title: Interleukin I and the glomerular mesangium. II. Monokine stimulation of mesangial cell prostanoid secretion.
abstract: Monocytic (MC) infiltration is a prominent feature of many forms of immune-mediated glomerulonephritis. Through the release of interleukin-1, (IL-1), monocyte/macrophages have been shown to induce the proliferation of mesangial cells and to stimulate the secretion of a glomerular basement membrane-degrading neutral proteinase. In addition, mesangial cells release a cytokine that expresses many of the biologic properties of monocyte IL-1, including stimulation of mesangial cell proliferation. Because many of the actions of IL-1 are mediated by the induction of prostanoid prostaglandin (PG) synthesis, the authors determined the effects of purified macrophage and mesangial IL-1 on the secretion of prostaglandin E (PGE), prostacyclin, and thromboxane. The results indicated that cycling MCs release primarily PGE in response to purified IL-1. The local release by either monocytes or mesangial cells of IL-1 during glomerular inflammation, with subsequent mesangial cell generation of vasodilatory PGE, may be responsible in part for the alterations in the glomerular microcirculation observed in these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekularpharmakologie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, West Germany.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lovett
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Resch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gemsa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D011464:Epoprostenol