title: IL1 induces proliferation and IL6 mRNA expression in a human astrocytoma cell line: positive and negative modulation by chorela toxin and cAMP.
abstract: A human astrocytoma cell line, U373, and its subclones showed a high proliferative response to IL1 alpha or IL1 beta with concomitant IL6 production and IL6 mRNA accumulation. IL1 itself raised neither the cAMP level nor the intracellular Ca2+ level nor did it induce phosphatidylinositol (PI) breakdown. Chorela toxin (CT) and pertussis toxin (PT)-pretreatment markedly inhibited IL1-induced proliferation, while CT enhanced IL1-induced IL6 mRNA expression significantly. Drugs raising cellular cAMP level or cAMP analogues augmented IL1-mediated IL6 mRNA expression but much less. Although cAMP is not directly involved in the IL1 action, cAMP thus has a modulatory effect on IL1-mediated IL6 gene activation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology and Parasitology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yagisawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akiyama
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001254:Astrocytoma; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics*; D007700:Kinetics; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D003994:Bucladesine; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin