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. 1993 Dec 15;90(24):11905–11909. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.24.11905

Interleukin 6 inhibits mouse placental lactogen II but not mouse placental lactogen I secretion in vitro.

M Yamaguchi 1, L Ogren 1, J N Southard 1, H Kurachi 1, A Miyake 1, F Talamantes 1
PMCID: PMC48093  PMID: 8265646

Abstract

The mouse placenta produces several polypeptides belonging to the prolactin-growth hormone gene family, including mouse placental lactogen (mPL) I and mPL-II. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the secretion of mPL-I and mPL-II is regulated by interleukin 6 (IL-6), which is present in the placenta and has previously been reported to stimulate the secretion of pituitary members of this gene family. Effects of human and mouse IL-6 on mPL-I and mPL-II secretion were examined in primary cultures of placental cells from days 7, 9, and 12 of pregnancy. IL-6 caused a dose-dependent reduction in the mPL-II concentration in the medium of cells from days 9 and 12 of pregnancy but did not affect the mPL-II concentration in the medium of cells from day 7 of pregnancy or the mPL-I concentration in the medium of cells from days 7 or 9 of pregnancy. The lowest concentration of human IL-6 that significantly inhibited mPL-II secretion was 250 pM. The effect of IL-6 on the mPL-II concentration in the medium was due primarily to inhibition of mPL-II synthesis, which resulted at least partly from a decrease in the steady-state level of mPL-II mRNA. These data raise the possibility that IL-6 may regulate mPL-II production after midpregnancy in vivo.

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