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HORMONE AND METABOLIC RESEARCH
卷 41, 期 4, 页码 333-338出版社
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103300
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adrenal mass; cytokines; pheochromocytoma
Pheochromocytomas ire tumors that may produce a variety Of substances in addition to catecholamines. To date, among several cases of systemic inflammatory syndrome associated with interleukin-6 (IL-6) secretion, IL-6-producing pheochromocytomas, have been reported. However, the mechanism underlying IL-6 oversecretion in these cases has not yet been clarified. This report describes a patient with pheochromocytoma who exhibited pyrexia and marked inflammatory signs including C-reactive protein elevation. The inflammatory symptoms were easily controlled by the administration of loxoprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The plasma concentration of IL-6 and 11-d-TXB2, a stable metabolite of thromboxane A(2) (TXA(2)), were significantly elevated in parallel with all elevation of norepinephrine in the samples obtained by selective venous sampling. A left adrenalectomy was performed, and the Mite inflammatory symptoms naturally diminished without loxoprofen. Cultured tumor cells obtained from the resected specimen spontaneously released IL-6, and indomethacin inhibited the IL-6 release. According to a cDNA microarray analysis, mRNA of protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta), prostaglandin D synthase, and arachidonate release-relating enzymes were significantly overexpressed in the tumor tissue in comparison to the adjacent nontumor tissue. The constitutive phosphorylation of PKC-delta was observed in the tumor tissue. These results strongly suggest that the systemic inflammatory syndrome in IL-6-producing pheochromocytoma, at least in part, is caused by the overexpression of PKC-delta, resulting in all excess of arachidonate derivatives such as prostaglandins.
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