title: Effects of triazolodiazepine on the production of interleukin-6 from murine spleen cells and rabbit synovial cells in vitro.
abstract: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine that regulates the immune response, acute phase anaphylactic reaction, and haematopoiesis. Lipopolysaccharide (6-24 mug/ml) significantly induced IL-6 release from murine spleen cells. In cultured rabbit synovial cells interleukin-1 (IL-1, 1-10 U/ml) induced IL-6 production in a concentration-dependent manner. Triazolodiazepine (Tri) is a hetrazepine platelet-activating factor antagonist. In this study we found that Tri (0.1-10 mumol/l) exerted strong inhibitory effects on LPS stimulated IL-6 production in murine spleen cells. Kinetic studies showed that the inhibition of IL-6 release was time-independent. In rabbit synovial cells Tri also reduced IL-6 release induced by IL-1 and tumour necrosis factor. Inhibition of cytokine production by Tri may partially explain its wide and strong anti-inflammatory effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology School of Basic Medicine Second Military Medical University Shanghai 200433 China.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: X T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Q H
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: X J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Wang