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6187919

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
The role of bacterial endotoxin in the expression of human monocyte cytotoxicity was studied. Endotoxin contamination of all reagents and steps of the experimental procedure were assessed by the limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) assay. Peripheral blood monocytes were separated by adherence, and cytotoxicity was measured as [3H]-thymidine release from prelabeled mKSA-TU5 murine target cells in a 48-hr assay. Human monocytes expressed appreciable levels of spontaneous cytotoxicity under LAL- conditions irrespective of the serum source employed (LAL- or LAL+ fetal bovine serum, FBS, or LAL- human cord serum, HCS). HCS gave the highest cytotoxicity levels and LAL- FBS the lowest. Polymyxin B (10 micrograms/ml), which inhibited endotoxin-induced gelation of LAL and activation of mononuclear cells for procoagulant activity, did not affect the expression of spontaneous monocyte cytotoxicity with all three sera used. Three preparations of endotoxin used in the present study (Escherichia coli, S. typhosa, S. minnesota) caused small increases in monocyte killing in micrograms per milliliter concentrations only in 5 of 19 experiments performed. Human lymphoblastoid interferon (LAL-) and phytohemagglutinin-elicited lymphokine supernatants (LAL-) enhanced the tumoricidal activity of human monocytes under LAL- conditions and were not affected by Polymyxin B. It is concluded that exposure to endotoxin is not a prerequisite for the expression of spontaneous cytotoxicity by human blood monocytes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0033-6890
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
315-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of endotoxin in the expression of human monocyte cytotoxicity.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't