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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
As a putative mediator of inflammation interleukin-1 has been implicated in the recruitment of leukocytes during the early stages of the inflammatory reaction. In the present report we have investigated the release of endogenous IL-1 in the rat zymosan pleurisy and in the mouse zymosan peritonitis. In both cases the release of the cytokine was maximal 4 hours after zymosan injection and appeared to be time-related to neutrophil migration into the inflammatory site. The effect of in vivo treatment with dexamethasone in rat pleurisy and with polyclonal anti-murine IL-1 beta antibody in mouse peritonitis was also assessed. The steroid reduced both cell migration and the release of IL-1-like activity as well as the formation of exudate and the release of eicosanoids. The anti-IL-1 beta serum inhibited selectively the number of neutrophil that migrated to the inflamed site (approximately 40%) and the IL-1 activity recovered in (approximately 70%) the exudate. In vitro incubation of the inflammatory exudate with polyclonal anti-murine IL-1 alpha or anti-murine IL-1 beta sera allowed the identification of the IL-1 species present. In the rat pleurisy IL-1 biological activity was mainly due to the alpha species, whereas IL-1 beta was the only species apparently present in the mouse peritoneal exudate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0065-4299
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
71-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Evidence that endogenous interleukin-1 is involved in leukocyte migration in acute experimental inflammation in rats and mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Sclavo Research Centre, Laboratory of Pharmacology, Siena, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't