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ArticleCellular & molecular immunology2016

Interleukin-1 beta induces the expression and production of stem cell factor by epithelial cells: crucial involvement of the PI-3K/mTOR pathway and HIF-1 transcription complex.

Rafal W Wyszynski, Bernhard F Gibbs, Luca Varani, Daniela Iannotta, Vadim V Sumbayev

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Article in Cellular & molecular immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rafal W WyszynskiSchool of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
Bernhard F GibbsSchool of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
Luca VaraniInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Daniela IannottaInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Vadim V SumbayevSchool of Pharmacy, University of Kent, Kent, UK.
University of Kent · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potential crosslinks between inflammation and leukaemia have been discussed for some time, but experimental evidence to support this dogma is scarce. In particular, it is important to understand the mechanisms responsible for potential upregulation of proto-oncogenic growth factor expressions by inflammatory mediators. Here, we investigated the ability of the highly inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) to induce the production of stem cell factor (SCF), which is a major hematopoietic growth factor that controls the progression of acute myeloid leukaemia upon malignant transformation of haematopoietic myeloid cells. We found that human IL-1β induced the expression/secretion of SCF in MCF-7 human epithelial breast cancer cells and that this process depended on the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) transcription complex. We also demonstrated a crucial role of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3K)/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in IL-1β-induced HIF-1α accumulation in MCF-7 cells. Importantly, mTOR was also found to play a role in IL-1β-induced SCF production. Furthermore, a tendency for a positive correlation of IL-1β and SCF levels in the plasma of healthy human donors was observed. Altogether, our results demonstrate that IL-1β, which normally bridges innate and adaptive immunity, induces the production of the major haematopoietic/proleukaemic growth factor SCF through the PI-3K/mTOR pathway and the HIF-1 transcription complex. These findings strongly support a cross-talk between inflammation and acute myeloid leukaemia.

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Gene Expression Regulation, LeukemicAdaptive ImmunityCell HypoxiaCell LineCloning, MolecularEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitImmunity, InnateInterleukin-1betaMacrophagesMCF-7 CellsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingHIF1A protein, humanHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitInterleukin-1betaMTOR protein, humanPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingStem Cell FactorTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID25418470
PMCPMC4711673
OpenAlexW2032552723

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