Reference : Microarray analysis of tumor necrosis factor alpha induced gene expression in U373 hu...
Scientific journals : Article
Life sciences : Genetics & genetic processes
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2743
Microarray analysis of tumor necrosis factor alpha induced gene expression in U373 human glioblastoma cells.
English
Schwamborn, Jens Christian mailto [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Life Science Research Unit >]
Lindecke, Antje [> >]
Elvers, Margitta [> >]
Horejschi, Volker [> >]
Kerick, Martin [> >]
Rafigh, Mehran [> >]
Pfeiffer, Julia [> >]
Prullage, Maria [> >]
Kaltschmidt, Barbara [> >]
Kaltschmidt, Christian [> >]
2003
BMC Genomics
4
1
46
Yes (verified by ORBilu)
International
1471-2164
England
[en] Cell Line, Tumor/drug effects/metabolism ; Chemokine CCL2/genetics/metabolism ; Cluster Analysis ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Gene Expression Profiling ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects ; Glioblastoma/genetics/metabolism/pathology ; Humans ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis/methods ; Time Factors ; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
[en] BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) is able to induce a variety of biological responses in the nervous system including inflammation and neuroprotection. Human astrocytoma cells U373 have been widely used as a model for inflammatory cytokine actions in the nervous system. Here we used cDNA microarrays to analyze the time course of the transcriptional response from 1 h up to 12 h post TNF treatment in comparison to untreated U373 cells. TNF activated strongly the NF-kappaB transcriptional pathway and is linked to other pathways via the NF-kappaB target genes JUNB and IRF-1. Part of the TNF-induced gene expression could be inhibited by pharmacological inhibition of NF-kappaB with pyrrolidine-dithiocarbamate (PDTC). NF-kappaB comprises a family of transcription factors which are involved in the inducible expression of genes regulating neuronal survival, inflammatory response, cancer and innate immunity. RESULTS: In this study we show that numerous genes responded to TNF (> 880 from 7500 tested) with a more than two-fold induction rate. Several novel TNF-responsive genes (about 60% of the genes regulated by a factor > or = 3) were detected. A comparison of our TNF-induced gene expression profiles of U373, with profiles from 3T3 and Hela cells revealed a striking cell-type specificity. SCYA2 (MCP-1, CCL2, MCAF) was induced in U373 cells in a sustained manner and at the highest level of all analyzed genes. MCP-1 protein expression, as monitored with immunofluorescence and ELISA, correlated exactly with microarray data. Based on these data and on evidence from literature we suggest a model for the potential neurodegenerative effect of NF-kappaB in astroglia: Activation of NF-kappaB via TNF results in a strongly increased production of MCP-1. This leads to a exacerbation of neurodegeneration in stoke or Multiple Sclerosis, presumably via infiltration of macrophages. CONCLUSIONS: The vast majority of genes regulated more than 3-fold were previously not linked to tumor necrosis factor alpha as a search in published literature revealed. Striking co-regulation for several functional groups such as proteasome and ribosomal proteins were detected.
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2743
10.1186/1471-2164-4-46

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