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Title: N'-methylnicotinamide blocks activation of normal and leukemic T cell line at an early stage of the cell cycle; role of ADP-ribosylation in the transcription of IL-2

Journal Article · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6859190

The authors analyzed the role of ADP-ribosyl transferase (ADPRT) in the mitogen induced activation of normal peripheral blood lymphocytes and leukemic T cell line Jurkats through the use of an ADPRT inhibitor. Addition of N'-methylnicotinamide (N'-MN) in the range of 1-10 mM reduced IL-2 production and IL-2 receptor (TAC) expression in both cell specimens in a dose dependent fashion when added before or at the same time as ConA, PHA (+ TPA in Jurkats). When N'-MN was added at different times after mitogens, a sigmoid curve response was obtained. The drug was effective only when added in the early stages of activation (1st 8 hours), causing reduction of viability and cell cycle progression (blast formation-DNA synthesis) and expression of all activation markers such as TAC, OKT-9, OKT-10, and HLA-DR. Late addition of the drug (24 hours or later) had no effect. Exogenous recombinant IL-2 (15 units/ml) partially reversed the N'-MN induced inhibition of /sup 3/H-Thymidine incorporation into DNA from mitogen stimulated normal T cells. Northern blot analysis revealed that N'-MN blocks the transcription of DNA to mRNA coding for IL-2. These data indicate that transcription of the genes involved in immune activation requires ADP-ribosylation of nuclear proteins.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles
OSTI ID:
6859190
Report Number(s):
CONF-8604222-
Journal Information:
Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Vol. 45:4; Conference: 70. annual meeting of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, 13 Apr 1986
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English