Interleukin-6 increases intracellular Ca2+ concentration and induces catecholamine secretion in rat carotid body glomus cells
✍ Scribed by Juan Fan; Bo Zhang; Hai-Feng Shu; Xiao-Yu Zhang; Xi Wang; Fang Kuang; Ling Liu; Zheng-Wu Peng; Rui Wu; Zhuan Zhou; Bai-Ren Wang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Although abundant evidence indicates mutual regulation between the immune and the central nervous systems, how the immune signals are transmitted to the brain is still an unresolved question. In a previous study we found strong expression of proinflammatory cytokine receptors, including interleukin (IL)‐1 receptor I and IL‐6 receptor α in the rat carotid body (CB), a well‐known arterial chemoreceptor that senses a variety of chemostimuli in the arterial blood. We demonstrated that IL‐1 stimulation increases intracellular calcium ([Ca^2+^]~i~) in CB glomus cells, releases ATP, and increases the discharge rate in carotid sinus nerve. To explore the effect of IL‐6 on CB, here we examine the effect of IL‐6 on [Ca^2+^]~i~ and catecholamine (CA) secretion in rat CB glomus cells. Calcium imaging showed that extracellular application of IL‐6 induced a rise in [Ca^2+^]~i~ in cultured glomus cells. Amperometry showed that local application of IL‐6 evoked CA release from glomus cells. Furthermore, the CA secretory response to IL‐6 was blocked by 200 μM Cd^2+^, a well‐known Ca^2+^ channel blocker. Our experiments provide further evidence for the responsiveness of the CB to proinflammatory cytokines and indicate that the CB might play a role in inflammation sensing and transmission of such information to the brain. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.