人白介素－3基因表达调节的研究

报导了ｈ－ＩＬ－３基因表达调节研究的结果：（１）人静止的外周血淋巴细胞几乎不表达ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ,但受丝裂原ＰＨＡ的刺激后则诱导ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ表达,ＴＰＡ与ＰＨＡ联合处理,使ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ的蓄积进一步增加,但ＴＰＡ单独不足以诱导ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ蓄积;（２）Ａ２３１８７／ＴＰＡ能代替ＰＨＡ／ＴＰＡ的刺激,并直接诱导ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ表达;（３）ＴＲＥＯＤＮ处理则显著抑制ＰＨＡ／ＴＰＡ诱导的ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ表达。这些结果揭示：ｈ－ＩＬ－３基因的表达在转录及转录后水平被调节,而且是可诱导的,诱导ｈ－ＩＬ－３基因表达、需要Ｃａ２＋依赖及ＰＫＣ依赖的两个信息转导系统,Ｆｏｓ蛋白是反式激活ＩＬ－３基因表达的转录因子,ＰＫＣ依赖的转导系统,可能与ＩＬ－３ｍＲＮＡ的稳定性有关。     

Calcium and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide induced expression of circadian clock gene mPer1 in the mouse cerebellar granule cell culture

Mammalian circadian clock genes Per1 and Per2 are rhythmically expressed not only in the suprachiasmatic nucleus where the mammalian circadian clock exists, but also in other brain regions and peripheral tissues. The induced circadian oscillation of Per genes after treatment with high concentrations of serum or various drugs in cultured cells suggests the ubiquitous existence of the oscillatory mechanism. These treatments also result in a rapid surge of expression of Per1. It has been shown that multiple signaling pathways are involved in Per1 gene induction in culture cells. We used a dispersed primary cell culture made up of mouse cerebellar granule cells to examine the stimuli inducing the mPer genes and their signaling pathways in neuronal tissues expressing mPer genes. We demonstrated that mPer1, but not mPer2, mRNA expression was dependent on the depolarization state controlled by extracellular KCl concentration in the granule cell culture. Nifedipine treatment reduced mPer1 induction, suggesting that mPer1 mRNA expression depends on intracellular calcium concentration regulated through a voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel. Transient mPer1 mRNA induction was observed after elevating KCl concentration in the medium from 5 mM to 25 mM. This increased expression was suppressed by a calmodulin antagonist, or CaMKII/IV inhibitor, but not by MEK inhibitors. Addition of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-38 to the medium also induced transient Per1 gene expression. This induction was mimicked by dibutyryl-cAMP and suppressed by a protein kinase A (PKA) inhibitor, but not by MEK inhibitors. These results suggest that Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II/IV- and PKA-dependent pathways are involved in high-KCl and PACAP-induced mPer1 induction, respectively, and neural tissues use multiple signaling pathways for mPer1 induction similar to culture cells.     

Nature and specificity of lymphokine independence induced by a selectable retroviral vector expressing v-src.

A murine retroviral vector, LSNLsrc, has been constructed and examined for its ability to induce growth factor independence in cells normally dependent on interleukin 2 (IL-2) or interleukin 3 (IL-3) for growth. The LSNLsrc vector coexpressed the v-src gene of Rous sarcoma virus and the neo gene from transposon Tn5, allowing infected cells to be selected on the basis of G418 resistance. The murine cell lines CTLL-2 and FD.C/1, which are dependent for growth on IL-2 and IL-3, respectively, were both readily infected with the LSNLsrc virus. LSNLsrc-infected, G418-resistant cultures of FD.C/1 cells were able to give rise to IL-3-independent progeny, but all G418-resistant CTLL-2 cells retained normal IL-2 dependence. The induction of IL-3 independence by v-src was not a direct event, since limiting dilution analysis of the LSNLsrc-infected FD.C/1 cells showed that most of them were IL-3 dependent, despite expression of v-src mRNA and active pp60v-src kinase. However, clones selected from this population in the presence of IL-3 were able to undergo a subsequent progression event and generate IL-3-independent progeny. The generation of factor-independent variants in the clonal cultures was a rare event, as witnessed by the death of most of the cells in each clone when IL-3 was withdrawn. Together, these data indicate that a secondary event, in addition to v-src expression, was required to generate IL-3-independent growth. No evidence was found for an autocrine mechanism of transformation involving IL-2, IL-3, interleukin 4, or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.