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. 1989 Jul;9(7):2779–2786. doi: 10.1128/mcb.9.7.2779

Stimulation of the acute-phase response in simian virus 40-hepatocyte cell lines.

W S Liao 1, K T Ma 1, C D Woodworth 1, L Mengel 1, H C Isom 1
PMCID: PMC362743  PMID: 2476657

Abstract

Seven simian virus 40 (SV40)-hepatocyte cell lines were characterized with respect to the ability to express eight liver acute-phase genes. cDNA clones corresponding to albumin, serum amyloid A, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, haptoglobin, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-fibrinogen, and alpha 1-major-acute-phase protein mRNAs were used in Northern (RNA) or slot blot analyses. In the noninduced state, six of the seven cell lines showed significant (i.e., liverlike) levels of constitutive expression of all genes examined except that expression of haptoglobin mRNA was considerable lower than in the normal liver. To examine whether these immortalized liver cells can respond appropriately to inflammatory mediators, cells were treated with conditioned medium from activated human monocytes or mixed lymphocyte cultures. Results showed that these SV40-hepatocyte cell lines responded to the conditioned media in culture by down-regulating albumin gene expression and up-regulating other acute-phase genes in a time- and dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that the SV40-hepatocytes retained not only the ability to express a number of acute-phase genes but also the ability to respond to external stimuli. The usefulness of these cell lines for analysis of the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of these acute-phase genes is discussed.

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