title: Secretion of interleukin-6 by human meningioma cells: possible autocrine inhibitory regulation of neoplastic cell growth.
abstract: Using cell culture techniques, the authors have previously shown that human meningioma cells secrete an autocrine growth stimulator related to platelet-derived growth factor. Here, they further demonstrate potential autocrine inhibitory regulation of meningioma cell growth by interleukin (IL)-6. Constitutive IL-6 production was detected in all meningiomas studied, in the form of protein as well as IL-6-specific messenger ribonucleic acid. The IL-6 immunoreactivity in conditioned medium from three different meningioma cultures eluted from a Sephadex G-100 column was evidenced by a single peak corresponding to a molecular weight of about 32 kD. Interleukin-6 secretion was remarkably stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-4, and was also influenced by a combination of epidermal growth factor and bromocriptine. Recombinant IL-6 exhibited a significant dose-dependent inhibitory effect on meningioma cell proliferation. The maximum effect was observed at concentrations of 10 to 100 pg/ml, with the decrease in thymidine incorporation ranging from 21% to 35% versus control. Addition of an anti-IL-6 antibody enhanced the growth-stimulating effect of meningioma-derived conditioned medium. The rate of IL-6 secretion tended to show an inverse correlation with meningioma growth rate. The results presented here and the previous results suggest that the regulation of meningioma cell proliferation is defined by a complex network of autocrine stimulation, autocrine inhibition, and influences from multiple exogenous factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rafferty
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fahlbusch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dingermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6