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Expression of IL-6 mRNA in normal rat and human pituitaries and in human pituitary adenomas
B Velkeniers, P Vergani, J Trouillas, J D'Haens, RJ Hooghe and EL Hooghe-Peters
Department of Pharmacology, University of Brussels, Belgium.
Cells expressing IL-6 mRNA were detected by in situ hybridization in normal pituitaries. In normal untreated rat pituitary the expression was very low. Within hours after IP administration of liposaccharide, IL-6 mRNA accumulated in the anterior lobe of the pituitary. Production of IL-6 was monitored after dissociation and culture of pituitary cells. High levels (8000 pg/ml) were recovered after 72 hr in culture. In normal human pituitaries, less than 1% of cells expressed IL-6 mRNA or IL-6 receptor mRNA (IL-6-R mRNA). In gonadotropinomas, prolactinomas, and non-functioning adenomas, only rare, scattered positive cells were found for either IL-6 or IL-6-R. In contrast, both genes were highly expressed in ACTH- and GH-secreting tumors at the junction of adenoma and infiltrating fibrous tissue and around blood vessels. The combined expression of IL-6 and IL-6-R suggests that IL-6 acts in an autocrine or in a paracrine way in ACTH and GH adenomas.
Volume 42,
Issue 1,
pp. 67-76,
01/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by The Histochemical Society
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