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Interleukin‐10 gene transfer activates interferon‐γ and the interferon‐γ‐inducible genes Gbp‐1 / Mag‐1 and Mig‐1 in mammary tumors
Author(s) -
Sun Hui,
Jackson Marian J.,
Kundu Namita,
Fulton Amy M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990209)80:4<624::aid-ijc23>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - biology , transfection , microbiology and biotechnology , monokine , interferon , cancer research , cell culture , mammary tumor , transgene , complementary dna , gene expression , gene , interferon gamma , cytokine , interleukin , immunology , cancer , biochemistry , genetics , breast cancer
Expression of IL‐10 as a transgene inhibits murine mammary tumor growth and metastasis. Using differential display methodology, we sought genes whose expression was modulated by IL‐10. We compared mRNA isolated from parental murine mammary 66.1 tumors, as well as tumors derived from neo r ‐transfected cells and 6 different IL‐10‐expressing cell lines. We identified 2 cDNA products that were up‐regulated in all 6 IL‐10‐expressing tumors in comparison to parental and 66‐neo tumors. One cDNA corresponds to the murine guanylate‐binding protein gene Gbp‐1/Mag‐1. The other cDNA corresponds to the chemokine Mig‐1 (monokine induced by IFN‐γ). Both genes were originally identified in IFN‐γ‐activated macrophages or macrophage cell lines. We now report that cultured mammary epithelial tumor cell lines also express both genes in response to treatment with IFN‐γ and LPS. Furthermore, IFN‐γ mRNA is elevated in IL‐10‐expressing tumors in comparison with parental or neo‐transfected tumors. Thus, high‐level expression of IL‐10 as a transgene results in activation rather than suppression of IFN‐γ as well as 2 IFN‐γ‐inducible genes. Up‐regulation of host IFN‐γ is critical to anti‐tumor activity since IL‐10 no longer inhibits tumor growth in hosts with a deletion in the IFN‐γ gene. Additionally, Gbp‐1/Mag‐1 and Mig‐1 gene induction no longer occur in IFN‐γ mutant mice. Int. J. Cancer 80:624–629, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.