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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 154, Issue 1 345-354, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists

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Potential requirement of a functional double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) for the tumoricidal activation of macrophages by lipopolysaccharide or IFN-alpha beta, but not IFN-gamma

GL Gusella, T Musso, SE Rottschafer, K Pulkki and L Varesio
Biological Carcinogenesis and Development Program, Program Resources, PRI/DynCorp, Frederick, MD 21702.

We analyzed the expression of the dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) during the activation of murine macrophages to the tumoricidal state by LPS and/or IFNs. LPS induced PKR expression in a dose-dependent manner at levels that were comparable with those observed in response to IFNs. By using the PKR inhibitor 2-aminopurine (2-AP), we have shown that the pathways of macrophage tumoricidal activation elicited by LPS and IFN- alpha beta, but not by IFN-gamma, included a 2-AP-sensitive step. In fact, LPS- and IFN-alpha beta-induced activation was inhibited by 2-AP, whereas the activation by IFN-gamma was not affected by the presence of the inhibitor. 2-AP did not affect the activation of protein kinase C or protein kinase A in intact cells. In the presence of 2-AP the up- regulation of IFN-beta mRNA by LPS was specifically inhibited, whereas the expression of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA or the induction of PKR remained unchanged, thereby demonstrating that 2-AP inhibited selective macrophage genes. The differential sensitivity to 2- AP suggested that the expression of a functional PKR may be required for the macrophage tumoricidal response triggered by LPS and IFN-alpha beta but not IFN-gamma.


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