Effects of insulin, dexamethasone and cytokines on {alpha}{sub 1}-acid glycoprotein gene expression in primary cultures of normal rat hepatocytes
- Universite Paris (France)
While the effects of insulin, dexamethasone and cytokines on {alpha}{sub 1}-acid glycoprotein gene expression have been investigated in various hepatoma cell lines, the individual and combined effects of these components on the expression of this gene have been rarely studied in cultured normal rat hepatocytes. In this cell model, we have shown that mRNA levels of {alpha}{sub 1}-acid glycoprotein were not decreased at least during the first 24 h of culture under basal conditions. During these short-term cultures, the expression of {alpha}{sub 1}-acid glycoprotein in normal hepatocytes showed a high degree of responsiveness to dexamethasone alone (20-fold increase) and to dexamethasone associated with various cytokines (interleukin-1{beta}, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor {alpha}) with a 40 to 100-fold increase depending on the cytokine. Insulin alone did not modify {alpha}{sub 1}-acid glycoprotein mRNA; however, this hormone exerted a positive effect (about 50% increase) in the presence of dexamethasone or dexamethasone with cytokines. These results indicate that the regulation of {alpha}{sub 1}-acid glycoprotein in cultured normal rat hepatocytes presents major differences when compared to reported observations in rat hepatoma cell lines. 49 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 401798
- Journal Information:
- Inflammation, Vol. 20, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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