title: Interleukin 4 amplifies monocyte chemotactic protein and interleukin 6 production by endothelial cells.
abstract: Upon exposure to interleukin 4 (IL-4), human umbilical vein endothelial cells (EC) produced low amounts of IL-6 and expressed low levels of IL-6 transcripts. While being a weak stimulus for IL-6 production, IL-4 amplified the release and mRNA expression of this cytokine in response to optimal concentrations of IL-1. IL-4 also induced low levels of monocyte chemotactic protein but amplified the expression of this chemoattractant in response to inflammatory signals. Thus IL-4, by amplifying at the level of the vascular endothelium the expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 selectively, as well as that of chemoattractants and IL-6, may favour the selective recruitment and activation of lymphoid and monocytic elements crucial for subacute/chronic inflammation and immune reactions.
authors.affiliation: Centro Catullo e Daniela Borgomainerio, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Colotta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sironi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borrè
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maddalena
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantovani
mesh_terms: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004357:Drug Synergism; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D014471:Umbilical Veins; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D004731:Endotoxins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D015847:Interleukin-4