TY - JOUR
T1 - Interleukin-6 expression by cultured human endothelial cells in contact with carbon coated polyethylene terephthalate
AU - Cenni, Elisabetta
AU - Granchi, D.
AU - Ciapetti, G.
AU - Cavedagna, D.
AU - Corradini, A.
AU - Di Leo, A.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In order to evaluate if carbon coated polyethylene terephthalate (C-PET) could favor inflammatory reactions, the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) by cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells was tested in vitro. The cultures were put in contact with C-PET for 1, 24, 48 and 72 h. The same cells cultured on tissue culture-treated polystyrene without biomaterials were tested as the negative control; the same cells incubated with LPS were the positive control. The level of IL-6 in the conditioned medium was tested by enzyme immunoassay; the mRNA expression was evaluated by RT-PCR with specific primers. The cultures incubated with C-PET produced non significantly different amount of IL-6 compared to the negative control and did not induce the expression of IL-6 specific mRNA. LPS induced a significantly higher release of IL-6 in the medium and the expression of mRNA after 24, 48 and 72 h. We conclude that C-PET does not stimulate the synthesis of IL-6 and therefore does not favor inflammatory reaction through the release of this cytokine.
AB - In order to evaluate if carbon coated polyethylene terephthalate (C-PET) could favor inflammatory reactions, the expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) by cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells was tested in vitro. The cultures were put in contact with C-PET for 1, 24, 48 and 72 h. The same cells cultured on tissue culture-treated polystyrene without biomaterials were tested as the negative control; the same cells incubated with LPS were the positive control. The level of IL-6 in the conditioned medium was tested by enzyme immunoassay; the mRNA expression was evaluated by RT-PCR with specific primers. The cultures incubated with C-PET produced non significantly different amount of IL-6 compared to the negative control and did not induce the expression of IL-6 specific mRNA. LPS induced a significantly higher release of IL-6 in the medium and the expression of mRNA after 24, 48 and 72 h. We conclude that C-PET does not stimulate the synthesis of IL-6 and therefore does not favor inflammatory reaction through the release of this cytokine.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1011259507346
DO - 10.1023/A:1011259507346
M3 - Article
C2 - 15348300
AN - SCOPUS:0035018297
VL - 12
SP - 365
EP - 369
JO - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
JF - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
SN - 0957-4530
IS - 4
ER -