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  Vol. 125 No. 9, September 1990 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Differential production of interleukin 1 on the surface of biomaterials

T. J. Krause, F. M. Robertson, J. B. Liesch, A. J. Wasserman and R. S. Greco
Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903.

The production of cytokines on the surface of surgical biomaterials plays a major role in their biocompatibility. Membrane-associated interleukin 1 (mIL-1) is a cytokine found on the surface of macrophages activated by biomaterials. To better understand the host-foreign body interaction, we quantitated the production of mIL-1 on the surface of two materials commonly used in surgery, expanded polytef (ePTFE) and silicon elastomer (SE). The mean (+/- SD) level of mIL-1 produced by adherent cells to ePTFE significantly decreased from day 2 (13,746 +/- 3630 cpm per disk) compared with day 7 (2828 +/- 1304 cpm per disk). However, the level of mIL-1 produced by ePTFE-adherent cells was still markedly greater than the level of mIL-1 produced by cells adherent to SE (1877 +/- 1028 vs 1595 +/- 822 cpm per disk). These results indicate that ePTFE and SE elicit a differential host response in terms of cytokine production. This study may enhance our understanding of the cellular events on the surface of biomaterials that underlie clinical observations.





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