title: C3a(C3adesArg) induces production and release of interleukin 1 by cultured human monocytes.
abstract: Purified human C3a(C3adesArg) induced dose-dependent generation of intracellular IL 1 activity and release of IL 1 in cultures of human mononuclear adherent cells in serum-free conditions. Concentrations of C3a(C3adesArg) of 10(-8) M and 6 hr of culture were sufficient to induce production of cell-associated IL 1, as detected in monocyte lysates. Ten- to 100-fold higher concentrations of C3a(C3adesArg) and 24 hr of culture were required for induction of IL 1 release. Release of IL 1 induced by suboptimal amounts of C3a(C3adesArg) was greatly enhanced by the addition of indomethacin to the culture medium. Contamination with C5a of the C3a(C3adesArg) preparation did not account for C3a(C3adesArg)-induced IL 1 production. Induction of IL 1 activity by C3a(C3adesArg) was not due to contaminating LPS, as indicated by the following observations: the amount of contaminating LPS in C3a(C3adesArg) was below that which could induce IL 1 release from human monocytes in serum-free conditions; induction of IL 1 by C3a(C3adesArg) was not suppressed by polymyxin B; kinetics of IL 1 production and release in the presence of C3a(C3adesArg) differed from those observed in the presence of LPS; and sialated gangliosides, which inhibit IL 1 release induced by LPS, had no effect on the induction of IL 1 by C3a(C3adesArg). The C3a(C3adesArg) preparation used in this study mostly contained the desArg derivative, suggesting that, in contrast with the requirement for an intact C-terminal arginyl residue for the spasmogenic activity of C3a, both C3a and its C3adesArg derivative may interact with receptors on human monocytes. By inducing IL 1 production and release, C3a(C3adesArg) may contribute to the generation of the inflammatory process and the regulation of the immune response.
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015926:Complement C3a; D003182:Complement C5 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015937:Complement C5a, des-Arginine; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D009000:Monocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011112:Polymyxin B / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3; D003182:Complement C5; D015937:Complement C5a, des-Arginine; D005732:Gangliosides; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C044541:complement C3a, des-Arg-(77)-; D015926:Complement C3a; D011112:Polymyxin B; D007213:Indomethacin