E. Olivier et al., A novel set of hepatic mRNAs preferentially expressed during an acute inflammation in rat represents mostly intracellular proteins, GENOMICS, 57(3), 1999, pp. 352-364
A cloning of hepatic cDNAs associated with the early phase of an acute, sys
temic inflammation was carried out by differential screening of arrayed cDN
A clones from rat livers obtained at 4-8 h postchallenge with Freund's comp
lete adjuvant. End sequencing of 174 selected clones provided three cDNA gr
oups that coded for: (i) 23 known acute-phase proteins, (ii) 31 known prote
ins whose change in hepatic synthesis during an acute phase was so far unsu
spected, and (iii) 36 novel proteins whose cDNAs were completely sequenced.
For 16 proteins in the third group the hepatic mRNA could be detected and
quantitated by Northern blot hybridization in Freund's adjuvant-challenged
animals, and an extrahepatic expression in healthy animals was further inve
stigated. Matching the open reading frames of the 36 novel proteins with ge
neral and specialized data libraries indicated the potential relationships
of 16 of these proteins with known protein families/superfamilies and/or th
e presence of functional domains previously described in other proteins. Ov
erall, our search for novel inflammation-associated proteins selected mostl
y known or as yet undescribed proteins with an intracellular or membrane lo
cation, which extends our knowledge of the proteins involved in the intrace
llular metabolism of hepatic cells during a systemic, acute-phase response.
Finally, some of the cDNAs above allowed us to successfully identify hepat
ic mRNAs that are differentially expressed in acute vs chronic (polyarthrit
is) inflammatory conditions in rat. (C) 1999 Academic Press.