title: Human decidua: a source of interleukin-1.
abstract: These studies were conducted to determine whether human decidua produces interleukin-1 in response to bacterial endotoxin. Explants of human decidua were incubated with and without Escherichia coli endotoxin for 20 hours. When tested for interleukin-1-like activity with the D10.G4.1 T-cell bioassay, supernatants from endotoxin-stimulated decidua contained significantly more interleukin-1 activity than did supernatants from unstimulated decidua. This activity could not be attributed to interleukin-2, as determined in the CTLL/2 assay for interleukin-2. Interleukin-1-like activity was due to interleukin-1, as demonstrated by the blockade of this bioactivity with antibodies against interleukin-1: interleukin-1 alpha and interleukin-1 beta. Antibodies against interleukin-1 alpha blocked the activity in five of six cases. In one instance, the bioactivity could be attributed to a mixture of interleukin-1 alpha and interleukin-1 beta. These data demonstrate that human decidua can produce interleukin-1 in response to bacterial endotoxin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oyarzun
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Duff
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Durum
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D003656:Decidua / Q000378:metabolism*; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D004731:Endotoxins; D007375:Interleukin-1