Upregulation of type I interferon receptor by IFN-gamma. |
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Authors: | E Mizukoshi S Kaneko M Yanagi H Ohno E Matsushita K Kobayashi |
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Affiliation: | First Department of Internal Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Ishikawa, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Type I interferon (IFN) receptor has a multichain structure composed of at least two distinct subunits, IFNAR-1 and IFNAR-2. In the present study, we demonstrated that IFN-gamma induced the expression of mRNA for IFNAR-1 and IFNAR-2 in a human hepatoma cell line, HepG2 cells. The induction was dose and time dependent. Because of this result, we examined the effect of combined treatment with type I IFN and IFN-gamma. The intracellular 2-5A-synthetase activity induced by combined treatment was significantly higher than that by type I IFN alone. This study suggests that combined treatment with type I IFN and IFN-gamma may be more effective than that of type I IFN alone and that the upregulation of type I IFN receptor may be one of the reasons. Our findings may have some relevance to the clinical use of IFN. |
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