Elsevier

Hepatology

Volume 22, Issue 4, Part 1, October 1995, Pages 1143-1153
Hepatology

Original article
Differential effects of cytokines on the inducible expression of cyp1a1, CYP1A2, and CYP3A4 in human hepatocytes in primary culture

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Abstract

We have investigated the effect of cytokines, including interleukin-6 (11-6), interleukin-lα (II-lα), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), on the inducible expression of cytochrome P450s (CYP) CYP1A1, CYP1A2, and CYP3A4 in human hepatocytes in primary culture. The ability of these cultures to mimic the acute phase response when stimulated with cytokines was evaluated using immunoblotting to measure the production of albumin, ferritin, fibrinogen, and ceruloplasmin. The cytokines exhibited specific patterns of action on the production of these proteins. Albumin was depressed by all the cytokines. In contrast to 11-6 and II-lα, TNF-α reduced the production of fibrinogen and ceruloplasmin but stimulated the production of ferritin. When cells were treated with the CYP inducer alone, large increases in the expression of CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 by β-naphthoflavone and of CYP3A4 by rifampicin were observed at messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein levels, by ribonuclease protection and immunoblotting, respectively. When the cells were treated with the inducer plus cytokines, the induction of mRNA was greatly reduced. Again, specific patterns of action were revealed: 11-6 had the most potent effect on CYP3A4, whereas TNF-α was the most potent with CYP1A genes. In all cases, changes at the protein levels paralleled changes at the mRNA levels. In cells preinduced with β-naphthoflavone or rifampicin, the decay with time of the levels of the CYPIA2 or CYP3A4 proteins, after the removal of the inducer, was not affected by cytokines. We conclude that cytokines strongly repress the inducibility of CYP1As and CYP3A4 genes at a transcriptional or a posttranscriptional level, but affect neither the rate of translation of CYP mRNAs nor the rate of degradation of the CYP proteins in these cultures. (Hepatology 1995; 22: 1143–1153.)

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    Supported in part by CIRIT (AIRE 92-8 annex I and AIRE 93, annex I-25).

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    Dr Muntané-Relat's present address: Unidad Experimental, Hospital Reina Sofia, Av. Menendez Pidal, 14004 Cordoba, Spain.

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