title: Interleukin 1 stimulates fibroblasts to synthesize granulocyte-macrophage and granulocyte colony-stimulating factors. Mechanism for the hematopoietic response to inflammation.
abstract: IL-1 is a family of polypeptides which play a critical role in the inflammatory response. Characteristics of this response include an enhanced release of bone marrow neutrophils, activation of circulating and tissue-phase phagocytes, and enhanced production of neutrophils and monocytes. We have sought to understand the hematopoietic response to acute and chronic inflammatory states on a cellular and molecular level. Colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are glycoproteins involved in the production and activation of neutrophils and monocytes in vitro and in vivo. We have found that quiescent dermal fibroblasts constitutively release granulocyte-macrophage CSF (GM-CSF), granulocyte CSF (G-CSF), and macrophage CSF in culture, and that picomolar concentrations of the inflammatory mediator IL-1 stimulate by at least fivefold the transcription and release of GM-CSF and G-CSF. These findings establish the role of IL-1 in the hematopoietic response to inflammation through the stimulation of the production and release of GM-CSF and G-CSF.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000145:classification; D003470:Culture Media; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006098:Granulocytes; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D003470:Culture Media; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012313:RNA