PMID- 11292531 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010628 LR - 20190831 IS - 0165-2427 (Print) IS - 0165-2427 (Linking) VI - 78 IP - 3-4 DP - 2001 Feb 10 TI - Cytokine mRNA levels in isolated feline monocytes. PG - 305-15 AB - Real-time PCR systems were developed to quantitate cytokine expression in short-time cultivated feline monocytes. Feline-specific interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) primers as well as TaqMan probes were designed and were adapted to a quantitative PCR system which had been previously established for feline IL-10 and IL-12 p40. Quantitative analysis of cytokine messenger RNA (mRNA) transcription based on the comparison of the cytokine with the housekeeping gene feline glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), providing universally expressed mRNA. GAPDH mRNA was readily detectable in cDNA prepared from short-time cultivated peripheral blood monocytes. Cytokine mRNA was demonstrated in all samples at variable amounts. IL-1beta and TNF-alpha mRNA was constitutively expressed whereas IL-6, IL-10 and IL-12 p40 mRNA was generally expressed at a lower level and was occasionally not detected. There was a great variability of cytokine production between individual cats and at different time points in the same cat. FAU - Kipar, A AU - Kipar A AD - Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Frankfurter Strasse 96, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. anja.kipar@vetmed.uni-giessen.de FAU - Leutenegger, C M AU - Leutenegger CM FAU - Hetzel, U AU - Hetzel U FAU - Akens, M K AU - Akens MK FAU - Mislin, C N AU - Mislin CN FAU - Reinacher, M AU - Reinacher M FAU - Lutz, H AU - Lutz H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Immunol Immunopathol JT - Veterinary immunology and immunopathology JID - 8002006 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (RNA primers) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - EC 1.2.1.- (Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cats/*blood MH - Cell Separation/veterinary MH - Cytokines/*genetics MH - Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases/genetics MH - Interleukin-1/genetics MH - Interleukin-6/genetics MH - Monocytes/*metabolism MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary MH - RNA MH - RNA, Messenger/*metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics EDAT- 2001/04/09 10:00 MHDA- 2001/06/29 10:01 CRDT- 2001/04/09 10:00 PHST- 2001/04/09 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/06/29 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/04/09 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0165242701002409 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0165-2427(01)00240-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2001 Feb 10;78(3-4):305-15. doi: 10.1016/s0165-2427(01)00240-9.