TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of IL-6 in systemic angiogenesis of the lung
AU - McClintock, Jessica Y.
AU - Wagner, Elizabeth M.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - The multifunctional cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 has been shown to modulate inflammation and angiogenesis. In a mouse model of lung angiogenesis induced by chronic left pulmonary artery ligation (LPAL), we previously showed increased expression of IL-6 mRNA in lung homogenates 4 h after the onset of pulmonary ischemia (31). To determine whether IL-6 influences both new vessel growth and inflammatory cell influx, we studied wild-type (WT) and IL-6-deficient C57B1/6J (KO) mice after LPAL (4 h and 1, 7, 14 days). We measured IL-6 protein of the lung by ELISA, the lavage cell profile of the left lung, and new systemic vessel growth with radiolabeled microspheres (14 days after LPAL) in WT and KO mice. We confirmed a 2.4-fold increase in IL-6 protein in the left lung of WT mice compared with right lung 4 h after LPAL. A significant increase in lavaged neutrophils (7.5% of total cells) was observed only in WT mice 4 h after LPAL. New vessel growth was significantly attenuated in KO relative to WT (0.7 vs. 1.9% cardiac output). In an additional series, treatment of WT mice with anti-neutrophil antibody demonstrated a reduction in lavaged neutrophils 4 h after LPAL; however, IL-6 protein remained elevated and neovascularization to the left lung (2.3% cardiac output) was not altered. These results demonstrate that IL-6 plays an important modulatory role in lung angiogenesis, but the changes are not dependent on trapped neutrophils.
AB - The multifunctional cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 has been shown to modulate inflammation and angiogenesis. In a mouse model of lung angiogenesis induced by chronic left pulmonary artery ligation (LPAL), we previously showed increased expression of IL-6 mRNA in lung homogenates 4 h after the onset of pulmonary ischemia (31). To determine whether IL-6 influences both new vessel growth and inflammatory cell influx, we studied wild-type (WT) and IL-6-deficient C57B1/6J (KO) mice after LPAL (4 h and 1, 7, 14 days). We measured IL-6 protein of the lung by ELISA, the lavage cell profile of the left lung, and new systemic vessel growth with radiolabeled microspheres (14 days after LPAL) in WT and KO mice. We confirmed a 2.4-fold increase in IL-6 protein in the left lung of WT mice compared with right lung 4 h after LPAL. A significant increase in lavaged neutrophils (7.5% of total cells) was observed only in WT mice 4 h after LPAL. New vessel growth was significantly attenuated in KO relative to WT (0.7 vs. 1.9% cardiac output). In an additional series, treatment of WT mice with anti-neutrophil antibody demonstrated a reduction in lavaged neutrophils 4 h after LPAL; however, IL-6 protein remained elevated and neovascularization to the left lung (2.3% cardiac output) was not altered. These results demonstrate that IL-6 plays an important modulatory role in lung angiogenesis, but the changes are not dependent on trapped neutrophils.
KW - Interleukin-6
KW - Neovascularization
KW - Neutrophils
KW - Pulmonary ischemia
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U2 - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00006.2005
DO - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00006.2005
M3 - Article
C2 - 15905327
AN - SCOPUS:24044458891
SN - 8750-7587
VL - 99
SP - 861
EP - 866
JO - Journal of applied physiology
JF - Journal of applied physiology
IS - 3
ER -