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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
There is increasing evidence that local substance P (SP) exacerbates peripheral inflammations, partly by stimulating production of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha). SP may play similar roles in certain central nervous system inflammations. Multiple sclerosis plaques, for example, form around veins which are innervated by unmyelinated SP-containing fibers, and astrocytes in multiple sclerosis plaques stain for SP. We tested whether SP could stimulate IL-1 and TNF alpha production by cultured astrocytes and whether calcium was the second messenger in this process. We found that both SP and the calcium ionophore A23187 raised intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) and stimulated IL-1 production in astrocytes. SP also nonsignificantly increased TNF alpha production by astrocytes. Treatment with dibromo BAPTA/AM, an intracellular calcium buffer, blocked SP-induced IL-1 production. These findings indicate that SP induces IL-1 production by astrocytes and uses calcium as a second messenger. Our results indicate local SP may play a role in multiple sclerosis and certain other central nervous system inflammations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N'..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcimycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Egtazic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluorescent Dyes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fura-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipopolysaccharides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipoproteins, LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Substance P, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/acetyl-LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fura-2-am
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
599
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Substance P stimulates IL-1 production by astrocytes via intracellular calcium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Reed Neurological Research Center, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't