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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, resulting in defective transepithelial Cl- transport. The regulation of CF gene expression is not fully understood. We report that interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), but not IFN-alpha or -beta, downregulates CFTR mRNA levels in two colon-derived epithelial cell lines, HT-29 and T84, in a time- and concentration (from 0.1 IU/ml)-dependent manner. IFN-gamma has no effect on the transcription rate of the CFTR gene but reduces CFTR mRNA half-life, indicating that it exerts a posttranscriptional regulation of CFTR expression, at least partly, through destabilization of the transcripts. Cells treated with IFN-gamma contain subnormal amounts of 165-kDa CFTR protein. Assays of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-stimulated 36Cl- efflux and whole cell currents show that CFTR function is diminished in IFN-gamma-treated cells. IFN-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha synergistically reduce CFTR gene expression. Our results suggest that production of these cytokines in response to bacterial infections and inflammatory disorders may alter transmembrane Cl- transport.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C1398-404
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Interferon-gamma downregulates CFTR gene expression in epithelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 245, Hôpital St.-Antoine, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't