Interleukin-1 receptor-ligand interactions modulate interstitial collagenase-1 production by human endometrial fibroblasts.

Singer, C F;Marbaix, Etienne;Lemoine, Pascale;Eeckhout, Yves;Courtoy, Pierre
(1999) Molecular Human Reproduction : basic science of reproductive medicine — Vol. 5, n° 3, p. 240-245 (1999)

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  • Singer, C FUCLouvain
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  • Marbaix, EtienneUCLouvain
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  • Lemoine, PascaleUCLouvain
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  • Eeckhout, YvesUCLouvain
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Abstract
The expression of interstitial collagenase-1 in the cycling human endometrium is restricted to the perimenstrual phase and is a key event for matrix degradation that initiates menstruation. In the absence of ovarian steroids, collagenase production by endometrial fibroblasts is induced by epithelial cell-derived interleukin-1alpha. Media conditioned by endometrial epithelial cells were found to contain interleukin-1alpha but not interleukin-1beta, and their capacity to induce collagenase production by endometrial fibroblasts correlated with interleukin-1alpha concentration in a saturable manner. Collagenase induction by recombinant interleukin-1alpha was severely inhibited by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist alone and abolished by its combination with soluble interleukin-1 type-II receptor. By contrast, the association of the receptor antagonist with soluble type-I receptor was less effective than each factor alone. Induction of collagenase by epithelial cell-conditioned media was severely inhibited by neutralizing interleukin-1alpha antibodies, whereas the combination of receptor antagonist with soluble type-II receptor proved less effective. We conclude that the collagenase response of endometrial fibroblasts to epithelial cell-derived interleukin-1alpha is effectively blocked in vitro by soluble members of the interleukin-1 family and can thus be modulated in vivo by these or other local factors.
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Singer, C. F., Marbaix, E., Lemoine, P., Eeckhout, Y., & Courtoy, P. (1999). Interleukin-1 receptor-ligand interactions modulate interstitial collagenase-1 production by human endometrial fibroblasts. Molecular Human Reproduction : basic science of reproductive medicine, 5(3), 240-245. https://doi.org/10.1093/molehr/5.3.240 (Original work published 1999)