Differential expression of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF-1), IRF-2, and interferon consensus sequence binding protein genes in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-responsive and LPS-hyporesponsive macrophages

Macrophages secrete interferon (IFN), as well as other cytokines, following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. The interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) comprise a family of DNA-binding proteins that have been implicated in the transcriptional regulation of IFN and certain IFN-inducible genes. We therefore characterized basal and LPS-inducible levels of IRF-1, IRF-2, and interferon consensus sequence binding protein (ICSBP) mRNA in LPS-responsive macrophages and compared the expression of these genes in macrophages that typify two murine models of LPS hyporesponsiveness. In the first model, the LPS-hyporesponsive phenotype of the C3H/HeJ mouse is genetically determined and maps to the Lps locus on mouse chromosome 4. In the second model, normally LPS-responsive macrophages acquire a transient LPS-hyporesponsive phenotype following a prior exposure to LPS, a phenomenon referred to as "endotoxin tolerance." Using reverse transcription PCR, we detected basal levels of IRF-1 mRNA in LPS-responsive (Lpsn) macrophages that were approximately 15 times higher than those found in LPS-hyporesponsive (Lpsd) macrophages. Conversely, Lpsd macrophages expressed basal levels of IRF-2 mRNA that were approximately 18 times higher than those expressed in Lpsn macrophages. LPS stimulation resulted in a dose- and time-dependent accumulation of IRF-1, IRF-2, and ICSBP mRNA only in Lpsn macrophages. Cycloheximide inhibited the accumulation of LPS-stimulated IRF-2 and ICSBP mRNA, but not IRF-1 mRNA, thus designating IRF-1 an immediate-early, LPS-inducible gene. Finally, macrophages rendered tolerant to endotoxin expressed elevated but nonmaximal mRNA levels for all three transcription factors that are not reinduced upon secondary challenge with LPS. Thus, the IRFs may represent yet an additional molecular pathway in the complex response to LPS.

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