ISSN:
0021-9541
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Interleukin-1 is a polypeptide factor with profound effects on several cell types, such as chondrocytes, fibroblasts, and T-cells. The ability of interleukin-1 to induce the synthesis of matrix-degradative enzymes, as well as prostangladin E2, suggests a pivotal role for this mediator in chronic inflammation. Previous studies have shown that the effect of human monocyte interleukin-1 on the synthesis of collagenase and neutral proteases by chondrocytes was enhanced by basic fibroblast growth factor. Using recombinant human interleukin-1 B, we have examined whether the potentiation of interleukin-1 effects by fibroblast growth factor is related to changes in the number or affinity of interleukin-1 receptors. Our studies confirm that rabbit articular chondrocytes in culture contain a single class of high-affinity receptors for interleukin-1 with a Ka of 0.9-1.1 × 10- 13M-1While the untreated chondrocytes contain approximately 1,620 receptors per cell, fibroblast growth factor-treated cells exhibit a higher number of receptors (approximately 2,960 per cell) with no apparent change in the affinity. The increase in receptor number can be abolished by inhibitors of lysosomal function, indicating a requirement for intracellular processing of the fibroblast growth factor. Our results suggest that the potentiation of interleukin-1 catabolic effects by fibroblast growth factor may be related to its ability to induce additional interleukin-1 receptors on the chondrocyte cell surface.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041380204
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