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- Title
Glucocorticoid-lnduced Modulation of Cytokine Secretion from Normal and Leukemic Human Myelomonocytic Cells.
- Authors
Welker, Pia; Lippert, Undine; Nürnberg, Wolf; Krüger-Krasagakes, Sabine; Möller, Annelie; Czarnetzki, Beate M.
- Abstract
Since glucocorticoid effects on inflammatory processes may be mediated via modulation of cytokine release, different types of myelomonocytic cells were stimulated in vitro with lipopolysaccharide (50 ng/ml) or phorbol myristate acetate (25 ng/ml) plus the ionophore A23187, 2 × 10--7M, and release of interleukin (IL)-1β IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α was measured after 24 h by ELISA. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from two allergic and two normal human donors released similarly large quantities of IL-8 and lower amounts of IL-1β and TNF-α. This also held for myelomonocytic cell lines, with THP-1 cells being most active, followed by U-937 and HL-60 cells. All potent glucocorticoids studied caused a dose-dependent inhibition of cytokine release from donor cells, being most marked for IL-1β and lowest for IL-8. Inhibition of cytokine release was also noted with U-937 cells, with clear differences in potency between the glucocorticoids, whereas release was enhanced in all experiments with THP-1 cells. These results were confirmed with Northern blot analysis. Modulating effects of glucocorticoids on cytokine release are thus complex, and are particularly dependent on the cell type studied. Copyright © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
International Archives of Allergy & Immunology, 1996, Vol 109, Issue 2, p110
- ISSN
1018-2438
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000237208