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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of ethanol on murine spleen cell-mediated lysis have been studied. Concentrations of 5.5-176 mM ethanol produced progressive inhibition of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Binding of spleen cells to antibody-sensitized target cells was not inhibited by comparable concentrations of ethanol. Kinetic analysis revealed decreased rates of lysis with increasing concentrations of ethanol. Changes of effector to target cell ratios revealed an inhibition of maximum lysis and decreased lytic efficiency in the presence of 88 mM ethanol. Preincubation experiments showed the inhibitory effect of ethanol to be reversible. Macrophage-depleted spleen cells appeared to be as susceptible to inhibition by ethanol as unfractionated spleen cells. Ethanol also inhibited natural killer and alloimmune cytotoxic T cell activity. The ADCC data were analysed by using a mathematical model which incorporates the kinetics of lysis, dose-response relationships, heterogeneity of the lytic effectors, reversibility of inhibition and ethanol loss during incubation. An inhibition constant (KI) of 373 mM-2 when two ethanol molecules interact with the site of inhibition was calculated. 50% inhibition of lysis is produced by 52 mM (0.24%) ethanol. The results are consistent with a model which assumes that lysis is due to a critical number of interactions which ultimately trigger the lytic event. Alcohol interferes with lysis by reacting with sites which are required for triggering the lytic event. Although the molecular details of the mechanism of inhibition are as yet undefined, we infer that ethanol inhibits ADCC at the programming for lysis or the lethal hit stages.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0162-3109
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro effect of ethanol on cell-mediated cytotoxicity by murine spleen cells.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.