title: Regulation of mouse soluble interleukin-6 receptor secretion by decidua.
abstract: Regulation of msIL-6R secretion by mIL-6 and 8-bromo cAMP was examined using primarily cell culture of mouse decidua. Mouse decidua on day 11 of pregnancy was digested by collagenase and decidual cells were cultured for up to 3 days. Addition of mIL-6 and 8-bromo cAMP resulted in significant inhibition of msIL-6R secretion from cultured mouse decidual cells by the 2nd day in culture. The effects were dose-dependent and the lowest concentrations of mIL-6 and 8-bromo cAMP which cause significant inhibition of msIL-6R secretion were 250 pM and 50 microM, respectively. Northern blot analysis indicated that treatment of decidual cells with 8-bromo cAMP significantly decreased the steady-state level of mIL-6R mRNA. However, treatment of decidual cells with mIL-6 did not affect the steady-state level of mIL-6R mRNA. These results suggest that mIL-6 decreases msIL-6R secretion without changing of the steady-state level of mIL-6R mRNA, and that cAMP is one of the second messengers in mouse decidual cells involved in this down regulation of msIL-6R secretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mammoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyake
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003656:Decidua / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate