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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, we show that distinct compartmentalization patterns of the IL-1 molecules (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta), in the milieu of tumor cells that produce them, differentially affect the malignant process. Active forms of IL-1, namely precursor IL-1alpha (pIL-1alpha), mature IL-1beta (mIL-1beta), and mIL-1beta fused to a signal sequence (ssIL-1beta), were transfected into an established fibrosarcoma cell line, and tumorigenicity and antitumor immunity were assessed. Cell lines transfected with pIL-1alpha, which expresses IL-1alpha on the membrane, fail to develop local tumors and activate antitumor effector mechanisms, such as CTLs, NK cells, and high levels of IFN-gamma production. Cells transfected with secretable IL-1beta (mIL-1beta and ssIL-1beta) were more aggressive than wild-type and mock-transfected tumor cells; ssIL-1beta transfectants even exhibited metastatic tumors in the lungs of mice after i.v. inoculation (experimental metastasis). In IL-1beta tumors, increased vascularity patterns were observed. No detectable antitumor effector mechanisms were observed in spleens of mice injected with IL-1beta transfectants, mock-transfected or wild-type fibrosarcoma cells. Moreover, in spleens of mice injected with IL-1beta transfectants, suppression of polyclonal mitogenic responses (proliferation, IFN-gamma and IL-2 production) to Con A was observed, suggesting the development of general anergy. Histologically, infiltrating mononuclear cells penetrating the tumor were seen at pIL-1alpha tumor sites, whereas in mIL-1beta and ssIL-1beta tumor sites such infiltrating cells do not penetrate inside the tumor. This is, to our knowledge, the first report on differential, nonredundant, in vivo effects of IL-1alpha and IL-1beta in malignant processes; IL-1alpha reduces tumorigenicity by inducing antitumor immunity, whereas IL-1beta promotes invasiveness, including tumor angiogenesis, and also induces immune suppression in the host.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
171
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6448-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Fibrosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Leukocytes, Mononuclear, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:14662844-Transfection
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential effects of IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta on tumorigenicity patterns and invasiveness.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The Cancer Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't