title: Expression of interleukin-6 and its effect on the cell growth of gastric carcinoma cell lines.
abstract: The expression and the effect of IL-6 were examined in human gastric carcinoma cell lines to determine whether IL-6 serves as a growth stimulator. The expression of IL-6 mRNA was detected in three (TMK-1, MKN-1, MKN-7) of 8 gastric carcinoma cell lines. All three cell lines secreted IL-6 into the culture fluid, in large amounts in the cases of MKN-1 and MKN-7 cells. Scatchard plot analysis of IL-6 binding revealed that MKN-1 and MKN-7 cells had both high- and low-affinity receptors. Cell growth of MKN-1 and MKN-7 cells was stimulated by IL-6, while anti-IL-6 antibody inhibited growth. The expression of IL-1 alpha mRNA by these three cell lines was induced by IL-6. IL-1 alpha increased the expression of mRNA for IL-6 by TMK-1 cells. These findings indicate that IL-6 induced by IL-1 alpha is an autocrine growth factor for some gastric carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pathology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yasui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuniyasu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokozaki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tahara
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018279:Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D007375:Interleukin-1; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019947:Receptors, Interleukin-6