Effect of endotoxin on interleukin-6 secretion and messenger ribonucleic acid in porcine anterior pituitary cells

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
E J AbrahamJ E Minton

Abstract

The pleiotropic cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is produced in and secreted from anterior pituitary (AP) cells of a number of species. Bacterial endotoxin (END) may enhance the transcription of IL-6 and its secretion from the AP. In the studies presented here, we evaluated pig AP cells for the presence of IL-6 mRNA. In addition, because we had observed previously that END stimulated the secretion of prostaglandin E2 from cultured porcine AP cells, the effects of the inhibition of END-stimulated cyclooxygenase products on IL-6 mRNA abundance and the secretion of IL-6 were evaluated. In the first experiment, RNA was extracted from cultured pig AP cells that had been treated with END for 0.5 or 1 hr and subjected to reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction and hybridization after Southern transfer. Bands of expected amplified product size, corresponding to IL-6, were observed only from cells treated with END, although specific hybridization was observed from both control and END-treated wells. In the next experiment, RNA was extracted from cultured AP cells treated with END or END in the presence of the cyclooxygenase inhibitor indomethacin (IND). Amplification of the expected product could be observed from all cu...Continue Reading

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