PM Lindroos, PG Coin, AR Osornio-Vargas and JC Bonner
Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.

Fibroblasts are the primary proliferating cell type in pulmonary fibrosis. We previously showed that inorganic, fibrogenic particles alter the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor system on rat lung fibroblasts (Bonner, J. C., et al. 1993, J. Clin. Invest 92:425- 430). In lung fibroblasts, PDGF is the most potent proliferative cytokine, and the responses to PDGF isoforms depend on the relative amounts of two PDGF receptors (PDGF-R alpha and PDGF-R beta). Interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) production by lung macrophages is increased following exposure to fibrogenic particles. We have examined the role of IL-1 beta in regulating the lung fibroblast PDGF receptor system. IL-1 beta induced a 10-fold increase in the number of binding sites for [125I]PDGF-AA, caused a 2-fold increase in affinity of [125I]PDGF-AB, but it had no effect on [125I]PDGF-BB binding. PDGF-R alpha gene expression was increased 5-fold after 4 h of IL-1 beta treatment. IL-1 beta increased the proliferative and chemotactic response to PDGF isoforms in the following order of potency: AA > AB > BB. IL-1 beta was tested for its ability to cause increased [125I]PDGF- AA binding when complexed to its binding protein, alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M). IL-1 beta bound covalently to fast methyl-amine-activated alpha 2M (alpha 2M-MA). IL-1 beta-alpha 2M-MA or alpha 2M-MA alone possessed minimal activity for inducing an increase in [125I]PDGF-AA binding. However, treatment of the IL-1 beta-alpha 2M complex with thioredoxin, which released bioactive IL-1 beta that was covalently bound to alpha 2M, maximally increased [125I]PDGF-AA binding to the same extent as free IL-1 beta. These results indicate that the fibroblast response to PDGF isoforms is modulated by a complex interaction involving IL-1 beta, alpha 2M, and thioredoxin, all of which are produced in vivo by activated macrophages.

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