title: Cytokine-regulated secretion of nerve growth factor from cultured rat neonatal astrocytes.
abstract: Interactions involved in the regulation of nerve growth factor (NGF) release by inflammatory cytokines: interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) were examined in rat neonatal cortical astrocytes in primary culture. Exposure of cultured astrocytes to IL-1beta, IL-6, and TGF-beta1 resulted in the stimulation of NGF secretion. Treatment of cells for 24 h with IL-1beta (10 U/ml), IL-6 (5 ng/ml) and TGF-beta1 (5 ng/ml) caused 3-, 1.8-, and 2.8-fold increase in NGF secretion as compared to the control cells. In contrast, TNF-alpha (30 ng/ml) by itself had no stimulatory action on NGF release whereas co-stimulation of astrocytes with IL-1beta and TNF-alpha showed a synergistic interaction. Co-treatment of astrocytes with IL-1beta and TGF-beta1 increased NGF secretion in an additive way, whereas simultaneous application of IL-1beta and IL-6 resulted in the inhibitory effect on NGF secretion. Our results suggest that interactions between cytokines used cause the stimulation of NGF secretion through different regulatory mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Juric
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carman-Krzan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor