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TI RAW264 macrophages stably transfected with an HIV-1 LTR reporter gene
provide a sensitive bioassay for analysis of signalling pathways in
macrophages stimulated with lipopolysaccharide, TNF-alpha or taxol.
DT 9602
AU Sweet MJ; Hume DA; Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of; Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
SO J Inflamm. 1995;45(2):126-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96050094
AB Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) modulates expression of a variety of
genes in macrophages, and additionally activates viral promoters
including the HIV-1 LTR. The HIV-1 LTR driving the luciferase reporter
gene was stably transfected into the murine macrophage cell line,
RAW264. In stably transfected cells, luciferase activity was
LPS-dependent. As little as 0.01 ng/ml LPS was sufficient to increase
luciferase activity over basal levels with maximal stimulation resulting
in a 10- to 20-fold response. The cells also responded to human and
murine tumour necrosis factor (TNF alpha). Endogenous TNF alpha was not
involved in LPS responses, since pretreatment with alpha-TNF alpha
antibody did not affect activation. Induction of HIV-1 LTR activity by
LPS occurred independently of phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) sensitive
protein kinase C (PKC), since depletion of PKC by prolonged exposure to
PMA blocked TNF alpha and PMA responses but was not able to abolish LPS
action on these cells. Taxol (5-20 micrograms/ml), a chemotherapeutic
agent which mimics LPS action on macrophages, was also able to increase
expression of the reporter gene driven by the HIV-1 LTR. However, lower
doses of taxol that were not sufficient to trans-activate the LTR or to
induce TNF alpha expression were cytotoxic to RAW264 cells suggesting
that the cytotoxic and LPS-like activities of taxol were not linked.
This cell line provides a convenient method for detecting LPS-like
activity and is a useful tool for examining LPS and TNF alpha signalling
pathways.
DE Animal Cell Line Gene Expression Genes, Reporter Human HIV Long
Terminal Repeat/*GENETICS HIV-1/*GENETICS
Lipopolysaccharides/*PHARMACOLOGY Luciferase/GENETICS/METABOLISM
Macrophages/*METABOLISM Mice Paclitaxel/*PHARMACOLOGY Protein Kinase
C/METABOLISM Signal Transduction Tetradecanoylphorbol
Acetate/PHARMACOLOGY Transfection Tumor Necrosis Factor/*PHARMACOLOGY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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