Monocyte-Derived Interleukin 1: Effects on Norepinephrine-Simulated Aortic Contraction and Phosphoinositide Turnover

Abstract

Medium conditioned by silica-stimulated human peripheral blood monocytes express vascular suppressive activity. Rat aortic rings, after incubation in conditioned medium, exhibited comprised contraction to stimulation by norepinephrine (NE). Maximal contraction (300 + or - 51 mg tension/mg tissue) and sensitivity (-5.91 + or - O.23 M (log EC50) were both reduced in comparison to contraction and sensitivity displayed by rings after incubation in control medium. A polyvalent antibody (Ab) against human interleukin 1 (Il-1) neutralized the suppressive activity in conditioned medium. Rings incubated in conditioned medium containing Ab exhibited normal maximal contraction and a partial restoration of sensitivity to NE. In contrast incubation of rings in control medium supplemented with recombinant human Il-1 resulted in a dose- dependent suppression of aortic contraction to NE that was analogous to the defects induced by monocyte-conditioned medium. No significant differences in NE-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis were present between rings incubated in Ab-treated or untreated conditioned or control media. The data suggest that monocyte-derived Il-1 may have a significant influence on vascular contractile function and that the mechanism by which Il-1 induces vascular dysfunction cannot be demonstrated to involve inhibition of NE-stimulated phosphoinositide metabolism. Keywords: Sepsis; Polyvalent antibody; Vascular contraction; Phorbol; Endotoxic shock; Reprints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA210036

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  • John E. Lueders
  • Thomas M. Mckenna
  • Wolfgang A. Titius

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  • Naval Medical Research Center

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  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
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  • Cardiovascular System
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  • Endothelial Cells
  • Hemorrhagic Shock
  • Lymphocytes
  • Monocytes
  • Mononuclear Leukocytes
  • Mrna
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  • Biology
  • Medicine

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