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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 267: G1101-G1107, 1994;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 267, Issue 6 1101-G1107, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Caco-2 cells express type I interleukin-1 receptors: ligand binding enhances proliferation

G. W. Varilek, G. A. Neil and W. P. Bishop
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, 52242.

We examined the effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) on the rate of proliferation of the human colon carcinoma Caco-2 and characterized the human intestinal epithelial cell IL-1 receptor (IL-1R). IL-1 dose dependently increased tritiated thymidine uptake in confluent Caco-2 monolayers fed complete growth medium. An anti-IL-1 beta completely blocked the increase in tritiated thymidine uptake, whereas an IL-1 receptor antagonist human recombinant blocked it partially. In long-term culture, IL-1 increased DNA content over control, an effect similar to that of epidermal growth factor (EGF). Unlike EGF, IL-1 did not enhance tritiated thymidine uptake in Caco-2 monolayers grown in serum-free medium, implying that IL-1 needs a cofactor(s) to elicit its proliferative effect. Cross-linking 125I-IL-1 beta to Caco-2 membranes revealed a binding protein of approximately 80 kDa with binding saturated at approximately 2.5 x 10(9) M-1 consistent with that for the type I IL-1R. cDNA transcribed from Caco-2 mRNA and amplified by polymerase chain reaction, using complementary oligonucleotides, resulted in a reaction product matching the sequence of the type I IL-1R. Our results demonstrate that IL-1 enhances proliferation of Caco-2 cells. This effect requires the presence of an unidentified cofactor(s). Also, Caco-2 cells express the type I IL-1R.


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