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Multiple cytokines and growth factors are present at sites of inflammation, and each of these can potentially influence the nature of the inflammatory response. Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) must integrate the signals generated by these multiple factors to effectively regulate the immune response and homeostasis. IL-6 and
IL-8
and endothelial-derived products which play an important role as regulators of these processes. As a model for how ECs respond to signals from multiple cytokines, we have examined the effects of pretreatment with TGF-beta 1, IL-10 or IL-4 on TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta- or LPS-induced expression of IL-6 and
IL-8
in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Treatment of HUVEC with TGB-
beta 1
or IL-10 significantly inhibited, but did not completely abolish, the TNF-alpha-, IL-1 beta- or LPS-induced expression of IL-6 and
IL-8
protein. Maximal inhibition was achieved with physiologically relevant doses (1-2 ng/ml) of either TGF-beta 1 or IL-10. The inhibitory effects of TGF-beta and IL-10 were additive in nature. In contrast, pretreatment with IL-4 amplified the production of IL-6 in TNF-alpha-, IL-1 beta- or LPS-activated ECs, but inhibited
IL-8
expression. Addition of TGF-beta 1 completely reversed the effects of IL-4 on IL-6 expression, whilst augmenting inhibition of
IL-8
. These studies demonstrate that multiple cytokines can act in concert to differentially regulate the endothelial expression of cytokines important to the inflammatory response. Modulation of endothelial cytokine production may contribute to the progression or resolution of the inflammatory response.
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PMID:TGF-beta 1, IL-10 and IL-4 differentially modulate the cytokine-induced expression of IL-6 and IL-8 in human endothelial cells. 874 67
Selected functions of uterine endometrium of ovulatory women before and during pregnancy appear to be modulated by cytokines and other paracrine-acting factors. Some of these functions are regulated, in turn, by cyclic changes in ovarian steroid secretion or by pregnancy-induced endocrine and paracrine factors. The recruitment of specific types and numbers of bone marrow-derived cells into the endometrium occurs in a predictable manner with hormonal changes of the ovarian cycle, during the process of endometrial decidualization, at the time of blastocyst implantation, and during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium. As part of an investigation of the regulation of the leukocyte population of endometrium/decidua, this study was conducted to evaluate further the regulation of interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene expression by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta). IL-8 is a neutrophil chemoattractant/activating and
T cell chemotactic factor
as well as a chemotactic factor for fibroblasts. IL-8 is produced by mesenchymal cells of many tissues, including human endometrial stromal cells in culture. The level of IL-8 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in endometrial stromal cells and the accumulation of immunoreactive IL-8 in medium are increased by TGF
beta 1
treatment of these cells. This response to TGF
beta 1
is attributable primarily to an increase in the stability of IL-8 mRNA through a process that is dependent on protein synthesis. Transcription of the IL-8 gene in endometrial stromal cells is not increased, but, rather, is slightly decreased, by treatment with TGF
beta 1
. The findings of this study indicate that TGF beta may act in endometrial stroma to modulate the stability of IL-8 mRNA.
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PMID:Modulation of the levels of interleukin-8 messenger ribonucleic acid and interleukin-8 protein synthesis in human endometrial stromal cells by transforming growth factor-beta 1. 876 66
The localization and production at the single cell level of 19 different human cytokines, IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-1ra, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6,
IL-8
, IL-10, IL-13, TNF alpha, TNF beta, IFN gamma, GM-CSF, G-CSF, and TGF
beta 1
-3, were studied in cryopreserved tonsillar tissue using immunohistochemical staining. The cytokine producing cells, with the exception of IL-1 expressing cells, had a characteristic morphology due to the accumulation of cytokine onto the Golgi organelle. The production of each cytokine was localized to specific compartments in tonsillar tissue sections from children with tonsillar hypertrophy or recurrent tonsillitis in the resting state. Immunoregulatory cytokines such as IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, G-CSF, GM-CSF and TGF beta were produced in the extrafollicular area and entrapped on the cell membranes as well as in pudels in the extracellular matrix surrounding the producer cells. The dominating cytokines both in tissues from recurrent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy were GM-CSF, G-CSF, and TGF
beta 1
-3 which were synthezised predominantly in the reticular crypt site. IL-1 alpha, beta and IL-1ra, on the other hand, were localized to the surface and crypt epithelium and to scattered regions in the extrafollicular area. IL-2, IL-6, IFN gamma and IL-10 were found much more often in sections obtained from recurrent tonsillitis tissue compared with those from tonsillar hypertrophy. Reversely, an excessive production of IL-4 was noted in tonsillar hypertrophy compared with that in recurrent tonsillitis. Thus, concomitant production of multiple cytokines was evident with similarities but also differences in cytokine pattern between the two groups studied. The data suggest that T-cell mediated B-cell activation and differentiation take place in the extrafollicular area. Children with recurrent tonsillitis had a higher amount of B-cells and monocytes compared with children with tonsillar hypertrophy. However, the number of CD3, CD4, CD8 or cytoplasmic Ig-positive cells did not differ between the two groups.
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PMID:The production of immunoregulatory cytokines is localized to the extrafollicular area of human tonsils. 879 Jul 51
The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) has been shown to increase in lung injury and in fibrotic states of the lung. In the current study, we sought to investigate whether TGF
beta 1
induced the expression of IL-1 alpha and
IL-8
in rat alveolar epithelial cells. We evaluated TGF
beta 1
, IL-1 alpha, and
IL-8
expression by immunofluorescence in silica-injured and saline-treated control rat lungs. Antibodies to IL-1 alpha,
IL-8
, and TGF
beta 1
showed intense staining in silica-injured lungs as compared to saline-instilled lungs. Primary isolated type II cells from silica-injured lungs showed increased expression of IL-1 alpha as compared to saline-instilled lungs. To evaluate the effects of TGF
beta 1
, we treated an immortalized rat type II cell-derived cell line (LM5) with 100 pg/ml of TGF
beta 1
in serum-free medium for 0-24 hours and analyzed the expression of IL-1 alpha and
IL-8
mRNAs and proteins using semiquantitative RT-PCR, Northern blot analysis, Western blot analysis, and immunohistochemistry. Densitometric analysis of Northern blots showed modest constitutive expression of IL-1 alpha gene in untreated control LM5 cells. TGF
beta 1
treatment resulted in an increase in IL-1 alpha mRNA, that reached maximum levels (4-fold) by 2 hours and remained elevated for 4-16 hours, with a subsequent decline by 24 hours. Similarly, Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that TGF
beta 1
treatment resulted in maximum induction of
IL-8
mRNA (6- 8.5-fold) within 1-4 hours. The levels remained elevated for up to 24 hours afterwards. Western blot analysis results further confirmed the expression of both IL-1 alpha and
IL-8
proteins by LM5 cells. TGF
beta 1
treatment resulted in increased expression of both IL-1 alpha and
IL-8
proteins. Immunofluorescence studies demonstrated increased staining of IL-1 alpha by TGF
beta 1
as compared to untreated cells. These results suggest that TGF
beta 1
may regulate IL-1 alpha and
IL-8
expression in alveolar epithelial cells and contribute to polymorphonuclear leukocyte recruitment and lung injury in clinical states with increased TGF
beta 1
.
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PMID:Induction of interleukin-1 and interleukin-8 mRNAs and proteins by TGF beta 1 in rat lung alveolar epithelial cells. 884 35
Sickle-cell adherence to endothelium has been hypothesized to initiate or contribute to microvascular occlusion and pain episodes. Adherence involves plasma proteins, endothelial-cell adhesion molecules, and receptors on sickle erythrocytes. It has previously been reported that sickle reticulocytes express the alpha 4
beta 1
integrin receptor and bind to cytokine-activated endothelium via an alpha 4
beta 1
/vascular-cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) interaction. To elucidate other roles for alpha 4
beta 1
in sickle-cell adherence, the ability of activated alpha 4
beta 1
to promote adhesion to endothelium via a ligand different than VCAM-1 was explored. Adherence assays were performed under dynamic conditions at a shear stress of 1 dyne/cm2. Preincubation of sickle erythrocytes with phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PDBu) increased adherence of sickle cells eightfold as compared with untreated sickle cells. Normal erythrocytes, whether treated with PDBu or not, did not adhere to the endothelium. Activating anti-
beta 1
antibodies 4B4 and 8A2 also increased the adhesion of sickle, but not normal, red blood cell (RBC) adhesion to endothelium. Anti-alpha 4 antibodies HP1/2 and HP2/1, inhibitory antibody 4B5, or an RGD peptide inhibited sickle-cell adherence induced by PDBu. Additional studies were undertaken to examine if fibronectin, a ligand for activated alpha 4
beta 1
, was involved in PDBu-induced sickle erythrocyte adherence. Adherence of PDBu-treated sickle cells was completely inhibited by the CS-1 peptide of fibronectin. Fibronectin was detected on the surface of washed endothelium using an antifibronectin antibody in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Antifibronectin antibody pretreatment of endothelial cells inhibited PDBu-induced adherence by 79% +/- 17%. Incubation of sickle RBCs with exogenous fibronectin after PDBu treatment inhibited adherence 86% +/- 8%. Taken together, these data suggest that endothelial-bound fibronectin mediates adherence of PDBu-treated sickle cells.
Interleukin-8
(
IL-8
), a chemokine released in response to bacterial infection, viral infection, or other injurious agents, and known to activate integrins, also increased adherence of sickle erythrocytes to endothelial cells via fibronectin. This novel adherence pathway involving sickle-cell alpha 4
beta 1
activated by PDBu or
IL-8
may therefore be relevant in vivo at vascular sites that produce
IL-8
or similar agonists in response to vascular injury or immune activation. These observations describe ways in which inflammation and immune responses cause vasoocclusive complications in sickle-cell disease.
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PMID:Phorbol ester stimulation increases sickle erythrocyte adherence to endothelium: a novel pathway involving alpha 4 beta 1 integrin receptors on sickle reticulocytes and fibronectin. 894 72
Nontransformed stromal colony-derived cell lines (CDCLs) consist of a pure stromal cell population that differentiates following a vascular smooth muscle cell repertoire, and whose in vivo counterpart is that of myoid cells found in adult and fetal human bone marrow cords. We studied the cytokine expression by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) from pooled fast-growing clones from 10 different bone marrow samples. RT-PCR indicated that 30 cytokines (out of 42 studied) were expressed by CDCLs (20 after medium renewal and hydrocortisone renewal, three after addition of interleukin I beta (IL-1 beta) and seven in only part of the CDCL layers examined). The cytokines expressed comprised mediators known to be involved in the maintenance of early and late hematopoiesis (IL-1 alpha and IL-beta, IL-6, IL-7,
IL-8
, IL-11 and IL-13; colony-stimulating factors, thrombopoietin, erythropoietin, stem cell factor, fit 3-ligand, hepatocyte cell growth factor, tumor necrosis factor alpha, leukemia inhibitory factor, transforming growth factors
beta 1
and beta 3; and macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha), angiogenic factors (fibroblast growth factors 1 and 2, vascular endothelial growth factor) and mediators whose usual target (and source) is the connective tissue-forming cells (platelet-derived growth factor A, epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factors alpha and beta 2, oncostatin M and insulin-like growth factor 1), or neuronal cells (nerve growth factor). The cytokines not expressed were lymphokines (IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-9, IL-10, and IL-12 and interferon gamma) or mediators synthesized by macrophages (inhibin, activin, platelet-derived growth factor B, and IL-1 receptor antagonist). This study complements the description of the phenotype of the myoid cells, confirming that these cells are the marrow connective tissue-forming cells; moreover, this work suggests that stromal control of hematopoiesis is multifactorial and that myoid cells are involved in the control of marrow angiogenesis and innervation.
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PMID:The broad spectrum of cytokine gene expression by myoid cells from the human marrow microenvironment. 909 Jul 90
A role in tumor progression has been proposed for transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF
beta 1
) and interleukin (IL)-8 as well as for IL-1, which itself induces the production of TGF
beta 1
and
IL-8
in many cell types. TGF
beta 1
and
IL-8
production and their regulation by IL-1 in five non-small-cell (NSC) lung tumor cell lines were evaluated. Moreover, their levels were evaluated in 29 NSC lung tumors. All cell lines constitutively produced TGF
beta 1
, and three produced
IL-8
. After IL-1 beta treatment, TGF
beta 1
production was upregulated in two cell lines, whereas
IL-8
production was markedly upregulated in two, induced in one, and unmodified in two. In tumors, the levels of TGF
beta 1
,
IL-8
, and IL-1 beta were higher than in normal counterparts (p < 0.001), and a positive correlation between
IL-8
and IL-1 beta levels (p < 0.001) was found. TGF
beta 1
,
IL-8
, and IL-1 beta mRNA expression was examined in 12 tumors. TGF
beta 1
mRNA was detected in all cases,
IL-8
mRNA in 7, and IL-1 beta MRNA was undetectable. TGF
beta 1
,
IL-8
, and IL-1 beta immunoreactivity was then studied by immunohistochemistry. TGF
beta 1
and
IL-8
immunoreactivity was observed in neoplastic cells; IL-1 beta immunoreactivity was observed in mononuclear cells. In conclusion, in tumors IL-1 beta levels positively correlated with those of
IL-8
, and IL-1 beta as well as TGF
beta 1
and
IL-8
levels were significantly higher than in normal tissues.
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PMID:Transforming growth factor beta 1, interleukin-8 and interleukin-1, in non-small-cell lung tumors. 931 21
TGF beta is a multifunctional cytokine modulating onset and course of autoimmune diseases as shown in experimental models. Aim of this study was to investigate possible interactions of TGF beta with lysosomal enzymes identified as ANCA autoantigens (e.g. proteinase 3, PR3). This included TGF beta effects on the translocation the lysosomal enzymes to the cell surface of polymorphonuclear cells (PMN), and the presumabe activation of non bioactive, latent TGF beta by these enzymes. Flow cytometry analysis showed TGF
beta 1
to be a potent translocation factor for PR3 comparable with other neutrophil activating factors such as
interleukin 8
(
IL8
). The PR3 membrane expression on primed PMN increased by up to 51% after incubation with TGF
beta 1
. PR3 itself was revealed as a potent activator of latent TGF beta, thus mediating bioeffects of this cytokine. Patients with various types of systemic vasculitis (SV) showed marked TGF beta overexpression correlating with disease. Mean TGF
beta 1
plasma levels in the ANCA associated vasculitis (AAV) patients ranged from 8.9 (Wegeners granulomatosis, WG) to 13.3 ng/ml (Churg-Strauss syndrome, CSS)(control: 4.2 ng/ml, p < 0.01) while TGF beta 2 levels were not elevated. Our findings, together with other features of TGF beta's such as induction of angiogenesis and its strong chemotactic capacity, indicate that TGF beta might serve as a proinflammatory factor in SV, especially in AAV.
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PMID:Interaction of transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) with proteinase 3. 933 Jul 12
Tumor samples from five patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who demonstrated tumor regressions in clinical trials of interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-2, and adoptive cellular therapy were analyzed for oncogene and cytokine mRNA expression. Tumors from eight nonresponding patients were also studied. Mutations of the ras protooncogene and overexpression of c-myc protooncogene were observed in both responding and nonresponding tumors. In contrast, none of the responding tumors expressed transforming growth factor (TGF)-
beta 1
mRNA, whereas nonresponding tumors did. The expression of IL-1, IL-6,
IL-8
, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1 alpha, MIP-1 beta, macrophage chemotactic protein, and RANTES was variable between responding and nonresponding patients. Although we cannot conclude that a pattern of oncogene and/or cytokine mRNA expression specifically characterizes sensitive colorectal cancers, these analyses-the assessment of TGF-beta 1 mRNA in particular-merit further evaluation as biomarkers prognostic of immunotherapy response.
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PMID:Oncogene and cytokine expression of human colorectal tumors responding to immunotherapy. 933 44
The effects of prostaglandin (PG) I1 analog, SM-10906 (SM-6) and PGE1 on extracellular matrix formation and the release of cytokines by cultured normal human dermal fibroblasts (NDF) and hypertrophic scar fibroblasts (HSF) were compared in order to evaluate the clinical efficacy of PGs in preventing scar formation. In the present study, we measured type I collagen synthesis, collagenase activity, production of interleukin (IL)-6,
IL-8
, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-
beta 1
and levels of adenosine 3,5-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in NDF and HSF cultured with or without PGs. The results demonstrated that HSF culture supernatants has a significantly higher level of type I collagen and TGF-beta 1 than those of NDF. However, the levels of collagenase activity and
IL-8
in HSF were significantly lower in comparison to that of NDF. There was no substantial difference in IL-6 production between two types of culture cells. On the other hand, PGE1 and SM-6 significantly enhanced collagenase activity and raised the collagenase/type I collagen ratio in the HSF supernatants. In addition, both PGE1 and SM-6 increased production of TGF-beta 1,
IL-8
and IL-6 and levels of cAMP in both cell types. However, they had no effect on the type I collagen synthesis of either types. These results suggest that, the stable PGI1 analog, SM-6, similarly acts as PGE1 in HSF by increasing the activity of collagenase.
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PMID:The mode of action of prostaglandin (PG) I1 analog, SM-10906, on fibroblasts of hypertrophic scars is similar to PGE1 in its potential role of preventing scar formation. 941 20
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