Endocrinology, Vol 136, 5736-5744, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Interleukin-1 beta regulates the expression of a leukocyte type of 12- lipoxygenase in rat islets and RIN m5F cells

D Bleich, S Chen, JL Gu, L Thomas, S Scott, N Gonzales, R Natarajan and JL Nadler
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA.

The leukocyte type of 12-lipoxygenase (12-LO) may play a role in inflammatory reactions in many cell types through the conversion of arachidonic acid to proinflammatory eicosanoids that include 12- hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid and 12-hydroeicosatetraenoic acid. Previous studies demonstrating the presence of a functional 12-LO pathway in rat and human pancreatic beta-cells plus the recent cloning of a rat leukocyte type of 12-LO allowed us to evaluate whether inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) can regulate the beta-cell 12-LO enzyme pathway, thus providing a potential link between the cytotoxic effects of cytokines on pancreatic beta- cells and the proinflammatory effects of 12-LO products. We demonstrate that IL-1 beta induces 12-LO protein and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in RIN m5F cells and 12-LO mRNA expression in rat islets. RIN m5F cells treated for 16 h with IL-1 beta (25, 50, and 100 ng/liter) showed a maximal 2-fold increase in the expression of a leukocyte form of 12-LO demonstrated by Western blots. A concomitant increase in 12-LO mRNA expression was seen at this time point using a highly sensitive competitive polymerase chain reaction assay. The increase in mRNA and protein expression was preceded by increased 12-LO pathway activity measured by a RIA for 12-S-HETE. Separate experiments using purified Sprague-Dawley rat islets also showed increased expression of 12-LO mRNA and enzyme activity in response to IL-1 beta. These results demonstrate that IL-1 beta can up-regulate 12-LO expression and activity in rat beta-cells.

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