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Autoría
Paez-Pareda M
;
Lohrer M
;
Kovalovsky D
;
PEREZ CASTRO, CAROLINA INES
;
Goldberg V
;
Losa M
;
Chervin A
;
Berner S
;
Molina H
;
Stalla G
;
Arzt E
Fecha
2000
Editorial y Lugar de Edición
JOHANN AMBROSIUS BARTH VERLAG MEDIZINVERLAGE HEIDELBERG GMBH
Revista
EXPERIMENTAL CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES,
vol. 108
(pp. 202-207)
JOHANN AMBROSIUS BARTH VERLAG MEDIZINVERLAGE HEIDELBERG GMBH
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Interleukins and their receptors are expressed intrinsically in the anterior pituitary and regulate hormone production and cell proliferation. It has previously been shown that interleukin-6 (IL-6) regulates hormone secretion in normal pituitary cells and cell lines. Here we examined the effects of IL-6 on propiomelanocortin (POMC) expression and ACTH production in corticotroph adenoma cells in vitro. We found that IL-6 stimulates both ACTH secretion and POMC gene expression in corticotroph ade...
Interleukins and their receptors are expressed intrinsically in the anterior pituitary and regulate hormone production and cell proliferation. It has previously been shown that interleukin-6 (IL-6) regulates hormone secretion in normal pituitary cells and cell lines. Here we examined the effects of IL-6 on propiomelanocortin (POMC) expression and ACTH production in corticotroph adenoma cells in vitro. We found that IL-6 stimulates both ACTH secretion and POMC gene expression in corticotroph adenoma cell cultures. This first demonstration of the stimulatory action of IL-6 on human corticotroph adenoma cell function provides further evidence for a direct action of IL-6 on corticotroph pituitary cells. We have confirmed previous reports of IL-6 production by corticotroph adenoma cells and in addition, demonstrated for the first time that the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone is a potent suppressor of intratumoral IL-6 production. This intratumoral produced IL-6 may be in part responsible, in an autocrine manner, for the stimulation of ACTH synthesis and secretion. Our results suggest that IL-6 might play a role in the pathogenesis of Cushing´s disease. However, elevated glucocorticoid levels in patients with Cushing´s disease may prevent excessive action of IL-6 on ACTH production and tumor progression of corticotroph adenomas in vivo.
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PITUITARY ADENOMASPOMC EXPRESSIONINTERLEUKINS