title: Stimulation by interleukin-1 of interleukin-6 production by human periodontal ligament cells.
abstract: Interleukin-1(IL-1), a cytokine present in the gingiva and crevicular fluid of patients with periodontitis and in the periodontal ligament (PDL) of experimentally moved teeth, has multiple biological activities, including the ability to elicit bone resorption. Interleukin-6, also found in the gingiva of patients with periodontitis, may induce osteoclastic bone resorption through an effect on osteoclastogenesis. Here IL-6 production and its gene expression in response to recombinant IL-1 beta were examined in primary cultures of PDL cells. IL-1 beta stimulated IL-6 production by these cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner; this increase in IL-6 production was much higher than that in human gingival fibroblasts. In situ hybridization, using a synthetic oligonucleotide DNA probe of the IL-6 gene, revealed that most PDL cells expressed IL-6 mRNA in response to IL-1 beta treatment. The finding that IL-6 is produced by PDL cells and is regulated by IL-1 beta has revealed a potentially important mechanism for controlling alveolar bone resorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goseki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abiko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwasawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015342:DNA Probes; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005881:Gingiva / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger