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. 1989 Jul;9(7):3037-42.
doi: 10.1128/mcb.9.7.3037-3042.1989.

Beta interferon subtype 1 induction by tumor necrosis factor

H Jacobsen  1 , J Mestan, S Mittnacht, C W Dieffenbach
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Beta interferon subtype 1 induction by tumor necrosis factor

H Jacobsen et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1989 Jul.

Abstract

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induces an antiviral state in various cell lines. This antiviral state is quite similar to that established by interferon (IFN), e.g., TNF treatment of HEp-2 cells induces 2',5'-oligoadenylate synthetase activity. Both antiviral activity and synthetase induction are greatly reduced when TNF treatment occurs in the presence of a beta interferon subtype 1 (IFN-beta 1)-neutralizing antiserum. However, no one has yet directly demonstrated IFN-beta 1 induction, either as an antiviral activity in supernatants from TNF-treated cells or as IFN-specific mRNA by Northern (RNA) blot analysis. We have adopted a recently described in vitro DNA amplification protocol for the detection of specific RNAs. By applying this method to RNA from HEp-2 cells, we could demonstrate increased levels of IFN-beta 1-specific transcripts after TNF treatment. Dose response and kinetics of IFN-beta 1 induction coincided with the TNF-induced antiviral state. Nuclear run-on analysis showed enhanced transcriptional activity of the IFN-beta 1 gene in TNF-treated cells. Our data substantiate a role of IFN-beta 1 as mediator of the biological activity of TNF in HEp-2 cells.

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