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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
The expression of interleukin-1beta was examined in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons from adult rats using non-radioactive in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry. At all spinal levels, approximately 70% of the DRG neurons appeared to express IL-1beta mRNA; about 80% of these DRG neurons actually appeared to produce the IL-1beta protein at markedly varying levels. The expression of IL-1beta was found in large as well as in intermediate diameter sensory neurons but only sporadically in the population of small sensory neurons. The population of IL-1beta immunopositive sensory neurons included most of the large calretinin-positive Ia afferents, but only a few of the small substance P/CGRP positive sensory neurons. In situ hybridization staining for the detection of type 1 IL-1 receptor showed expression of this receptor by most of the sensory neurons as well as by supportive glial-like cells, presumably satellite cells. The functional significance of IL-1beta in the DRG neurons needs to be elucidated, but we speculate that IL-1beta produced by DRG neurons may be an auto/paracrine signalling molecule in sensory transmission.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Polyribosomes, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Receptors, Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Receptors, Interleukin-1 Type I, pubmed-meshheading:11498255-Substance P
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of interleukin-1 beta in rat dorsal root ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, Bloemsingel 10, 9713 AV KZ, Groningen, Netherlands. j.c.v.m.copray@med.rug.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article