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Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor regulates hepatic acute-phase gene expression.
D H Perlmutter, C A Dinarello, P I Punsal, H R Colten
D H Perlmutter, C A Dinarello, P I Punsal, H R Colten
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Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor regulates hepatic acute-phase gene expression.

Abstract

The monokine, cachectin/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) differs from interleukin 1 (IL-1) in primary structure and in recognition by a distinct cellular receptor. It does, however, encode effector functions that are similar to those of IL-1 and characteristic of the host response to inflammation or tissue injury. Accordingly, we examined the possibility that recombinant-generated human TNF regulates hepatic acute-phase gene expression. In picomolar concentrations, TNF mediated reversible, dose- and time-dependent increases in biosynthesis of complement proteins factor B and C3, alpha 1 antichymotrypsin, and decreases in biosynthesis of albumin and transferrin in human hepatoma cell lines (Hep G2, Hep 3B). Biosynthesis of complement proteins C2 and C4, and alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor were not affected by TNF. TNF also increased factor B gene expression, but had no effect on C2 gene expression, in murine fibroblasts transfected with cosmid DNA bearing the human C2 and factor B genes. The effect of TNF on acute-phase protein expression (C3, factor B, albumin) was pre-translational as shown by changes in specific messenger RNA content.

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D H Perlmutter, C A Dinarello, P I Punsal, H R Colten

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