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Interleukin-1 beta regulation of fibroblast proteoglycan synthesis involves a decrease in versican steady-state mRNA levels.

E E Qwarnström·H T Järveläinen·M G Kinsella·C O Ostberg·L J Sandell·R C Page·T N Wight
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This study investigates the effects of interleukin (IL)-1 beta on proteoglycan metabolism by fibroblasts surrounded by endogenous extracellular matrix. In both three-dimensional matrix cultures and long-term monolayer cultures IL-1 beta caused a significant decrease in synthesis and deposition of sulphated proteoglycans, but had no effect on release of deposited material. The decrease in synthesis became successively more pronounced, and corresponded to 40-60% of the control after 72 h incubation. The reduction was almost totally accounted for by an effect on the chondroitin ABC-lyase-sensitive proteoglycans. Gel electrophoresis showed a significant decrease in a high-molecular-mass chondroitin ABC-lyase-sensitive proteoglycan after incubation with IL-1 beta. Northern-blot analyses of total RNA revealed a pronounced decrease in the steady-state mRNA levels of versican, the large chondroitin sulphate, with levels corresponding to 10-30% of controls. In comparison, the steady-state mRNA level for decorin, the major sulphated proteoglycan synthesized by the cells, was only slightly affected. The prominent decrease in synthesis of sulphated proteoglycans induced in long-term fibroblast cultures, including the pronounced decrease in versican steady-state mRNA levels, is likely to have a significant effect on the structure of the extracellular matrix. Induction of this type of change may constitute a significant mechanism whereby IL-1 beta can affect the properties of connective tissue during inflammation and wound healing.

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Blotting, NorthernCell LineChondroitin LyasesChondroitin Sulfate ProteoglycansDecorinElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibroblastsHumansInterleukin-1KineticsLectins, C-TypeProteoglycansRNA, MessengerSulfatesVersicansJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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E E Qwarnström, H T Järveläinen, M G Kinsella, C O Ostberg, L J Sandell, R C Page, T N Wight. 1993-09-01. Interleukin-1 beta regulation of fibroblast proteoglycan synthesis involves a decrease in versican steady-state mRNA levels.. https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2940613

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