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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
Immunoregulatory effects of the oxidative metabolites of arachidonic acid (AA) on proliferation of B-lymphocytes were assessed in a serum-free culture system. Activation of B cells by membrane-directed ligands and intracellular activators was regulated by AA metabolites in very distinct fashions. Thus exogenous cyclooxygenase products (particularly prostaglandins E1 and E2) amplified the response to anti-immunoglobulin antibodies, whereas lipoxygenase products damped this response. In contrast, B cell activation with 8-mercaptoguanosine (an intracellular activator) was inhibited by cyclooxygenase products and remained relatively unaffected by several lipoxygenase products tested. This pattern of results was confirmed in studies with pathway inhibitors. Moreover, when liberation of endogenous AA was induced by stimulation of phospholipase A2 activity with melittin, inhibition of the response to each class of activator was counteracted with the appropriate pathway inhibitor. Results suggest that the two major groups of AA oxidation products function as a system of counterbalancing regulatory influences, serving to modulate B cell activation at the plasma membrane and to downregulate B cell activation at the intracellular level.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0091-6749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
418-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Arachidonic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Arachidonic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Catechols, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Indomethacin, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Male, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Prostaglandins, pubmed-meshheading:6432883-Thromboxane B2
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of B-lymphocyte proliferative responses by arachidonate metabolites: effects on membrane-directed versus intracellular activators.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't