title: Effect of interleukin 6 on phenobarbital induction of cytochrome P-450IIB in cultured rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Human recombinant interleukin 6 (rhIL-6) caused a dose dependent decrease in the phenobarbital induction of benzyloxyresorufin O-deethylase activity in cultured rat hepatocytes. Decreased enzymatic activity was associated with a decrease in the amount of immunoreactive P-450IIB1/2. rhIL-6 also prevented the PB-induced increase in the steady state level of P-450IIB mRNA. These results suggest that altered P-450 levels observed in vivo during the acute phase reaction may be due to interleukin 6.
authors.affiliation: VA Hospital, White River Junction, VT 05009.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Bement
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Sinclair
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005091:Exons; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012313:RNA; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D019362:Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B1; D010634:Phenobarbital