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ArticleJournal of virology1990

Coordinate enhancement of cytokine gene expression in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected promonocytic cells.

M D'Addario, A Roulston, M A Wainberg, J Hiscott

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Article in Journal of virology, 1990. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M D'AddarioLady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A Roulston
M A Wainberg
J Hiscott
Jewish General Hospital · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A promonocytic cell model was used to investigate cytokine gene transcription in U937 and U9-IIIB cells chronically infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The production of interferon (alpha-1 interferon [IFN-alpha 1], IFN-alpha 2, and IFN-beta), interleukin (interleukin 1 alpha [IL-1 alpha], IL-1 beta, and IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA was characterized by quantitative polymerase chain reaction mRNA phenotyping in U937 and U9-IIIB cells following coinfection with Sendai paramyxovirus or stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Chronic HIV-1 infection of U9-IIIB cells resulted in a low constitutive level of transcription of TNF and IL-1 genes but not IFN genes; however, when the cells were coinfected with Sendai virus, 10- to 20-fold higher levels of IFN-beta, IL-1 beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha mRNA were observed in U9-IIIB cells than in similarly induced U937 cells. The enhanced levels of cytokine RNA in virus-infected U9-IIIB cells were also accompanied by higher levels of IFN antiviral activity and TNF secretion than in U937 cells. Transcript levels for IFN-alpha 1 and IFN-alpha 2 were equivalently induced in virus-infected U937 and U9-IIIB cells, indicating that a generalized derepression of cytokine gene expression did not occur as a consequence of HIV-1 infection. When LPS was used as an inducer, a distinct pattern of cytokine gene expression was detected in U9-IIIB cells. TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta but not IFN-alpha or IFN-beta transcripts were induced by LPS. These results suggest that HIV-1 infection of promonocytic cells may prime or sensitize cells such that subsequent antigenic challenge leads to coordinate enhancement of cytokine gene expression.

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Cell Transformation, ViralGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Expression Regulation, ViralTranscription, GeneticCell LineCytokinesHIV-1HumansInterferon Type IInterleukin-1KineticsLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffusePolymerase Chain ReactionRestriction MappingRNA, MessengerRNA, NeoplasmCytokinesInterferon Type IInterleukin-1RNA, MessengerRNA, NeoplasmTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID2243388
PMCPMC248782
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