Concerted actions of il-1[beta] inhibit na+ absorption and stimulate anion secretion by imcd cells. Husted, Russell F., Chong Zhang, and John B. Stokes. Laboratory of Epithelial Transport, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, IA 52242
APStracts 5:0159F, 1998.
Increasing evidence indicates that factors other than adrenocorticoid hormones can influence long term regulation of Na+ transport by inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells. We now report that of 14 interleukins tested, only IL-1[alpha] and IL-1[beta] inhibited Na+ transport by primary cultures of rat IMCD. IL-1[beta] reduced both basal and mineralocorticoid (MC)-stimulated Na+ transport by 50-70%; its effect on glucocorticoid (GC)-stimulated Na+ transport was significantly less. IL-1[beta] continued to blunt MC stimulation of Na+ transport even after it had been removed from the medium for 24 h. The onset of action to inhibit Na+ transport was within 20 minutes. The acute effect from the basolateral surface was greater than the apical surface but the effect from each surface was additive. In addition to its inhibitory effect on Na+ transport, chronic IL-1[beta] exposure increased both basal and cAMP-stimulated anion secretion rates. IL-1[beta] had no acute effect on anion secretion. Monolayers chronically treated with IL-1[beta] had an increased capacity to secrete fluid, as predicted from its effects on ion transport. Inhibitors of cyclooxygenase did not blunt the actions of IL-1[beta]. Furthermore, IL-1[beta] did not produce a rise in intracellular Ca2+. These results suggest novel signaling pathways induced by IL-1[beta] regulating Na+ and Cl- transport by the IMCD.

Received 7 May 1998; accepted in final form 3 September 1998.
APS Manuscript Number F110-8.
Article publication pending Am. J. Physiol. (Renal Physiology).
ISSN 1080-4757 Copyright 1998 The American Physiological Society.
Published in APStracts on 21 September 1998