Protein Information

Name IL 6
Synonyms 26 kd protein; B cell differentiation factor; B cell stimulatory factor 2; BSF 2; BSF2; CDF; CTL differentiation factor; HGF…

Compound Information

Name rotenone
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Reference List

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19635391 Monroe RK, Halvorsen SW: Environmental toxicants inhibit neuronal Jak tyrosine kinase by mitochondrial disruption. Neurotoxicology. 2009 Jul;30(4):589-98. Epub 2009 Apr 1.

Exposure of BE (2)-C cells to the heavy metals CdCl (2) and HgCl (2) and to the mitochondrial complex I inhibitor rotenone inhibited interleukin-6, interferon-gamma and ciliary neurotrophic factor-mediated Jak/STAT signaling, reduced Jak1 and Jak2 auto-phosphorylation and induced Jak tyrosine nitration.
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8700134 Duval DL, Miller DR, Collier J, Billings RE: Characterization of hepatic nitric oxide synthase: identification as the cytokine-inducible form primarily regulated by oxidants. Mol Pharmacol. 1996 Aug;50(2):277-84.

Cytokine treatment increased nuclear factor-kappa B binding, and the addition of antioxidants or rotenone inhibited cytokine activation.
Induction of hepatic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interferon-gamma (IFN gamma), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and lipopolysaccharide was assessed as activity and immunoreactive protein.
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19371610 Mo Y, Wan R, Chien S, Tollerud DJ, Zhang Q: Activation of endothelial cells after exposure to ambient ultrafine particles: the role of NADPH oxidase. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2009 Apr 15;236(2):183-93. Epub 2009 Feb 5.

UFP-induced ROS lead to activation of MAPKs through induced phosphorylation of p38 and ERK1/2 MAPKs that may further result in endothelial dysfunction through production of cytokines such as IL-6.
Our results showed that UFPs, at a non-toxic dose, induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in mouse pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (MPMVEC) that was inhibited by pre-treatment with the ROS scavengers or inhibitors, but not with the mitochondrial inhibitor, rotenone.
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11950692 Pearlstein DP, Ali MH, Mungai PT, Hynes KL, Gewertz BL, Schumacker PT: Role of mitochondrial oxidant generation in endothelial cell responses to hypoxia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002 Apr 1;22(4):566-73.

Endothelial cells increase their secretion of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) during hypoxia, which then acts in an autocrine fashion to increase the permeability of cell monolayers.
Hypoxia elicited increases in dichlorofluorescein and dihydroethidium fluorescence that were abrogated by the mitochondrial electron transport (ET) inhibitors rotenone (2 micromol/L) and diphenyleneiodonium (5 micromol/L).
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8658528 Corsini E, Bruccoleri A, Marinovich M, Galli CL: Endogenous interleukin-1 alpha associated with skin irritation induced by tributyltin. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 1996 Jun;138(2):268-74.


The complex-1 inhibitor rotenone also significantly inhibits IL-1alpha production.
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11710721 Sambo P, Baroni SS, Luchetti M, Paroncini P, Dusi S, Orlandini G, Gabrielli A: Oxidative stress in scleroderma: maintenance of scleroderma fibroblast phenotype by the constitutive up-regulation of reactive oxygen species generation through the NADPH oxidase complex pathway. Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Nov;44(11):2653-64.


This suppression was not seen with rotenone, a mitochondrial oxidase inhibitor, or allopurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor.
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