title: Modulation of colony-stimulating activity by interleukin 1 in mice: opposing effects of combined treatment with indomethacin or prostaglandin E2.
abstract: Following previous observations that interleukin 1 (IL-1) may have both positive and negative effects on the levels of circulating colony-stimulating factors (CSF) in mice, we have investigated the impact of human rIL-1 beta administration on serum concentrations of colony-stimulating activity (CSA, as defined by biossay) and macrophage-specific colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1, measured by RIA). In addition, we have studied the effects of IL-1 administered in conjunction with indomethacin or prostaglandin (PG) E2. Besides confirming the finding that exogenous IL-1 leads to a rapid increase in CSF detection, we obtained evidence that IL-1 may also result in the production of cyclo-oxygenase pathway products that down-regulate the IL-1-induced burst in CSA and CSF-1 levels. While co-treatment of mice with indomethacin led to a further increase in CSF detection, the combined exposure to IL-1 and PGE2 resulted in a significant impairment of the stimulatory activity of IL-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campanile
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartocci
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Binaglia
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fioretti
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puccetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000097:blood / Q000187:drug effects*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin