IL-1 and its role in rat carrageenan pleurisy

Autor: R. Goodman, L. R. Mantegna, C. L. McAIlister, E. Bruin, R. L. Dowling, H. George, W. Feeser, B. Freimark, M. Lischwe, S. Pick, R. R. Harris, J. S. Kerr
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Mediators of Inflammation, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 33-39 (1993)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0962-9351
1466-1861
09629351
DOI: 10.1155/S0962935193000043
Popis: The carrageenan pleurisy model, which is characterized by cellular influx and oedema, has been used to examine the effects of anti-inflammatory compounds such as naproxen. Interleukin-1α and β (IL-1) are known to be pro-inflammatory mediators, and their roles in this model are unknown. Intrapleural injection of 1% viscarin carrageenan or saline was administered to male Lewis rats. Four to 24 h later, cell counts, fluid volumes and IL-1β levels (measured by ELISA) were determined in the pleural cavity. Serum corticosterone levels were measured only at 4 h. Significant increases in IL-1β levels precede cell influx suggesting IL-1β plays a role in the maintenance of cell accumulation in the pleural cavity. None of the drugs tested, including the IL-1 receptor antagonist, maintained pleural cell influx and IL-1β levels at control levels. When human IL-1α or β or rat IL-1β were injected individually into the pleural cavity, none of these cytokines were pro-inflammatory, as measured by increased cell influx and fluid extravasation. These results suggest that although IL-1β levels increase in the pleural cavity in response to carrageenan, IL-1 per se is not the initiator of the pro-inflammatory events of cell influx and oedema in this model.
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