglioni
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Albany 12222.
Human fibroblasts were induced to secrete interferon (IFN) by treatment with the double-stranded RNA poly(inosinic).poly(cytidylic) acid or by infection with Newcastle disease virus. Treatment with 0.1-1 microM dexamethasone reduced the amount of IFN secreted by approximately 40- 70%, respectively. A similar decrease in secretion of human IFN-beta was detected in dexamethasone-treated murine C127 cells that carry an IFN expression vector. These cells transcribe constitutively human IFN- beta under the control of a viral thymidine kinase promotor. Secretion of murine IFN induced by double-stranded RNA was also reduced in dexamethasone-treated C127 cells. The amount of IFN-beta mRNA present in fibroblasts and C127 cells was measured by hybridization to complementary RNA. Treatment with dexamethasone markedly reduced the level of IFN-beta mRNA present in both cells. The time course of this decrease was measured in C127 cells; 50 and 80% loss of IFN mRNA was observed after approximately 7.5 and 12 h, respectively. Murine IFN mRNA was also decreased in dexamethasone-treated C127 cells induced with double-stranded RNA. However, the rate of transcription of human IFN mRNA measured by run-on assays in isolated nuclei of dexamethasone- treated C127 cells was found to be comparable to that of control untreated cells. The finding that dexamethasone reduces the level of IFN mRNA transcribed under the control of both its own promotor and an unrelated promotor, together with the observation that dexamethasone does not apparently alter the rate of transcription of this mRNA, suggest that glucocorticoids may regulate IFN production by decreasing the level of its mRNA.
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