Purpose: Previous work from the authors' group and others has demonstrated
that some of the effects of UV irradiation on gene expression are modulated
in response to the addition of salicylic acid to irradiated cells. The pre
sumed effector molecule responsible for this modulation is NF-KB. In the ex
periments described here, differential-display RT-PCR was used to identify
those cDNAs that are differentially modulated by UV radiation with and with
out the addition of salicylic acid.
Materials and methods: Differential-display RT-PCR was used to identify dif
ferentially expressed genes.
Results: Eight such cDNAs are presented: lactate dehydrogenase (LDH-beta),
nuclear encoded mitochondrial NADH ubiquinone reductase 24kDa (NDUFV2), elo
ngation initiation factor 4B (eIF4B), nuclear dots protein SP100, nuclear e
ncoded mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor (IF1), a cDNA similar to a subunit of
yeast CCAAT transcription factor HAP5, and two expressed sequence tags (AA
187906 and AA513156).
Conclusions: Sequences of four of these genes contained NF-kappa B DNA bind
ing sites of the type that may attract transrepressor p55/p55 NF-kappa B ho
modimers. Down-regulation of these genes upon UV irradiation may contribute
to increased cell survival via suppression of p53 independent apoptosis.