Abstract
Previous work had shown that interleukin 1 (IL-1), after a long period of treatment, stimulates beta-endorphin release and potentiates the effects of secretagogues in AtT-20 cells, a mouse anterior pituitary cell line. Treatment of AtT-20 cells with IL-1 induced a transient and early stimulation of mRNA expression by both immediate-early protooncogenes Fos and Jun (mouse c-fos and c-jun). The effect appeared within 30 min, and returned to basal levels after 2 hr. Desensitization of protein kinase C by phorbol ester pretreatment had no effect on the ability of IL-1 to induce Fos and Jun mRNA expression. Somatostatin, an inhibitor of cAMP and beta-endorphin secretion, did not reduce the IL-1 effect on Fos and Jun mRNA expression. Addition to AtT-20 cells of antisense oligonucleotides to Fos and Jun abolished the secretion induced by IL-1. These results indicate that immediate-early signals Fos and Jun are involved in IL-1-induced beta-endorphin secretion in AtT-20 cells.
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