Abstract
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a powerful proinflammatory cytokine whose function is modulated by a natural IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra). There are few data about kinetics of in vivo synthesis of IL-1ra at tissue level, except in response to bacterial endotoxin. The purpose of this study was to examine the kinetics of local expression of IL-1ra gene in relation to IL-1 beta gene in a model of anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody-mediated glomerulonephritis. Rats were killed in groups of 5 or 6 at 0, 4, 6, 24, 48, and 96 hours after induction of glomerulonephritis. Messenger RNA for IL-1ra and IL-1 beta was undetectable by Northern blot in normal glomeruli but increased markedly 4 to 6 hours after induction of nephritis. The increase in IL-1ra mRNA was more sustained than that of IL-1 beta mRNA. In situ hybridization showed that IL-1 beta mRNA increased diffusely within glomeruli, while IL-1ra mRNA was expressed more discretely. Expression of these mRNA in noninflamed tissues, spleens and lungs, was different, particularly increase in IL-1ra mRNA was more substantial than that of IL-1 beta. These observations suggest that differential expression of IL-1ra and IL-1 beta might focus inflammation in glomeruli while protecting more distant sites. They also raise the possibility of reducing glomerular injury by therapeutic measures that upregulate glomerular synthesis of IL-1ra while reducing that of IL-1 beta.
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