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Biologically active interleukin 1 in human eccrine sweat: site-dependent variations in alpha/beta ratios and stress-induced increased excretion.
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Biologically active interleukin 1 in human eccrine sweat: site-dependent variations in alpha/beta ratios and stress-induced increased excretion.

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  • 1990-11-01
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  • Cytokine. - 1990
Adult
Dinoprostone
Eccrine Glands
Female
Fibroblasts
Hot Temperature
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Interleukin-1
Male
Molecular Weight
Physical Exertion
Skin
Skin Physiological Phenomena
Sweat
English Human eccrine sweat devoid of epidermal protein contamination was collected from palms, soles, and different sites on the trunk. Interleukin 1 alpha (IL 1 alpha) and interleukin 1 beta (IL 1 beta) content were analyzed for immunoreactivity by enzymo-immunoassay and immunoblotting and for bioactivity by the stimulation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in human dermal fibroblasts. The bioassay was validated by using blocking antibodies against IL 1 alpha and beta. All sweat samples were found to contain significant amounts of immunoreactive and biologically active IL 1. The immunoreactive forms were at 17 kDa as shown by immunoblotting analysis, indicating that they were mature (secreted), undegraded IL 1 peptides. Whereas IL 1 alpha was detectable in sweat samples obtained from both truncal and palmo-plantar regions, IL 1 beta was only detectable in the sweat of palms and soles (IL 1 alpha/beta ratio greater than 700 in trunk and 5.4 in palms and soles) indicating a site-dependent difference in the excretion of the two IL 1 molecules. IL 1 concentration was high in spontaneous (IL 1 alpha, 3.7; IL 1 beta, 0.3 ng/mL) and pilocarpine induced sweat (IL 1 alpha, 3.9; IL 1 beta, 1.2 ng/mL), and it was much increased during jogging and sauna (IL 1 alpha, 22.6; IL 1 beta, 3.3 ng/mL). This does not appear to represent an excretory process aimed at clearing blood IL 1, but rather a stress-induced increased production of IL 1 by sweat gland cells.
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