Transforming growth factor beta downregulates interleukin-1 (IL-1)- induced
IL-6 production by human monocytes
T Musso, I Espinoza-Delgado, K Pulkki, GL Gusella, DL Longo and L Varesio
Program Resources, Inc, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD.
We investigated the effects of transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta)
on the induction by interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) of IL-6 in human
monocytes. We found that IL-1 beta induced IL-6 messenger RNA expression in
elutriated monocytes and IL-6 secretion in the supernatant. TGF beta did
not induce IL-6. In contrast, TGF beta added to the culture inhibited, in a
dose-dependent manner, the induction of IL-6 by IL-1 at the level of
messenger RNA and bioactivity. These results show that IL-1 beta is able to
stimulate IL-6 production by monocytes, TGF beta, by inhibiting this
effect, may play an important role in regulating the IL-1-mediated
components of the inflammatory response.
Volume 76,
Issue 12,
pp. 2466-2469,
12/15/1990
Copyright © 1990 by The American Society of Hematology