Interleukin‐1 Alpha mRNA Induced by Cycloheximide, PMA, and Retinoic Acid Is Reduced by Dexamethasone in PAM‐212 Keratinocytes

Abstract
Keratinocytes in culture produce detectable amounts of IL-1 alpha mRNA constitutively and can be stimulated to express increased amounts of IL-1 alpha mRNA by cycloheximide, PMA, and retinoic acid. Dexamethasone decreases the amount of IL-1 mRNA induced by these agents, as well as constitutive IL-1 alpha mRNA. RU 486, which interferes with glucocorticosteroid-receptor binding, decreases inhibition of TPA stimulation of IL-1 alpha mRNA by dexamethasone, which suggests that the inhibition by dexamethasone is through a conventional ligand-receptor mechanism.

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