FIGURE 6.
Effects of IL-1 and NF-κB inhibition on FN-f- and IL-1β-stimulated cytokine expression. A, Primary human chondrocytes were serum starved overnight and then were treated for 16 h with FN-f (0.5 µM) or IL-1β (2 ng/ml) in the presence of either IL-1ra (100 ng/ml) or the NF-κB inhibitor hypoestoxide (50 µM) in serum-free medium. Samples of conditioned medium were used for immunoblotting with the indicated primary Abs. B, Chondrocytes were treated with FN-f and the inhibitors, as described in A, and RNA was isolated and used for RT-PCR with the indicated primers.