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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we have investigated whether cytokines, critical mediators of the immune response, might have a direct effect on the expression and/or function of the human hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR). Binding and uptake of asialoglycoproteins by the human hepatoma cell line, HepG2, and by freshly isolated rat hepatocytes were inhibited by 50% after 3-6 hours and completely abolished following a 24 hour exposure to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, interferon (INF) alpha or gamma, or interleukin-2 (IL-2). The loss of ASGPR binding activity mediated by IL-2 was reversible up to 4 hours of exposure and accompanied by the selective phosphorylation of the cell-surface receptor. Steady-state levels of total cellular ASGPR protein remained unchanged over the first 6 hours of IL-2 incubation but declined in a dose dependent manner thereafter. This down regulation of ASGPR expression was due to reduced synthesis as a result of reduced receptor transcript levels. No loss was detected, however, of cell surface-associated receptor protein even after 24 hours of IL-2 incubation, suggesting that cytokine induced phosphorylation constitutes a mechanism to regulate receptor activity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9541
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
527-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Antibody Formation, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Asialoglycoprotein Receptor, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Asialoglycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Interferon-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8126076-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of cytokines on synthesis and function of the hepatic asialoglycoprotein receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Bronx, New York 10461.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't