title: Interleukin-1 and glomerular mesangial cells.
abstract: Our previous in vitro study demonstrated that interleukin-1 (IL-1) stimulates gene expression and production of leukocyte chemotactic factors, colony-stimulating factors and interleukin-6 in human mesangial cells in culture. Here we investigated whether IL-1 regulates its own gene expression in human mesangial cells. Northern blot experiments showed that IL-1 induced IL-1 mRNA expression in a dose-dependent manner. The action of IL-1 on mesangial cells was mediated through the IL-1 receptor type I, which is constitutively expressed by mesangial cells. Recombinant IL-1 receptor antagonist blocked the IL-1 mRNA as well as interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 gene expression induced by IL-1. These data support the crucial role played by IL-1 in regulating mesangial cell cytokine genes within the glomerulus during immunological or inflammatory processes.
authors.affiliation: Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zoja
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rambaldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Remuzzi
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins