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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) are two monokines which play a prominent role in the response to inflammation and injury. We recently observed that TNF leads to an increase in the synthesis of the heavy chain of ferritin, suggesting that TNF may be involved in iron homeostasis (Torti et al. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 12638-12644). The experiments reported here demonstrate that in cultured human muscle cells, IL-1 induces ferritin H mRNA and protein as effectively as TNF. TNF and IL-1 were additive in their effects on ferritin H expression, and IL-1 induction of ferritin H was not blocked by anti-TNF antibodies. Ferritin H induction was a specific response not observed with beta or gamma interferon, nor with transforming growth factor beta. Both differentiated myotubes as well as myoblasts responded to IL-1 with the induction of ferritin H. These results suggest that monokine-mediated alterations in the subunit composition of the ferritin molecule may be of biological relevance in the response to inflammation and injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
289-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Interleukin 1 induces ferritin heavy chain in human muscle cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't