title: Effect of the double-stranded polynucleotide complex polyadenylate-polyuridylate (poly A-U) on interleukin-6 production by mouse fibroblasts.
abstract: Cultures of mouse embryonic fibroblasts (L 929) have been shown to produce a factor which promotes the growth of B cell hybridoma (hybridoma growth factor, HGF) i.e. interleukin 6 (IL-6). The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Poly A-U on IL-6 production by this cell type. After incubation for 48 h at 37 degrees C of confluent (1 week old) L 929 fibroblasts in the presence or in the absence of Poly A-U, IL-6-like activity in supernatants was measured by the proliferation assay of the IL-6-dependent B cell hybridoma cell line, 7TD1. Poly A-U increased IL-6 activity in supernatants in a dose-dependent manner at doses higher than 50 micrograms/ml, the maximum activity being observed at the highest concentration of Poly A-U used, i.e. 500 micrograms/ml. beta Interleukin-1 (beta IL-1) and poly-cytidylic-polyinosinic (Poly I-C) have been shown to be inducers of IL-6 in fibroblast culture and thus their effect was compared to that of Poly A-U. The IL-6 activity in supernatants induced by 500 micrograms/ml Poly I-C (58.4 +/- 16.4 U/ml; n = 4) was higher than that evoked by 100 U/ml beta IL-1 (5.7 +/- 0.4 U/ml) or 500 micrograms/ml Poly A-U (39.6 +/- 7.8 U/ml). The increased production of IL-6 by Poly A-U may explain part of its previously reported immunomodulatory effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institut Henri Beaufour, Les Ulis, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pignol
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maisonnet
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mencia-Huerta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braquet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000592:standards; D002460:Cell Line; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011063:Poly A-U / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011070:Poly I-C / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011063:Poly A-U; D011070:Poly I-C