title: Molecular cloning and sequence of porcine interleukin 6 cDNA and expression of mRNA in synovial fibroblasts in vitro.
abstract: Synovial fibroblasts, derived from enzyme digestion of porcine synovial tissue, released interleukin 6 (IL-6) bioactivity in culture and this release was enhanced by IL-1 alpha. The porcine IL-6 was cloned from a cDNA library made from these cells using human IL-6 cDNA as a probe. Clone PIL-6[13-8] was sequenced and coded for 212 amino acids with 62% homology and 42% homology to published sequences of human and mouse (or rat), respectively. The cDNA was used to probe the expression of pig IL-6 at the RNA level in pig synovial fibroblasts in vitro. IL-1 alpha and tumor necrosis factor markedly induced steady state levels of IL-6 at 20 h in serum-free conditions, whereas transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), epidermal growth factor, and 10% fetal calf serum did not. TGF-beta pretreatment dramatically inhibited TNF-induction of the IL-6 mRNA but did not markedly affect induction by IL-1 alpha. However, TGF-beta did reduce IL-6 activity detected in the supernatants of IL-1-induced cells.
authors.affiliation: Strangeways Research Laboratories, Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saklatvala
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000276:immunology; D015870:Gene Expression; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D013552:Swine; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D004247:DNA