TY - JOUR
T1 - Tumor necrosis factor acts synergistically with autocrine interferon-β and increases interferon-β mRNA levels in human fibroblasts
AU - Reis, L. F.L.
AU - Lee, T. H.
AU - Vilcek, J.
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PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Medium of untreated human FS-4 foreskin fibroblasts contained a factor which, upon the addition of exogenous tumor necrosis factor (TNF), inhibited encephalomyocarditis virus replication when neither medium alone nor TNF alone were effective. This antiviral activity was abolished by a monoclonal antibody to human interferon (IFN)-β, suggesting that the active component in the medium from untreated FS-4 cells was IFN-β, present at subeffective concentrations. In addition, we show that untreated FS-4 cells contain IFN-β mRNA, demonstrable by the highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction after reverse transcription. Treatment of FS-4 cells with TNF produced an approximately 16-fold increase in the steady-state level of IFN-β mRNA. Our results support the conclusion that autocrine IFN-β is secreted by untreated normal fibroblasts and that TNF can enhance the production of autocrine IFN-β by increasing the level of IFN-β mRNA. Our study also demonstrates that subeffective concentrations of autocrine IFN-β, which escape detection in conventional assays, are sufficient to produce a strong synergistic action with TNF.
AB - Medium of untreated human FS-4 foreskin fibroblasts contained a factor which, upon the addition of exogenous tumor necrosis factor (TNF), inhibited encephalomyocarditis virus replication when neither medium alone nor TNF alone were effective. This antiviral activity was abolished by a monoclonal antibody to human interferon (IFN)-β, suggesting that the active component in the medium from untreated FS-4 cells was IFN-β, present at subeffective concentrations. In addition, we show that untreated FS-4 cells contain IFN-β mRNA, demonstrable by the highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction after reverse transcription. Treatment of FS-4 cells with TNF produced an approximately 16-fold increase in the steady-state level of IFN-β mRNA. Our results support the conclusion that autocrine IFN-β is secreted by untreated normal fibroblasts and that TNF can enhance the production of autocrine IFN-β by increasing the level of IFN-β mRNA. Our study also demonstrates that subeffective concentrations of autocrine IFN-β, which escape detection in conventional assays, are sufficient to produce a strong synergistic action with TNF.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2550437
AN - SCOPUS:0024432692
VL - 264
SP - 16351
EP - 16354
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 28
ER -