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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor blockade reduces endotoxin and Borrelia burgdorferi-stimulated IL-8 synthesis in human mononuclear cells

R Porat, DD Poutsiaka, LC Miller, EV Granowitz and CA Dinarello
Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a potent stimulator of IL-8 production by fibroblasts and monocytes. In the present study, we asked how much of endotoxin (LPS)-induced IL-8 production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells was due to IL-1 induced by LPS. Cells were stimulated with either IL-1 beta, LPS, or Borrelia burgdorferi, and total IL-8 was determined by a specific radioimmunoassay. The addition of saturating concentrations of IL-1 receptor antagonist protein (IRAP) reduced the IL-1 beta-, LPS-, and B. burgdorferi-induced IL-8 synthesis by 85, 50, and 40%, respectively. Increasing the concentration of LPS did not affect the reduction in IL-8 synthesis observed in the presence of IRAP. Significant inhibition of the IL-1 beta-induced IL-8 synthesis was observed when IRAP was added 60 or 90 min after IL-1 beta; similarly, IL-8 synthesis after LPS was also reduced by delayed addition of IRAP. These data suggest that the ameliorative effects of IL-1 receptor blockade in models of inflammation and infection may be due, in part, to suppression of IL-1-induced IL-8.

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