title: Expression of interleukin-6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 by peritoneal sub-mesothelial cells during abdominal operations.
abstract: Cytokines and chemokines including interleukin-6 (IL-6) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) are secreted in response to major abdominal operations. The aim of this study was to identify the peritoneal cells that produce IL-6 and MCP-1. Samples of peritoneal tissue were taken from patients at the beginning and end of major abdominal operations. The samples were incubated in culture medium on microtitre plates for 5 h. The concentrations of IL-6 and MCP-1 were measured in culture supernatants by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In paraffin sections, cells that expressed IL-6 or MCP-1 were identified by combined in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Antibodies against CD68, CD34, actin, and calretinin were included in these experiments. The median production of IL-6 increased significantly from 6256 pg/ml at the start of the operation to 20,000 pg/ml at the end. Production of MCP-1 rose from 7700 pg/ml to 11,820 pg/ml. IL-6 mRNA was mainly confined to endothelial cells. MCP-1 was expressed by a broader range of cells, consisting of actin-positive smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells, fibroblast-like cells, as well as occasional macrophages and mesothelial cells. Peritoneal endothelial cells contribute to the transient increase in concentrations of IL-6 in the circulation after surgical trauma. Recruitment of monocytes to the site of the trauma seems to be mainly effected by actin-positive smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells.
authors.affiliation: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Surgery, Germany. jutta.riese@charite.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Riese
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Niedobitek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lisner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hohenberger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haupt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000032:analysis*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D017403:In Situ Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000032:analysis*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000378:metabolism; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010641:Phenotype; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D015850:Interleukin-6; D012313:RNA