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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
Adenosine is a potent endogenous anti-inflammatory agent released by cells in metabolically unfavorable conditions, such as hypoxia or ischemia. Adenosine modulates different functional activities in macrophages. Some of these activities are believed to be induced through the uptake of adenosine into the macrophages, while others are due to the interaction with specific cell surface receptors. In murine bone marrow-derived macrophages, the use of different radioligands for adenosine receptors suggests the presence of A2B and A3 adenosine receptor subtypes. The presence of A2B receptors was confirmed by flow cytometry using specific Abs. The A2B receptor is functional in murine macrophages, as indicated by the fact that agonists of A2B receptors, but not agonists for A1, A2A, or A3, lead to an increase in cAMP levels. IFN-gamma up-regulates the surface protein and gene expression of the A2B adenosine receptor by induction of de novo synthesis. The up-regulation of A2B receptors correlates with an increase in cAMP production in macrophages treated with adenosine receptor agonist. The stimulation of A2B receptors by adenosine or its analogues inhibits the IFN-gamma-induced expression of MHC class II genes and also the IFN-gamma-induced expression of nitric oxide synthase and of proinflammatory cytokines. Therefore, the up-regulation of the A2B adenosine receptor expression induced by IFN-gamma could be a feedback mechanism for macrophage deactivation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide), http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interferon-gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NOS2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nos2 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptor, Adenosine A2B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Purinergic P1
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3607-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Adenosine, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide), pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Bone Marrow Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Macrophage Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Receptor, Adenosine A2B, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Receptors, Purinergic P1, pubmed-meshheading:10092821-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
IFN-gamma up-regulates the A2B adenosine receptor expression in macrophages: a mechanism of macrophage deactivation.
pubmed:affiliation
Departament de Fisiologia (Group of Macrophage), Facultat de Biologia, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't