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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Evidence in support of melatonin's role as an immunomodulator is incomplete and, in some cases, contradictory. The present studies determined whether melatonin modulates the activity of stimulated macrophages. In vitro lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10-1000 ng/ml) treatment of alveolar, splenic and peritoneal macrophages isolated from mice and/or rats resulted in a dose-dependent increase in interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) secretion. Treatment with melatonin (10(-10)-10(-6) M) prior to the addition of LPS, had no effect on IL-1beta or TNF-alpha release. Additionally, melatonin had no effect on stimulated BV2 microglial cell line cytokine secretion. To determine whether melatonin had an indirect effect on macrophage cytokine release via T cells, melatonin was added to unfractionated mouse spleen cells. Again, melatonin showed no priming effect on LPS-stimulated spleen cells. These results suggest that melatonin has no direct or indirect effect on mouse and rat macrophages. In vivo studies, where melatonin was continuously available in the drinking water, showed that melatonin did not have a priming effect on LPS-stimulated mouse peritoneal macrophages. These findings suggest that melatonin is not an important modulator of macrophage and microglia function.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
120
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Melatonin, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Monocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Neuroimmunomodulation, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Nitrites, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11694323-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessment of melatonin's ability to regulate cytokine production by macrophage and microglia cell types.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Loyola University of Chicago Medical Center, 2160 S. First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article