PMID: 8454621Mar 25, 1993Paper

Human recombinant interleukin-1 beta up-regulates elastin gene expression in dermal fibroblasts. Evidence for transcriptional regulation in vitro and in vivo.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
A MauvielJ Uitto

Abstract

The effects of human recombinant interleukin (IL)-1 beta on elastin gene expression were studied in human skin fibroblast cultures by Northern hybridization and transient transfection experiments. Incubation of the cells with IL-1 beta elevated the elastin mRNA steady-state levels by approximately 3- to 4-fold. A similar increase was noted at the protein level, when estimated by indirect immunofluorescence of cultured cells. This effect was independent of the on-going protein synthesis, as tested by incubation with cycloheximide. Transient transfections of the dermal fibroblasts with a human elastin promoter/chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene construct suggested transcriptional regulation, since the CAT activity in cells incubated with IL-1 beta was similarly increased approximately 3-fold. Enhancement of the human elastin promoter activity by IL-1 beta was also noted in fibroblast cultures established from the skin and lungs of transgenic mice which have integrated the human promoter/CAT construct into their genome and express it in a tissue-specific manner. Furthermore, subcutaneous injection of IL-1 beta to the mice resulted in a approximately 4-fold elevation of the CAT activity in the skin after a 30-h i...Continue Reading

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