Dexamethasone induces the expression of the mRNA of lipocortin 1 and 2 and the release of lipocortin 1 and 5 in differentiated, but not undifferentiated U‐937 cells
- 21 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 291 (2), 238-244
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(91)81293-h
Abstract
The effect of dexamethasone on mRNA and protein synthesis of lipocortins (LCT) 1, 2 and 5 has been investigated in U-937 cells. A constitutive expression of both mRNAs and proteins was detected in undifferentiated U-937 cells. This constitutive level was increased time- and dose- dependently by incubation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). In U-937 cells differentiated by 24 h incubation with 6 ng/ml PMA, dexamethasone (DEX) (1 μM for 16 h) caused an increased synthesis of the mRNA level of LCT-1 and 2, but not of LCT-5, over the level induced by PMA. DEX had no effect in undifferentiated cells, Moreover, DEX stimulated the extracellular release of LCT-1 and 5, but not of LCT-2, and inhibited the release of PGE2 and TXB2 only in the differentiated U-937 cells. These results suggest that the responsiveness of these cells to glucocorticoids is dependent on the phase of cell differentiation. The selective release of lipocortins by differentiated U-937 cells may explain, at least in part, the inhibition by DEX of the prostanoid releaseKeywords
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