title: Recombinant interleukin-6 inhibits the growth of rat mesangial cells in culture.
abstract: Murine recombinant interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibited [3H]thymidine uptake by cultured rat mesangial cells in a dose-dependent manner in the presence of 0.5% fetal bovine serum (FBS). The inhibitory effect of IL-6 on the growth of mesangial cells was also confirmed by a change in cell numbers. In the presence of increased concentrations of FBS (5% or 10%), the effect of IL-6 was not prominent. IL-6 showed no effects on intracellular Ca2+ levels of mesangial cells. IL-6 gene expression was rapidly induced in the "quiescent" mesangial cells by exposure to 20% FBS. These observations support the premise that IL-6 is synthesized in mesangial cells and inhibits the growth of mesangial cells in an autocrine manner.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Immunology, Jichi Medical School, Tochiigi, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood / Q000196:embryology; D002452:Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005312:Fetal Blood; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D002118:Calcium