Elford P R, Meats J E, Sharrard R M, Russell R G
FEBS Lett. 1985 Jan 7;179(2):247-51. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(85)80528-7.
Human synovial explants in culture release material that stimulates the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and several extracellular enzymes by human chondrocytes. Fractionation of conditioned medium by gel filtration revealed a protein of approx. 15 kDa, which in addition to stimulating production of PGE2 and plasminogen activator by human articular chondrocytes, possessed interleukin 1 activity and induced cartilage degradation. Further purification using iso-electric focussing again showed co-elution of these activities with a major pI of 6.9 and a minor pI of 5.1-5.3. This study indicated that human synovium releases a factor that is closely related to or identical with interleukin 1 and suggests that this protein may participate in cellular interactions that occur within the rheumatoid joint.
培养中的人滑膜外植体释放出一种物质,该物质可刺激人软骨细胞产生前列腺素E2(PGE2)和几种细胞外酶。通过凝胶过滤对条件培养基进行分级分离,发现了一种约15 kDa的蛋白质,该蛋白质除了刺激人关节软骨细胞产生PGE2和纤溶酶原激活剂外,还具有白细胞介素1活性并诱导软骨降解。使用等电聚焦进一步纯化再次表明,这些活性与主要pI为6.9和次要pI为5.1 - 5.3共同洗脱。这项研究表明,人滑膜释放出一种与白细胞介素1密切相关或相同的因子,并表明该蛋白质可能参与类风湿性关节内发生的细胞相互作用。