title: Regulation of interleukin 1 production in human monocytes. I. Effects of gamma-interferon and cycloheximide.
abstract: The objective of these studies was to investigate mechanisms of regulation of interleukin 1 (IL-1) production by human monocytes. IL-1 production was measured by augmentation of phytohemagglutinin-induced proliferation of murine thymocytes. Adherent human monocytes incubated in medium for one day exhibited a marked decrease in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced IL-1 production over a second day. Cells pre-incubated in 100 U/ml gamma interferon (gamma-IFN) for 24 h displayed a partial to complete maintenance of LPS-induced IL-1 production. Studies with inhibitors of cyclo-oxygenase or lipoxygenase indicated that prostaglandins or leukotrienes were not responsible for the alterations in IL-1 production observed with cultured cells or for the effects of gamma-IFN. Monocytes were pre-incubated in cycloheximide for 24 h and the drug was washed out. These cells exhibited an enhancement in IL-1 production over a second 24 h culture in the presence of 2 ng/ml LPS. Furthermore, the partial maintenance of LPS-induced IL-1 production seen after cells were pre-incubated in gamma-IFN was markedly increased by the inclusion of 0.25 microgram/ml cycloheximide during the 24 h pre-incubation. These results indicate that IL-1 production may be inhibited by newly-synthesized proteins during maturation in vitro or differentiation of monocytes into macrophages. Pre-incubation in gamma-IFN and cycloheximide leads to separate but synergistic effects on the maintenance of LPS-induced IL-1 production in cultured monocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Arend
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Joslin
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D003513:Cycloheximide; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin