Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Alterations in macrophage function may render the immunocompromised host more susceptible to infectious complications. Although allograft recipients are at increased risk of infection primarily because of pharmacologic immunosuppression, whether the process of allosensitization per se alters this risk is unknown. We therefore studied the effects of cloned allosensitized murine helper or cytotoxic T cells on both interleukin 1 (IL-1) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production by syngeneic resident murine peritoneal macrophages. Endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) stimulated both IL-1 and PGE2 production in macrophages. Cloned T cells alone, with or without LPS pretreatment, produced neither IL-1 nor PGE2. After 48 hours of coculture with LPS-treated macrophages, cloned helper cells augmented IL-1 release by macrophages but inhibited PGE2 production. In contrast, cytotoxic T cells not only reduced IL-1 production by macrophages but also potentiated PGE2 release. These effects were not observed when macrophages were not first exposed to LPS. Thus, endotoxin renders macrophages more susceptible to allosensitized "help" (increases IL-1, decreases PGE2) or "suppression" (decreases IL-1, increases PGE2) by cytotoxic T cells. We hypothesize that, even in the absence of immunosuppression, the process of allosensitization itself may modulate the response to sepsis by altering host macrophage function.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0004-0010
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
182-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Allosensitized helper and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte clones differentially modulate endotoxin-stimulated macrophage function.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Urology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't